

Roundtrip latency in digital-audio applications is the amount of time it takes for a signal, such as a singing voice or a face-melting guitar solo, to get from an analog input on an audio interface, through the analog-to-digital converters, into a DAW, back to the interface, and through the digital-to-analog converters to the analog outputs. It is this amount of delay that we must battle constantly when recording and monitoring digitally. However, by around 12 to 15 ms (depending on the listener), you will start to “feel” the effects of a delayed signal. Studies have shown that sound reflections in an acoustic space must be delayed by 20 to 30 ms before your brain will perceive them as separate. Your brain is wired so that it doesn’t notice if sounds are delayed 3 to 10 milliseconds. I can't even remember where I found the answer for it.In the audio world, “latency” is another word for “delay.” It’s the time it takes for the sound from the front-of-house speakers at an outdoor festival to reach you on your picnic blanket, or the time it takes for your finger to strike a piano key, for the key to move the hammer, for the hammer to strike the string, and for the sound to reach your ear. it took many hours of searching for an answer. Go to work and figure out which combination works by process of elimination. Now, you'll see all of your possible midi settings. You have to go to C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Cubase 5\midi port enablerĬut the file that says "ignoreportfilter" and paste it into the regular Cubase 5 folder (essentially taking it out of the midiport enabler folder). It's difficult to change in Cubase 5 b/c it has a MIDI port filter. the proper midi port setting for you could either be DirectMusic (Timestamp either checked or unchecked) or it could be Windows MIDI (Timestamp either checked or unchecked). it's worth it once u figure out which setting works for you). you just have to figure out which setting works for your system based on trial and error (not really a big pain in the ass. you can either check off "Use System Timestamp" or not. either 1) DirectMusic or 2) Windows MIDI (at least for me there were only two types). There are two types of ports you can use. The problem is with the MIDI port you're using (and i'm assuming this might be the case w/ FL Studio also, though i'm not 100% sure). and it wasn't me just being off-beat either lol. pain in the ass and is very unmotivating.

It sounded a hot mess and I had to spend countless minutes just moving midi notes. They were so off beat that when I quantized, it didn't even quantize properly. but when I went to take a look at the playback.

The problem I had was that my audio was being recorded on time (there was negligible latency). and it took about 2 months to figure out the fix.
