V1.8 versus V2.2 - SBLive

[Donbrad3]

I have faithfully used V1.8 for quite a long time now and had no issues with it, so I tried to use V2.2 and ran into some problems.

First issue was that I could not get my latency down to what it was with 1.8 (23ms)....in fact, it was nearly twice the amount before any artifacts dissapeared......so.....I tried adjusting the advanced settings, but to no avail.

Second issue (this was the clencher) was when I would start to play a project in the music program I use (FLStudio). The project had this slight delay when starting (no issue there, really) but a nasty click accompanied the delay. Then the project would sputter throughout. I had no problems with V1.8 with the same project / version of the host program.

I did not install V2.2 over the old (unstalled the old first), but had to revert back to the old once the trouble started.

System specs: AMD Athlon + XP 3200 / SBLive 5.1

I read the entire help file, and feel I followed the directions well enough..........maybe I missed something?

Thanks for any and all input / help / interest in this issue.

Donbrad3

[Michael Tippach]

You can run 1.8 and 2.x in parallel, meaning they behave like two different drivers and you do not have to uninstall either in order to be able to run the other.

In version 2, the audio engine has changed a little. Input is more closely tied to output and if we start to lose input buffers due to overload, the whole audio engine is being restarted. This was not the case in v1.8 where you could have clean output at low buffer size settings, but could be losing input buffers (if you ever tried recording something with 1.8 you probably would have noticed)

If you're not recording anything, I would recommend disabling the inputs. Further, some CT cards show better results if you set "Kernel Buffers" to "3"

The slight delay you mention and the periodic crackling, however, are typical for a situation where "Use Hardware Buffer" is enabled but the card does not support it. Could you please make sure you haven't enabled that by chance?

Also, with FL Studio, it is very easy to adjust settings because you could have the control panel open while loading projects and playing audio while adjusting the settings and watching the overload indicator in the control panel while doing so.

[Donbrad3]

No I did not have 'Use Hardware Buffer' enabled, so nothing there. I'll look into the buffer size you recommended as well as turning off the inputs (had not tried that yet) to see how that works. BTW, I'm a bit fuzzy on the whole 'Input' 'Output' buffer size under the advanced settings. Any way you might be able to suggest what relation these two parameters have with each other? Dumb question maybe, I have my ideas but wanted to ask.

Thanks for taking the time to answer!! I'll see if I can't nail a good workable setting that I can possibly post for other users with the same card.

Donbrad3

[Michael Tippach]

The "Latency Compensation" sliders have no direct influence on audio timing or -processing.

They merely change the latencies the driver reports to the host application, so that the host can properly align recorded audio on the time scale.

If you do not record, you can ignore these.

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I have adjourned without uninstall the 2.0 old version to the 2.2.
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