I have a brand new HP pavilion laptop with 4GB RAM and recently purchased a ROLAND UM-One midi interace to trigger the VSL samples (Special edition volume 1) from my Yamaha SY-22 keyboard. I have had bad midi latency problems (not sure if this is the correct term or audio latency). VSL have been very helpful and suggested upgrading my internal ASIO soundcard, which I have done. They also suggested upgrading my RAM (the limit is 16GB RAM on this laptop and I have only 4GB at the moment). I also took advice from MIcrosoft sites and disabled the firewall (after disconnecting from the internet!), and set all notifications to OFF, set Power processor management to max rate etc... However, still the latency problems!
I have used Midi for over 20 years right back to the pre-SONAR days of Cakewalk on DOS, when DAW's where called sequencers. My first midi interface was a ROLAND MPU-1 and it was a superb workhorse. The problem is I am old school and do very little "in the box" recording. I prefer to use portastudios so all the controls are there in front of me rather than virtual. I currently have a TASCAM 24-track Portsatudio which is brilliant for song demos. However, I am desperate to add realistic cellos, trumpets etc..
Can any of you young turks out there that are VST experts, and record in the box, advise me on what to do? I posted the ROLAND UM-One interface back to Amazon and have had a refund. However, I foolishly did not upgrade my laptop to at least 8GB RAM. This could be the problem. Nevertheless, all the reserach I have done seems to point the way to buying a better interface, either the new ROLAND RUBIX-22 or the tried and trusted workhorse that is the ROLAND QUAD CAPTURE. ROLAND have developeda system called VS-straeming which (according to them anyway) reducing latency to very low levels (possibly below 3.5ms?)
What would you recommend I do?
Best regards,
Dave Williams
