Erik Putrycz

On 2/22/2019 at 7:42 AM, CJ Jacobson said:

Things to do:

1.) Lower your ASIO buffer to 64 or WDM slider all the way down to its lowest latency setting in the preference menu.

2.) Make sure your dedicated audio interface has the most updated drivers for your windows operating system. If you are using the on-board sound chip, back off as it might blow!!!     ---   -----  --- Just kidding, or am i?????  ...                   But those sound chips are not meant for these things.

3.) Make sure you are not inserting and using plugin effects that are not meant for live monitoring and have hidden buffers, so they can process the signal better. These types of plugin effects are meant to be used in the mixing and mastering stage.

4.) Your PC just doesn't cut it (MOBO or processor power lacks)

 

Thanks but 1) done, 2) done, 4) ryzen 7 no lack of cpu power

This issue has nothing to do with ASIO buffer - even with a low ASIO buffer I have a crazy latency in some projects.

IMO: 

1) Sonar is missing a plugin performance summary - there is no way to identify culprits

2) Something could be better in the PDC processing. Same setup/plugins in Studio One give me super low latency - in Sonar it is like the latency cumulates through all the channels. I think the cause might be compressors with PDC on all channels (again no way to check) but the way the PDC builds it chain, channels are not running in parallel...

I have an insane latency in certain projects... Almost 3-5 seconds from a midi note to a VSTi sound... Have not been able to figure out the cause but haven't seen anything similar in other daws with similar setups. Any chances this could get looked at someday?