10.6.8 introduced a ton (Over 100 ms) of latency into my recording chain, essentially creating an 1/8th note delay at some tempos. The update also introduced a bunch of digital noise, so even if I could play ahead, it is impossible to record like this. Is anyone else having a similar problem? I've heard problems with popping audio and dropouts, but nothing pertaining to recording.
I have a latency problem using
I've just written about the problem to info@zoom.co.jp...
Same issue. It works for a while and the the R16 is not longer recognized by my Mac. But also the keyboard stops working as well. I hope someone at zoom is reading these posts.
I can pretty much guarantee you that hey aren't. Drop them an email.
Hello,
Yeah I have this problem too, It has had me tearing my hair out pretty much with frustration. Finaly stumbled onto this thread and happy its not a hardware problem as I was about to send my new microphones back as the problem was still there when I got my repaired box back.
It is a tad strange that to use the included sofware I got I had to upgrade my operating sys on the mac, but when you do it makes the r16 incompatible... tried garage band 11 and thought it may help to no avail. If I downgrade my OS back to it's prev version, the R16 works but the software does not.. arg! I am stuck in a crap loop of non compatibilty!
so.. now I know what the problem is I am little reassured that my gear is fine but I am on a recoding schedule for my band and this problem has caused us to be delayed by nearly a month now. I am having to deal with some unhappy people at the moment :/
Previous Setup:
Snow Leopard 10.6.8
Logic Pro 9.1.5
Zoom R16
Leaked driver found at https://public.me.com/lx93
Logic doesn't recognize the R16.
Current Setup:
Leopard 10.5.8
Logic Pro 9.1.5
Zoom R16
Stock driver found at http://www.zoom.co.jp/downloads/r16/software/
So far so good.
I'm not sure what kind of capability you need, or the cost/benefit of your time vs an investment, but have you considered having your band members pitch in for a minimal backup to get you rolling until the issue is resolved? I was planning on going this route if reinstalling with Leopard didn't work out.
Snow Leopard 10.6.6 will also do:
I have downgraded for now from 10.6.8 to 1.6.6 and no latency issue now.
However, I have tons of clicks. If I lower my R16 channel input gain a little bit, the clicks are gone.
I've read somewhere that clicks and noise could be related to USB drivers.
Anyone had a similar issue?
By the way, I've downgraded by reinstalling the Snow Leopard DVD and all my applications and settings weren't touched.
Here are the steps:
Source: http://www.mywebcache.com/2011/03/26/how-to-downgrade-from-mac-os-x-10-6-7-to-10 -6-6/
Hello everybody, today I have recieved a beta driver from Zoom.
They told me they couldn't reproduce the issue I mentioned but that they came up but a new beta driver to test.
I'll test it today and.
I just uploaded it to my site for you guys to have and test as well.
www.thiez.com/zoom.zip
Please share your experiences.
Thank you!
Dani
Does anybody know how to remove the previous driver?
Just found the uninstaller.
Mac Book Pro
Snow Leopard 10.6.8
Cubase 5.5
R16
I downloaded the drivers from https://public.me.com/lx93/ja/ and www.thiez.com/zoom.zip
There weren't any delaying problems for both of them,
but the noise was much louder compared to the time before 10.6.8
Anybody have similar problems?
I am using the Lion 10.7.2 with Cubase 5.5.2 and the R16 hooked to my Macbook Pro with the same drivers as you linked. These are betadrivers, and therefore not completely developed. The latency issues have been dealt with, but other issues such as using the R16 as a control surface to Cubase hasn't yet been developed, and I also experience white loud noise peaks when recording. These peaks are very randomly put and comes in longer takes, but it's serious enough to ruin my track so I have to make a new take with the hope of being lucky not to see any more noise. It buggers the **** out of me, but until we see an official driver on the Zoom webpage, I can almost garantee you guys that these will be problems
/Dooba
I called the support for zoom products on the phone.
They gave me the beta driver which I've already gotten by e-mail.
They say that the new driver will be up by end of Nov.
When a guy in the zoom forum asked them, they said that it will be up by end of Oct.
How long will it get......?
Go to zoom.co.jp and there you'll find the new official driver - It was released yesterday!
/Dooba
oh I'm sorry, it was the internal driver within the Zoom - my bad!
10.6.8 latency issues with ZOOM R16
