keyboard delay

andrew.brown01 wrote on 9/26/2013, 5:38 AM

When I press a key on the keyboard there is a one second delay before i hear the sound

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Former user wrote on 9/26/2013, 7:14 AM

Hi Andrew:

*NOTE: Before following the directions below, if you have not already done so, download a copy (FREE) of ASIO4ALL 2.11 Beta2 from here: http://www.asio4all.com/ and install the drivers.

The delay between the time that you strike a note on a MIDI keyboard and the time you hear the sound is referred to as latency. To get the lowest latency you need audio drivers that support ASIO (Audio Streaming Input Output). If you have a sound card that supports ASIO then you want to use the ASIO drivers for that card.

Go into File | Settings | Program Settings | Audio/MIDI | and select ASIO on the Audio Device tab and then, "ASIO4ALL v2". I recommend that once you perform the above, close and restart. See if that corrects the latency. If not, you may have to make additional adjustments.

Let me know how it all pans out.

Griff

johnebaker wrote on 9/26/2013, 2:56 PM

In addition to Griff's answer, if you are using a midi keyboard/controller see these tutorials by Nihon94

http://www.magix.info/uk/how-to-solve-latency-problem.online-training.130215.html

http://www.magix.info/uk/how-to-connect-keyboard-piano-with-computer-ii.online-training.130220.html

If you are using the computer keyboard then what is your computer specification and Windows version.

John