When I attempt to add a MIDI part with my Roland PC-200 MK II Midi Controller there is an obvious delay which makes it impossible to play along with my recorded tracks. I am coming out of the Roland into my Berhinger U-Phoria UMC4040HD. Under Audio Devices I am using the UMC ASIO Driver:
The Audio Driver Settings are set like this:
Driver Mode is set to ASIO
MIDI Devices is set to the UMC4040HD
What am I missing?
There are two things users can change that contribute to the delay from pressing a key on the controller and hearing the result.
audio driver buffer size
plug-in delay compensation
A 256 sample buffer size is at the upper limit for real time monitoring through the DAW.
To see if plug-ins are contributing to the delay click the FX button in the Mix Module to bypass all effects. While reading these sections in the help take a look at the PDC button too.
To avoid PDC do