thats my question and a discussion of this would help me out a lot as i have gig soon and need to buy one quick. i have been told a firewire sound card can resolve this/ if so whats the best one for not too muchmoney. RME is probably only interface I would ever consider worth getting second hand. when i use a guitar and keyboard in ableton there is a delay so i lower the latency to get rid of it but then the playback is effected and is way too glitchy. This is only possible if theres a standalone ASIO or CoreAudio driver available for your Rane hardware: ASIO CoreAudio SL 1 Y N SL 3 N N TTM 57SL Y Y Sixty-Eigh. It helps in processing incoming and outgoing audio signals, connects the band or DJ into the software world, and gives an ability to use professional quality studio monitors and high-quality sound for live performances. Test same way without AK1 and you will know if NI fixed it or not. Buying a high-quality sound card is one of the best investments you can make as a music producer. AudioPhile Firewire Sound Card (for my headphone cue and RCA out to my Amps/PA as well as input from Ableton via.

Open any software that makes AK1 active, open task manager and watch performance for a while, see if there are wave like spikes, can range from 15 to 50% (on top of whatever default idle). Note: while working fine on OSX or XP, Audio Kontrol was unusable in Vista - constant spikes (wave like more than spikes) I do not know if that issue was ever fixed by NI.

The only interface that I know of, that can run at low latency on (tuned) Vista is Indigo express (0.35 to 0.40 ms). I doubt you will get better results with Motu, even RME which unquestionably is THE interface for Live live, specially guitar playing.īefore buying anything I would suggest test install XP and than decide, fine as general use OS ,Vista is not much suitable for any audio work, if at all requires serious tuning which is much more tricky and complex then tuning of XP (which with you computer you wont even need).įor using Live, any audio live - XP or OSX.

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