I am running Ableton Live 9 on a Macbook Pro with OS X 10.9.5, 2.8GHz and 16GB ram.
I have a Roland TR-8 which I bought about a month ago, and I’m running it through a powered USB hub into the computer.
When I run the TR-8 as a USB audio interface, the latency is almost half a beat. I would love to run it over USB but it is just a total waste of time, as the latency makes it unusable.
When I run the TR-8 via midi with the audio outputs going into my MOTU Ultralite, and input it through the External Device Rack, there is latency of 1/256th of a second, which in some cases gives a nice swing to tracks, but in other cases throws the groove of a track right out.
I understand I can program the TR-8 and then record each part in and warp to suit the song, but that is not going to happen, as I like a fast workflow. It is really annoying, because I want to be able to incorporate the TR-8 into my songs in realtime, alongside other drum sounds from Maschine , so they are all playing in time at the same time. I have played with the latency compensation on the External Device Rack but it doesn’t change anything.
Is there some really simple thing that I am overlooking to make this work? I have looked at forums all over the internet, and watched every Youtube video I can find on the TR-8, but I’m getting nowhere.
Please help or I’m just going to get rid of the bloody thing, which I really don’t want to do.
Thanks.
PS – I have also tried using it as an aggregate audio device in OSX, but that didn’t work either.
Bloody TR-8 latency!!! Please help.
Re: Bloody TR-8 latency!!! Please help.
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Did you try connecting the TR-8 directly to one of your MBP's USB Ports? does the AUDIO interface behaves the same way when connected directly and not via the USB Hub?
Did you try connecting the TR-8 directly to one of your MBP's USB Ports? does the AUDIO interface behaves the same way when connected directly and not via the USB Hub?