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    This may be a dumb question but I'm trying to figure something out. I've got a couple slave machines (Windows 7 machine i7 and a Mac Pro Quad Core) and I'm still getting cpu spikes and issues in Digital performer. I have avilalbe RAM in both slave machines and in my host machine I'm not running anything in the session, only VEPro instances. If I connect a few instruments, I start to get CPU spikes that cause problems in DP. It seems I should be able to load more than 2 instances of VEPro with only 4 instruments loaded in each of those instances. Suggestions? One of the first quesitons I have is with the latency. Currently, I decrease the latency in VEPro to 0 while playing so I can play quick percussive parts. If I increase the latency to 4 durning playback will that keep everything in sync? I'm wondering if latency only affects the time for my to hit a key on my midi keyboard and then play the sample or if latency also effects just the sample playback from the slave. 

     

    Thanks.
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi, 

    Latency will only be there when playing live (the computer cannot know which note you will play next, but it "knows" which note comes back in a recorded sequence). 

    Best, 
    Paul

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
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    S

    Thanks Paul. I'm still trying to figure this out. I've got a sequence running in Digital Performer and I currently have two slave machines running VePro. I can  adjust the latency to 0 while I record my fast drum kit part and then after recording the part I can adjust it to 4 correct? Currently, when I adjust some of my tracks to say 0 and some to 4 they aren't playing in sync. It seems to take up more CPU power when I have a lower latency (which I understand) but if it only matters durning recording then shouldn't I be able to raise the latency and everything stays in sync? What am I missing? Do all of the VePro parts have to have the same amount of latency on playback from them to all play back in time?