Axe-Fx III USB Audio Latency Troubleshooting

[AlbertA]

IDK. It seems like asking the Axe Fx III to serve as an audio interface is a bit much. I'd suggest getting a good audio interface. No? I don't know. What do I know? I've never used it as an audio interface. I have plenty of high end ones so I don't need to. But it's a speciality tool.

The Axe-Fx II and III are pretty good audio interfaces. The analog front end is nice and quiet.

Adjusting the latency offset for me is pretty much a one time thing in my setup so a minor inconvenience.

I bet most people wouldn't even notice once they bring down "USB Buffer Size" in the Axe-Fx III - try something like 32.

 

[henryrobinett]

The Axe FX is a great interface actually and my old II and XL+ have served me very well.
It's supposed to be a good interface because it was designed to be.
It is probably a bug that needs to be ironed out.

I guess. This is what I use. http://mhsecure.com/metric_halo/products/hardware/uln-8.html. I have 5 of them. Using the Axe Fx III would never satisfy my needs. But your milage varies. If it works, great.

 

[hippietim]

I've been building DAWs professionally for nearly 25 years... so I wanted to chime-in.

This has zero to do with Windows 7 vs. 8 vs. 10.
The value of the offset won't change.
ALL audio interfaces have an offset (latency). If reported properly by the driver, the DAW software manages it automatically... and all audio tracks will line up properly.
If the value isn't reported properly, you have to manually figure out the offset (in samples)… and enter that in your DAW software.
Once done, it's done.

If you're savvy and have Win10 Pro, you can disable all annoying components (OneDrive, Cortana, Automatic Updates, etc).
At that point, Win10 is a very solid DAW platform.

Dude, I wrote a good chunk of the base Cortana engine and ported it to Windows. You're crushing my soul. LOL

 

[hippietim]

FWIW, I've been recording with my HP laptop with the Axe III and it's smooth as buttah. Ironically, I have not hooked it up to the fine machine that @Jim Roseberry built for me

 

[Guitarjon]

FWIW, I've been recording with my HP laptop with the Axe III and it's smooth as buttah. Ironically, I have not hooked it up to the fine machine that @Jim Roseberry built for me

No lag? What daw are you using?

 

[hippietim]

No lag? What daw are you using?

Presonus Studio One

 

[Jim Roseberry]

Dude, I wrote a good chunk of the base Cortana engine and ported it to Windows. You're crushing my soul. LOL

Foot placed firmly in mouth...
I really meant OneDrive and Automatic Updates...

 

[hippietim]

Foot placed firmly in mouth...
I really meant OneDrive and Automatic Updates...

LOL.

 

[AlbertA]

Presonus Studio One

And what do you have "USB Buffer size" in the axe-fx set to?

 

[James Baker]

I tried USB buffer set to 8. It did make it a lot closer. But it still was not on correctly.

 

[cobbler]

Foot placed firmly in mouth...
I really meant OneDrive and Automatic Updates...

No, no, no, you were originally correct! *ducking*

 

[Guitarjon]

I tried USB buffer set to 8. It did make it a lot closer. But it still was not on correctly.

Yeah, even the lowest settings aren't accurate enough in my experience.

 

[AlbertA]

Yeah, even the lowest settings aren't accurate enough in my experience.

When you set it low, do you make sure you use the automatic ASIO compensation? - not sure what that's called in Cubase..

 

[MatchFive]

Presonus Studio One

I have Studio One version 4. That's good to know it works fine with it.

 

[hippietim]

I have Studio One version 4. That's good to know it works fine with it.

I haven’t upgraded to 4 yet.

 

[HarrySound]

Dunno what version of Cubase your using but 9.5.3 was a car crash for me and I had to roll back.
I also turned the precision back down to 32-bit.
You could try the constrain time delay toggle?

 

[Guitarjon]

Dunno what version of Cubase your using but 9.5.3 was a car crash for me and I had to roll back.
I also turned the precision back down to 32-bit.
You could try the constrain time delay toggle?

It has been working pretty flawlessly for me so far.
I also tried the latency thing in cubase 8 but it was the same.

 

[James Baker]

FWIW, I've been recording with my HP laptop with the Axe III and it's smooth as buttah. Ironically, I have not hooked it up to the fine machine that @Jim Roseberry built for me

Did you do a latency test?

 

[Admin M@]

Should the title of this topic not be changed to...
"Everything recorded with any Digital Audio Interface has Latency"

 

[James Baker]

Obviously.

However, it is way off compared to any other interface I use. Or the AxeFx 2 XL for that matter.