Anyone using Cakewalk (CbB) with Thunderbolt 3 audio interfaces?

[Warren in Canada]

Hey folks, Anyone using thunderbolt 3 audio interfaces with cakewalk?

How is it and which one?

[Jim Roseberry]

Been using an Antelope Orion Studio Synergy Core for a couple years.

Love it.

• Great fidelity
• Ultra low round-trip latency (sub 1ms)
• Good sounding onboard Preamps/DIs
• Onboard DSP for processing/routing/monitoring
• Proper re-amp outputs
• Rock solid performance

 

[HOOK]

I am as well with a Lynx Aurora 8 and an Asus add-on thunderbolt 4 card.  The add-on card was a little tricky to get running, but it has proven solid.

Edited August 21, 2023 by HOOK

[Colin Nicholls]

Presonus Quantum 2626 checking in.

Only problem I've had so far is remembering to turn on its power before running Cakewalk.

[TheSteven]

On 8/20/2023 at 12:03 PM, Jim Roseberry said:

Been using an Antelope Orion Studio Synergy Core for a couple years.

Love it.

• Great fidelity
• Ultra low round-trip latency (sub 1ms)
• Good sounding onboard Preamps/DIs
• Onboard DSP for processing/routing/monitoring
• Proper re-amp outputs
• Rock solid performance

 

Hi Jim,

What sample rate do you have to use to get that latency?

[Jim Roseberry]

5 hours ago, TheSteven said:

Hi Jim,

What sample rate do you have to use to get that latency?

Hi Steven,

Orion Studio Synergy Core's round-trip latency at 96k using a 32-sample ASIO buffer size is 1ms.

Takes a monster of a machine, but you can run some things (ToneX) with ASIO buffer size of 24-samples or even 16-samples.

Both of those settings yield sub 1ms round-trip-latency.

 

I prefer an audio interface that doesn't (itself) put a hard cap on lowest possible round-trip-latency.

Only (effective) limiting factor is the speed of the machine.

Edited August 22, 2023 by Jim Roseberry

[Jim Roseberry]

8 hours ago, Colin Nicholls said:

Presonus Quantum 2626 checking in.

Only problem I've had so far is remembering to turn on its power before running Cakewalk.

Presonus Quantum was their first (IMO) great audio interface.

Rock-solid... and super low round-trip-latency

Later Quantum interfaces maintain that same level of performance.

[TheSteven]

4 hours ago, Jim Roseberry said:

Presonus Quantum was their first (IMO) great audio interface.

Rock-solid... and super low round-trip-latency

Later Quantum interfaces maintain that same level of performance.

I'm using a Quantum 2 with an Apple thunderbolt 3 to 2 adapter and as Jim states I can get a great low latency latency @ 96k using a 32-sample ASIO buffer size.
I can get close to 1ms latency if I turn off all the various processes running on my mixed use computer (OneDrive, etc.) and if I'm going light on plugin use.

[Stavv]

I am using Universal audio into computer with Thunderbolt 3   no issues...have used it for a couple of years.

[HOOK]

On 8/25/2023 at 2:16 PM, Stavv said:

I am using Universal audio into computer with Thunderbolt 3   no issues...have used it for a couple of years.

Interesting.  When I built this PC (late 2022) I also purchased an Apollo X6 to go with it.  I had non-stop computer crashes with the Apollo on Thunderbolt.  Change sampling rate...blue screen.  Change buffer size...blue screen.  I sent the Apollo back and picked up the Lynx Aurora - and I've been stable since.

[Jim Roseberry]

I used an Apollo 8 and Satellite for a few months (connected via Thunderbolt-3).

It was rock-solid.

Round-trip latency is about the same as the best USB-2 audio interfaces (not UA's forte').

Also, I didn't care for the onboard DI's. 

To my ears, they impart an exaggerated "tubby" type tone to DI guitar.

IMO, not flattering to the guitar (especially when using amp-sim plugins).

That's why I moved to an Antelope Orion Studio Synergy Core.

 

[dahjah]

On 8/20/2023 at 3:03 PM, Jim Roseberry said:

Been using an Antelope Orion Studio Synergy Core for a couple years.

Love it.

• Great fidelity
• Ultra low round-trip latency (sub 1ms)
• Good sounding onboard Preamps/DIs
• Onboard DSP for processing/routing/monitoring
• Proper re-amp outputs
• Rock solid performance

 

I just got this interface a few months ago, one of the best audio decisions I made this year, I mean last year lol

Edited January 2, 2024 by dahjah