Delay when recording guitar in Sonar?

Inspired · 08-06-2003, 02:09 AM

Hey all,

I thought you guys could help me out with this one. I have a copy of sonar 2 and have recently experimented with virtual effects and amp modelling. My question here is when I turn on the monitor inside Sonar 2 (eg to hear the output sound when i'm playing along) there seems to be a one second delay between my playing the string and the sound being made.

Obviously this could cause a bit problem with timing if I wanted to record and hear the modelled amp at the same time, is there any way to fix this delay?

PC Specs:

Athlon XP 1900
1024 MB Ram
80 GIG HDD
SB Audigy 1
Geforce MX 440
Windows 2000

Ta,
Paul

pa09 · 08-28-2003, 12:02 PM

I am having the same isse - did this ever get resolved?

Soundless.Vow · 08-28-2003, 10:11 PM

I have had the same problems too... however I don't have a high quality sound card either... I don't know of what quality the SB Audigy is for recording... I know it is a pretty good gaming card, but other than that I don't know...

Your problem is a latency issue... to get the perfectly timed monitor output, you have to have a zero latency card (I believe)... to make sure that SONAR is using the correct latency for your card check this...

go Options>Audio>(Then when the window appears click)Wave profiler

this should set the effective latency for whatever quality of audio you are using...

as for purchasing a new sound card... I would do some research first about this latency thing... I don't know much about the problem myself... but I do know that my effective latency is like 98 milliseconds which makes for some delay

Hope I answered your question,

Soundless.Vow

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or http://www.soundclick.com/soundlessvow/

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08-06-2003, 02:09 AM	#1
Inspired ...Megalomaniac!... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Falkirk, Scotland Posts: 279	Delay when recording guitar in Sonar? Hey all, I thought you guys could help me out with this one. I have a copy of sonar 2 and have recently experimented with virtual effects and amp modelling. My question here is when I turn on the monitor inside Sonar 2 (eg to hear the output sound when i'm playing along) there seems to be a one second delay between my playing the string and the sound being made. Obviously this could cause a bit problem with timing if I wanted to record and hear the modelled amp at the same time, is there any way to fix this delay? PC Specs: Athlon XP 1900 1024 MB Ram 80 GIG HDD SB Audigy 1 Geforce MX 440 Windows 2000 Ta, Paul

08-28-2003, 12:02 PM	#2
pa09 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1	Delay in sonar I am having the same isse - did this ever get resolved?

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08-28-2003, 10:11 PM	#3
Soundless.Vow hmm... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Good ol' no music scene Spokane, WA Posts: 20	I have had the same problems too... however I don't have a high quality sound card either... I don't know of what quality the SB Audigy is for recording... I know it is a pretty good gaming card, but other than that I don't know... Your problem is a latency issue... to get the perfectly timed monitor output, you have to have a zero latency card (I believe)... to make sure that SONAR is using the correct latency for your card check this... go Options>Audio>(Then when the window appears click)Wave profiler this should set the effective latency for whatever quality of audio you are using... as for purchasing a new sound card... I would do some research first about this latency thing... I don't know much about the problem myself... but I do know that my effective latency is like 98 milliseconds which makes for some delay Hope I answered your question, Soundless.Vow check us out at http://www.soundlessvow.tk/ or http://www.soundclick.com/soundlessvow/

09-04-2005, 06:28 AM	#4
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