help me out here

[music music305]

i have a keyboard and i bought a UNO usb MIDI cable and the lag is unbelieveable, what do you suggest? firewire?? im going back to sam ash to return this cable if i can. also when ever i hit a key on the keyboard the sound comes out but on the vst instrument the key stays down as if im holding it down on the keyboard when im not. HELP ME PLEASE, im new at this but i would love to learn and im patient.


thanks.

[richiebee]

The Uno doesn't cause lag. Well, not noticable anyway. I'll bet a million bucks that the lag (its called latency) is coming from your sound card. What are you using as VST Instruments? What are you using for a sound card?

R.

[music music305]

as a vst instrument i just started so i only have synth and drums : / the guy at sam ash said latency, so your right about that, soundcard, i have no clue what im using. im just using my gateway computer windows xp.

[music music305]

he told me to go to prefrences on cubase and lower the vst scrub which i did but still i have latency : / and its impossible to record anything with that, i also have a problem of when i hit a key sometimes on the vst instrument it says down like sustaining itself when on my keyboard i just tapped it but on the vst it just stays down, can someone help me out on all this if possible please.

[richiebee]

First things first, to make this work, you need to lower the latency of your soundcard. The best way to do this is to get a professional audio interface, whether PCI based or USB/Firewire. The cheap alternative is to try ASIO4ALL which reportedly gives users with crappy sound cards really low latency. I've never used this, but it has certainly established a good name for itself. www.asio4all.com should get you there.

Once you've done that, you can start looking at your other problems but until you get your latency down, there's really not a whole lot of point because the latency could well be causing the problem.

Rich

[music music305]

i downloaded it and i still got a bit of latency not as much as before but still enough to be unable to record anything in the right timing.

[brandondrury]

It's time to get a real sound card. Check my signature for the Sound Card Wizard.

Stock sound cards just weren't designed for real deal recording.

Also, you may want to check out this article:
Home Recording Computers: Clicks, Pops, and Latency