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Delay in receiving sound/notation with EWI #58263 01/30/10 12:52 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 11 Austin, TX Frank D OP Newbie
OP Frank D Newbie Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 11 Austin, TX	Hello all, Let me say that I've been a long time user of BIAB as a tool to help me practice and learn new tunes on sax. I've also used the notation feature to print lead sheets showing chords and melodies. I've recently acquired an Akai EWI 4000s and am having some problems getting it to "sync" with BIAB. When I play notes on the EWI, there's a significant delay before I hear them (and see the notes appear) thru BIAB. This makes it impossible to create a good lead sheet. I've messed around with latency settings and a few other parameters with no results. I can also add that I used this same technique with my Casio DH100 and it worked fine. For those not familiar with it, the DH100 is a semi-toy saxophone that also transmits a MIDI signal. I'm currently running BIAB 2010 on a Pentium computer with Windows NT. I've posted this question on several other forums and all suggested I try here. Thanks in advance for your help.

Re: Delay in receiving sound/notation with EWI Frank D #58264 01/30/10 01:25 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 38,502 Chesapeake, Virginia USA M Mac Veteran
Mac Veteran M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 38,502 Chesapeake, Virginia USA	There are a few EWI + BiaB users around, hang tight, one should be along to help you get things going. --Mac PGmusic FAQs, Tutorials and Updates! click here You must be Audiominds. www.audiominds.com

Re: Delay in receiving sound/notation with EWI Frank D #58265 01/30/10 01:33 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,826 Kent UK J jazzband Expert
jazzband Expert J Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,826 Kent UK	Hi Frank How have you got it set up midi wise,what sort of system or sound card are you using,i use a WX5 but i would think they are simular regards Dave Hoskins I always play the right notes but not always in the right order

Re: Delay in receiving sound/notation with EWI jazzband #58266 01/30/10 01:39 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas silvertones Veteran
silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	If trying to play a soft synth you need to use ASIO drivers. If your using a hardware synth then I's say it's some settings in the EWI John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: Delay in receiving sound/notation with EWI silvertones #58267 01/30/10 03:03 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 812 Guadalajara, Mexico E Edward Buckley Expert
Edward Buckley Expert E Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 812 Guadalajara, Mexico	Hi, Yes, most likely a latency issue. Make sure you are using ASIO and NOT MME in BIAB! Are you using a softsynth or the sounds from your EWI?. What interface are you using? I would also question your computer setup> Pentium running windows NT? If that is the case, you may need to consider upgrading your RAM and OS. The more info we have on your system, the better we can assist you. Ed

Re: Delay in receiving sound/notation with EWI Frank D #58268 01/30/10 03:15 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,610 Sterling, Va raymb1 Veteran
raymb1 Veteran Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,610 Sterling, Va	You probably need ASIO4ALL for low latency. Later, Ray Asus Q500A i7 Win 10 64 bit 8GB ram 750 HD 15.5" touch screen, BIAB 2017, Casio PX 5s, Xw P1, Center Point Stereo SS V3 and EWI 4000s.

Re: Delay in receiving sound/notation with EWI raymb1 #58269 01/31/10 01:13 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 11 Austin, TX Frank D OP Newbie
OP Frank D Newbie Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 11 Austin, TX	Thanks for all the tips, I'm making some progress. My soundcard is a Sound Blaster X-Fi (C8A0) which is ASIO, so aligning all the BIAB parameters for the card and MIDI out driver seems to have helped the latency issue. The keyboard at the top of the screen seems to be moving as fast as my fingers on the EWI now. However now I've lost the sound output of the EWI through BIAB! The drums and backing tracks are audible, but now the EWI isn't. Two steps forward, one step back. The EWI sends just a MIDI signal not actual synthesized sounds, so I'm now trying to track this one down. It appears that somehow I've broken the connection between the EWI's MIDI signal and the software synth in the PC. It was Windows GSA before changing to the SBX-Fi ASIO driver. The EWI sends MIDI on channel 1, and I've made sure the SBX is set to channel 1.

Re: Delay in receiving sound/notation with EWI Frank D #58270 01/31/10 01:54 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	Make sure that the thru channel is set to channel 1 also as that's not the default. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

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