Latency with Toontrack Solo 1.2.1 – PC platform

[minimutt]

Hi everyone,
 
I’m using Superior Drummer with the Toontrack Solo 1.2.1 Application into a custom PC (8-core Xeon Processors @ 2.5 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows XP with SP2) and triggering the software with a Yamaha DTXpress Special IV drumkit via an M-Audio Solo MIDI to USB cable directly into my computer (rather than running a MIDI cable directly into my Digidesign 003 interface, which was yielding me no results).  I am not sure why this is happening considering the build of my system but I am getting very noticable latency when playing the Edrums, which is fairly driving me nuts.  I have set the latency setting in TTS to 64 MB as a precaution (although I am not sure why triggering via MIDI would affect this), to no avail.
 
Also, when clicking the drums with my mouse in the construct interface, the level is WAY hotter than when I am triggering the drums through MIDI…wondering what gives with that.
 
Can anyone make any suggestions to help with these particular problems?  Advice from more sage minds than myself on this would very much appreciate highlighting solutions to my dilemnas…
 
I’ve got a whole other issue related to Pro Tools and Superior Drummer on an instrument track, but I’m trying to figure that one out on my own…hoping I don’t have to bother y’all again with what is surely my stupidity…
 
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions that may come my way!
 
 

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[Rogue]

latency is certainly relevant to this scenario since the sound has to go out of the computer to your amplification system… Digidesign hardware sadly do not come with ASIO drivers so you are almost certainly running under MME (you can confirm that in the Audio Device window).

I’m not sure what to suggest as there really isn’t any real solutions that does not involve purchasing a secondary audio card for ‘live’ use (without ProTools). You could try generic drivers such as ASIO4ALL in conjunction with your onboard card but I doubt the latency would be completely unnoticeable.

Rogue Marechal - Toontrack
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[minimutt]

Thanks for the informative answer, sir – that makes much sense. 
 
Since I don’t plan on using the application for much “live” work anyway as I bought SD 2.0 with the intent of laying down drum tracks in ProTools – so this shouldn’t affect me adversely for what I want to do.  Would have been nice to use my trigger kit in TTS for practice and kit refining, but I can live with just using SD2 as a plugin within Pro Tools as it was my original mission anyway.
 
The other issue I am confronted with now is probably an I/O issue with instrument tracks in ProTools (likely exacerbated by my inexperience with both applications) – the SD 2.0 software is not being triggered despite MIDI information being present (although the BFD Lite software that came bundled with ProTools does).  I’m trying to resolve that one on my own but if I have need of some more good advice I certainly know here I can come now.  Thanks so much for helping out!

[Rogue]

that sound like the initial bug with the 2.0.0 release. Please check the version in the interface and update your software if necessary. If problems persist then please create a new topic in the ‘Superior Help’ section and we’ll try to help.

Rogue Marechal - Toontrack
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