Reason 2.5 Latency

[T_Keys]

Any tips for accurately setting latency levels in Reason so when I hit the keyboard the note simultaneously plays out of the computer? I spent 45 minutes last night trial-and-error and it still is off a bit.

[Superced6]

I would like to know the answer to this question also.  I too had fiddled with this and was unable to acheive zero latency.  I think my problem may lie with my sound card.  I do not have a zero latency sound card.  I am also using a slow computer and laptop to do my work.

My workaround is cumbersome but works for me.

record my midi tracks in another program.  I use cakewalk for inputing midi data using a simular sound on my keyboard.  When I have the midi tracks like i want them, I import the midi files into reason.  There is no latency on the imported midi stuff.

I usually start with the drums in reason or FL studio.  Save them as wav files and import the wave files into cakewalk to generate the midi tracks for importing back into reason or FL.  I like both programs for different things.

If I end up with stuff from reason and FL studio, I put them together with Cool Edit Pro.

I know should just get a faster computer but I build my own from junk parts. It works for me.

[T_Keys]

I would like to know the answer to this question also.  I too had fiddled with this and was unable to acheive zero latency.  I think my problem may lie with my sound card.  I do not have a zero latency sound card.  I am also using a slow computer and laptop to do my work.

My workaround is cumbersome but works for me.

record my midi tracks in another program.  I use cakewalk for inputing midi data using a simular sound on my keyboard.  When I have the midi tracks like i want them, I import the midi files into reason.  There is no latency on the imported midi stuff.

I usually start with the drums in reason or FL studio.  Save them as wav files and import the wave files into cakewalk to generate the midi tracks for importing back into reason or FL.  I like both programs for different things.

If I end up with stuff from reason and FL studio, I put them together with Cool Edit Pro.

I know should just get a faster computer but I build my own from junk parts. It works for me.

Yeah that's what I ended up doing: recording the MIDI with Sonar and using Reason as a slave to Sonar (using Reason as a sound module within Sonar). It works great, thanks for the reply.

[Audiocr381ve]

I need to know the answer to this too! How are we supposed to play on time with the beat???

[ddw4e]

I have Reason 3 but it follows the same configuration...that is my settings (audio wise)..Try switching your sound card driver and change the latency...I do that and I am good to go! Memory and CPU usage can make a difference as well...If you have at least 256MB of RAM and over 533Mhz CPU then you pretty much good to go...latency wise

[ddw4e]

T_Keys, you ever get that reason thing figured out?

[T_Keys]

Yeah... what I said before I got the latency in Soanr worked out, so I record in there and play it back with Reason.

But lately I quit using Reason with sequencing. Now I'm using a MPC and Sonar to record, and I'm playing it back through a Motif ES Rack (which has better sounds in it that the ones built in to Reason, in my opinion).

[jphat]

Hey,

I think i have the solution to this problem. I use Reason 4.0. What you should do is download the ASIO4ALL driver from www.asio4all.com. Once downloading that driver, my output latency level decreased from 132ms to just 7ms. So now i dont have the delay when playing or recording midi threw my keyboard. COOOO! And by going to preferences, then audio, then clicking on the control panel, you can adjust the buffer rate and decrease your output latency even lower(the lowest i got was 2ms). So try that and tell me what you think!!!

Peace

[tkeys86]

Hey,

I think i have the solution to this problem. I use Reason 4.0. What you should do is download the ASIO4ALL driver from www.asio4all.com. Once downloading that driver, my output latency level decreased from 132ms to just 7ms. So now i dont have the delay when playing or recording midi threw my keyboard. COOOO! And by going to preferences, then audio, then clicking on the control panel, you can adjust the buffer rate and decrease your output latency even lower(the lowest i got was 2ms). So try that and tell me what you think!!!

Peace

Yeah, I did find that out... I bought a new sound card (M-Audio 2496) over a year ago, and it supported ASIO (I didn't want to use the factory sound card lol) and I haven't had latency issues since then.