Topic by Minionslayer 2020-10-03 19:52:25

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Hi community,
I'm currently trying to record a virtual instrument in Reaper, but when I play back the recording, my notes are significantly before the metronome, even though I'm almost on time during the actual recording process. It's almost as if Reaper is shifting the recording forward in the track, something that quantization can't fix. I changed some latency options, does that have something to do with it?

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Reply by khomus 2020-10-03 21:09:38

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Probably. Are you using a professional audio interface?

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Reply by Minionslayer 2020-10-03 21:10:49 (edited by Minionslayer 2020-10-03 21:54:48)

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No, I'm not. Will I have to?
Also, when creating a new track and playing on the virtual MIDI keyboard, both instruments play from the two tracks. Why is this?

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Reply by mahedee 2020-10-03 22:33:23

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Hello,
For your first question, reaper tries to know the latency of your sound card and shift your recording so if you heard it in time but it was actually not, it would be fixed when you play. Please keep in mind it's my understanding in accordance  to certain preferences options and might be wrong.
Use wasapi for your sound system, it has the lowest latency of all others if your sound card doesn't support ASIO, set the priority to time critical and set the block size to 250 or lower, it'll use more of your CPU but the latency will be lowered significantly.
For your second question, all the midi tracks that are armd will be played when you play midi, so be sure only the midi tracks you want to play/record are armd. If this is not the issue, check that the midi track is not sending to your other tracks using track routing. If you find something like, send to track 2. Delete button, it's sending to your other track. You can delete it or add new send/receives here. I don't quite remember but there maybe an option that makes new tracks send to all of the others. check the track/send defaults in preferences.
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Reply by khomus 2020-10-04 00:24:04

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Do you have to? Well, it depends on what you want to do. But basically, no, if you're doing something and it works, you're fine. But you'll probably have a lot better results, if you want to do anything serious, with an actual audio interface. You can get them for around a hundred bucks or so. I realize that can still be a chunk of money, but it could be a lot worse.

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Reply by jack 2020-10-04 00:26:53

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Uncheck use audio driver reported latency. Also, get asio, you can get it by downloading the trial of FL Studio.

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Reply by Minionslayer 2020-10-04 00:55:43 (edited by Minionslayer 2020-10-04 00:56:10)

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@jack, Not that I'm against grabbing FLStudio, but is there a way I can get ASIO by itself? I mean, I didn't even know I could install it myself until now. I take it that when I choose to uninstall FLStudio, ASIO will remain?
Also, thanks so much guys! I'll try all of this out, and it'll undoubtedly work.

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Reply by Hijacker 2020-10-04 01:02:41

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If your soundcard doesn't support ASIO natively, then getting ASIO4ALL would be your best try, go here: ASIO4ALL

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Reply by Minionslayer 2020-10-04 01:05:45

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But then what did @Jack mean by getting ASIO with FLStudio? Is that just some sort of driver? How would that not be supported by my soundcard?

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Reply by jack 2020-10-04 03:16:21

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Asio4all is a solution, yes, but FL Studio's Asio driver is a hell of a lot better and does not hog up your soundcard like Asio4all does. And I cannot speak for uninstalling fl studio getting rid of asio or not, but it's probably best to keep it installed, it doesn't take up that much space.

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Reply by mahedee 2020-10-04 12:09:29 (edited by mahedee 2020-10-04 12:10:25)

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hello, removing FLStudio doesn't remove ASIO driver. it has a separate item in programs and features although it installs with FL.

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Reply by Minionslayer 2020-10-04 12:40:08

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@mahedee, When using WASAPI, NVDA speach stops, and I can hear crackles in the playback and performing of instruments.
Direct Sound puts me back to square one, in that the recording is still before the metronome in playback.
@Jack, Where can I find the option "audio driver reported latency"?
I tried doing a search for it, but didn't find it.

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Reply by Minionslayer 2020-10-04 17:13:02

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Also, after install an ASIO driver, how do I apply it in Reaper?

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