ALESIS IO/2 latency posted by matt301273

ALESIS IO/2 latency

Posted on Dec 25, 2008 06:26 am
matt301273
Member Since: Dec 25, 2008

Hello All,

I would be grateful for some advice.

I have an ALESIS IO/2 audio interface that I bought to avoid latency problems. I am using cubase and have windows XP, 3 GB RAM, core 2 duo processor. I cannot be doing with any latency whatsoever. The recordings of my guitar along to a backing seem alright but I am sure there is a miniscule delay. I have tuned XP up for home recording and I would have thought that my computer is powerful to avoid problems with latency. Any suggestions (maybe adjusting buffer size?)? The makers of the ALESIS IO/2 claim that the interface allows 'zero' latency direct hardware monitoring? Is this truly possible. I cannot bear it if my guitar parts are even a hundreth of a microsecond delayed on the track.

Any advice much appreciated.

Best

Matt

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Noize2u
Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Dec 26, 2008 12:34 am

Zero latency hardware direct monitoring is exactly that, monitoring. The actual recording should be getting to the track on time.

For tracking I keep my buffer down around 128, mixing you can turn it up a bit to avoid any crackles and the like.

Your recordings should turn out just fine with the unit and PC you have set up there.