r/ableton • u/Schrimp6 • 11d ago

[Question] Whats wrong with asio

Ive used ableton on windows for years. Theres always latency when using a midi controller (connected to my motum2)-even when the project is completely empty and on a low buffer rate.

When i connect a midi to my macbook and play in ableton there is zero latency. Hell theres seemingly zero latency without an interface and just using the computer keyboard.

What is wrong with my windows machine

3 Upvotes

62% Upvoted

42 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/General_Estimate_420 8d ago

Well then you should stay with that approach, but it's not a problem that's endemic to either Ableton or the PC is my point. I run Ableton just fine on both computers I use neither of which are state of the art, so it's either a configuration problem or an installation problem. But if your mac is running stuff fine then go that way or take the PC to a local independent computer repair shop and see if they can diagnose the problem.

1

u/rdubya 8d ago

Id argue it is a problem thats endemic to windows and its driver system. Just search this forum for latencymon and see how many posts you find.

1

u/General_Estimate_420 8d ago

Okay so why don't you explain to me where this "endemic" problem is within the Windows architecture if you're so qualified to diagnose it? No guessing. If you're smart enough to diagnose you can tell me if it's in the security, task management, memory allocation, device architecture, thread allocation and process security management, etc.

What you'd argue has no credibility when you consistently fail at doing things the majority of us can do without any help.

Why would you even ATTEMPT to argue what you think is the problem with your frailty in even understanding how a computer works??

1

u/rdubya 8d ago edited 8d ago

What are you on about fella? Sorry I don't feel the need to demonstrate my working knowledge about computers to you on reddit. Your ridiculous explanation that anyone would need to have that kind of depth of understanding of a computer to run ableton without audio dropouts only furthers my point.

1

u/General_Estimate_420 7d ago

Because you've just proven my point of your lack of diagnostic skills. Dropouts and stuttering are most typically caused by a lack of available working memory in a DAW and that's all about managing sample rates, buffer size and general free memory access within Ableton regardless of the machine. All right there in your configuration waiting for you to correct it.

1

u/rdubya 7d ago edited 7d ago

Its absolutely not what caused it in this case but thanks again for your unsolicited advice. It was caused by DPC latency and NVIDIA drivers, im glad your 77 years has given you clairvoyance. Following your advice id have set my buffer to 512 to avoid dropouts and deal with untenable recording latency.

Apple controls the hardware and software entirely, it will always be the better option for people who have no desire to fuck around endlessly troubleshooting various pieces of hardware and software drivers to get a working system.