sonar 7 producer edition latency help?
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Posted on Feb 16, 2008 02:49 pm
Evan099
Member Since: Feb 02, 2008
howdy folks! yet another latency and performance issue i was hoping someone could help me with. I am one of the wonderful pc users that is running sonar 7. Ill give you a bit of my computer spec backround. Quad core computer, 2 gigs of ram, Realtek HD sound card. So yes, right now im running a stock soundcard. Im wondering what latency anyone knows i should be able to get around, and at what bit rate i can record at? I know theres no set rule for this but if anyone has a similiar current set up and can help me out please do so. Ive been fidling with this for a few days now
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olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Feb 16, 2008 09:39 pm It's pretty easy to find out how low you can go with latency. Just keep lowering the buffer size until you begin getting dropouts and crackles, then raise it 1 step above that. With the RealTek I doubt your going to get very good latency times but you may get it low enough to multi-track with, the big problems will come when you start trying to mixdown your tracks adding effects etc. You might also want to download ASIO4All, www.asio4all.com and give that a try as many people find their latency improves using it.
The best thing to do is buy a Firewire/USB Audio interface or PCI Audio card designed for what you want to do, they're available at pretty reasonable prices these days.
Dan
Feb 17, 2008 12:08 pm right now its being rediculous. im getting drop outs no matter what setting im picking as in 48 khz 16 bit recording with a 6 times buffer all the way to the safe side on the buffer. There must be something else im doing wrong.., thanks dan for the help so far
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Feb 17, 2008 01:30 pm Definitely give the ASIO4ALL drivers a try. They're about the only hope for an integrated sound chip. Latency is going to be a big problem with those Realtek, AC97, Sigma Tel, etc. almost no matter what when it comes to recording/monitoring. They're great for playback but they just don't cut the mustard when it comes to pro/prosumer audio applications.
Compared to the cost of Sonar 7, the cost of an entry-level recording card is pretty small potatoes. I'm not saying, I'm just saying ;)
olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Feb 17, 2008 01:47 pm I would go with 44.1/32 for sample/bit rate set in Sonar. Disable Windows Sounds as well. Your computer is up to the task but I doubt you're going to get the RealTek to do the job. There's just not alot you can do besides the buffer settings for the card. You can try enabling the Read Cache in Sonar's Audio setup with a buffer of around 512.
Dan
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 17, 2008 09:48 pm Ya, aside from the advice above you won't get a real good performance out of the Realtek unit. They just are not made for this type of thing. You computer is as stated more then up to the task, but the limitation is in the Realtek.
I guess I would try 44.1 at 16 bit first off to see if that is any help at all. The Realtek is not going to be able to handle much more than that at all. I doubt it is even capable of 48khz performance or anything above 16 bit.
Feb 20, 2008 05:22 pm still not working, peice of ****. lol. realtek.. yeah its not that i dont have the money by any means for a better card. i just dont feel like driving a half hour to go get one... i thought perhaps maybe i could get something out of the card, quite wrong i was.
