MIDI Signal delay?

[bubblabu]

Hi Folks,
Wondering if anyone has run across this and what you did to fix it...
I seem to be experiencing a delay of some sort between when the kick drum is hit ans when it shows up in MIDI. On a recent recording, I noticed that ALL the kick drum notes in Sonar were late by a little bit - enough to hear the difference. At first I just thought it was me and that I suck at drums - because I do. I've only been playing drums for a couple of months (play keyboards for 40+ years). Then I realized all the kick notes were off. So I selected them all in Sonar and scooted them over to be a tiny bit earlier and they all work (more or less). So it seems to me I can't consistently be the same amount late for EVERY note. Makes me think there's some sort of delay happening.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts / comments / advice

I've got a TD30KV connected via MIDI to a MOTU MIDI express XT connected to a Windows computer via USB. Haven't seen this problem with any of the the Keyboards. One thing I do notice is when I connect the Midi out from the TD30 module, it's constantly sending output to all the other channels. I've found only a couple of MIDI settings on teh TD30 that should/might affect this and neither changes anything.

Best,
Chris

[Jerry M]

Chris,

You might want to try using the TD30's USB computer connection instead of it's MIDI connection (to avoid the latency likely added by the MOTU).

Jerry

[campster]

What Jerry said...try bypassing the MOTU to isolate the issue.

I've recorded with the USB midi from my TD30 I've never had a latency issue with midi.

I've also recorded (both audio and midi) from the TD30 via a roland studio capture (interface) and then into a computer via USB with no noticeable latency issues.

[airflamesred]

The midi connection via the motu will. I suspect, add latency. As above recommendations, try it via usb, cause it might be sonar adding the latency, as I find the case is with cubase.

[bubblabu]

Thanks very much for the suggestions

[Jerry M]

What Jerry said...try bypassing the MOTU to isolate the issue.

I've recorded with the USB midi from my TD30 I've never had a latency issue with midi.

I've also recorded (both audio and midi) from the TD30 via a roland studio capture (interface) and then into a computer via USB with no noticeable latency issues.

Unless you are using Pro Tools (instead of another DAW), you should be able to get full (bi-directional) audio and MIDI directly over the TD's USB B connector (with the necessary Roland driver). See - http://protools.ideascale.com/a/dtd/...rt/173973-3779 for details.