Laptop latency and the EWI USB

paulewi

I have a Toshiba laptop with 16gig of memory and 2 terabytes of hard disk space. I am running Windows 10.

I am using a Tascam 2x2 as my usb/audio interface.

I have set my buffer size to 128 and I am using 44.1 for sampling rate.



The overall latency in this case is 13.8. This is so much that I cannot double tongue and my chromatic scales need to be slower than I like.



I recently bought an EWI4000s and I am now spoiled because it has essentially no latency when used on Patchman sound banks and the internal synth.



Is there any way to reduce the latency from 13.8 to around 5 or 6? If so, how do I do this? Perhaps a better audio interface?





Any advice would be appreciated.



Paul

Maddcow

A better audio interface would make a significance improvement and should get you down to 5-6ms. If you were a Mac user I'd recommend the Resident Audio T2 thunderbolt interface but given that you're PC-based, that's not an option. It also comes down to your budget; obviously, the more you can afford will generally get you better quality...not just quality of build and components, but also the quality of software drivers and that's all-important when it comes to latency.



What's your budget?

MSchnell

The NI Audio6 is especially made for low latency. The driver that comes with the device supposedly is an important issue. I use it with win 7. Works great with no noticeable latency. -Micheal