Dan Benjafield

TBH my laptop is not the best, but I have no latency issues in Ableton after following their in built setup instructions. I have been using the focusrite drivers provided, I also tried asio4all by downloading them but they then don't appear in the driver drop-down menu in cakewalk, but I don't see why it suffers latency in CW but not Ableton. I'm about to rig it up again and try again and also try my Behringer XR 18 with cakewalk and see if that has any issues with latency. I just want the focusrite to work so I don't have to get out the XR 18 everytime I wish to record as it's stored away and in big flight case, whereas the focusrite is small and desk top. I'll check what drivers are what and post back later.

This may have been asked before but I've searched and cannot find an answer in here. I've just bought a focusrite solo and using it with other DAW's it works perfectly, no latency. I prefer using cakewalk as it's much easier than other DAW's to use but sadly regardless of what buffer size or sample size I set it at, it just pops and crackles and has a 30ms latency. If I set the buffers/speedall to low/fast it turns into a dalek type sound or like a really short slapback with many fast repeats and a chorusy effect.s I just cannot rid it of the background noise and latency. Even when it's almost a clear sound, there's latency. In the free version of Ableton I got with it, once you tweak to suit your computer, it's crystal clear and no latency, but I find Ableton like piloting a space rocket and cakewalk has a much better UI in my experience. Anyone got any suggestions? My laptop is not USB 3.0 so it's not that which I've read can cause issues. I'm on the latest drivers from focusrite and the latest version of cakewalk. I've tried asio drivers for focusrite and asio4all and nothing fixes it. Help please Cheers Dan