Ralias Howl

Noted; To clarify, do you mean setting audio output and input to the new interface? And if so would that mean I would need to plug my mic and midi directly into the interface as well or no? Thank you for the suggestions btw, I seriously appreciate it.

Fantastic. I'll put that on my list of things to look into. Looks like Focusrite Solo will be my best shot budget wise, looks to be a decent size too :))

Yeah thats right! My apologies, I'm a bit foggy brained so sometimes I word things odd.

I'm aware 😅 Apologies, I should clarify: I mean that I wont be able to get any extra equipment until I am starting PC upgrades as it's a specific budget I'm making. I am happy to get suggestions on what audio interfaces I can save up for on a small budget (and a small amount of space), as I get mixed opinions on that. Even though it's frustrating, I would like to see what I can do with what I have right now until I can get said audio interface. It's not the simplest solution but I am an indie-developer, so one works with what they have.

Yep I'm aware; I am offering my audio driver information as a lot of forums I've found on similar subjects ask for the information regardless. Cakewalk can record an audio file from MIDI input as well if a synth is attached, so I thought maybe it'd be helpful. Better to provide too much info rather than too little 😅 Additionally I was responding specifically to Byron in regards to Audio Drivers, hence talking about ASIO and WASAPI. I mentioned WASAPI being recommended more for MIDI mostly because most people suggest that if you're mostly doing MIDI, to not worry about ASIO since it's more for dedicated live recording.

Fair enough. I want to manage what I can at the moment, but I am down for audio interface suggestions I can keep an eye on once I'm able to start getting PC upgrades

That's what I've read. I dont hear a difference between WASAPI and MME atm (and to be fair, my projects aren't getting all that big right now), and I think I'll look into ASIO a bit more but I believe I need to download a specific driver for it. I've heard ASIO is better for recorded live audio rather than than MIDI, and that WASAPI Shared is generally recommended instead, however. Couldn't hurt to try, but saying I "made a bad choice" doesn't really help me 😅 I'm genuinely open for suggestions if you have any 🙂

Hey all, I'm pretty new to music production and recently splurged on a MiniLab to do music for a video game I'm working on. I started out with Ableton but found Cakewalk much easier for me to use, especially since it has vst-2 compatibility. I'm currently experiencing some problems in my playback with my MIDI, especially with my Arturia synth VSTs, where the MIDI will buzz and crackle on playback unless the volume is ungodly low. Not all the synths do this, but the more aggressive/dark sounding synths do, which limits my instrument usage a lot. Playing the VST live has no issues beyond the occasional glitch, so I'm unsure why playback is only being affected. I tend to experience some buzzing when the project file is using around 4 synths at once, but this particular project only one synth is buzzing. I've glanced at looking into the issue, but I'm mostly seeing this issue for recorded audio rather than audio and MIDI, and my mic-recorded clips appear to playback just fine. I've messed around with buffer sizes and different audio drivers but nothing seems to lessen the buzzing. I'm operating a Windows 10 with around 16G of RAM, and my CPU tends to run fine most of the time. If you guys would like to see my CPU info let me know. I do want to see if I can't fix or manage the issue without getting new equipment if possible. I do plan on upgrading my PC however that's a long-term project that I wont be able to work on for a few months. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I only know so much about the technical side of music production since I'm really new to it. Here's my settings as of current: Current Version: build 28.11.0.021 Audio Driver Settings Audio Driver Bit-Depth: 16-bit (increasing this too much does actually completely cut audio for me) 64-bit precision is checked Stereo Panning Law: 0dB center, constant power, sin/cos taper Sampling Rate: 48000 on my current project, Ableton and new Cakewalk projects are set to 44100 Buffers in Playback Queue: 4 Buffer Size: 30.0 msec 1323 samples (Increasing this much more makes the buzzing worse, somehow) Audio Playback Settings Driver Mode: MME (32-Bit) (Im aware WASAPI and ASIO are better, but ASIO cuts my audio and cakewalk thinks my headset is unavailable for WASAPI, it's a headache I know) Dithering: None Command Audition Length: 3s Record Pre-Allocate File: 0s Fade on start: 0ms Fade on stop: 0ms MIDI Device Settings Inputs: Arturia MiniLab mkII Outputs: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth (this is the only option besides the MiniLab that is provided) MIDI Playback and Recording Settings Driver Mode: MME (ASIO and WASAPI are unavailable here) Number of Buffers: 128, Echo System Exclusive is unchecked MIDI Sysx Echo Ports: Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Playback; Prepare Using: 200 ms buffers, Always echo current MIDI track is checked