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Q: Mainstage MIDI latency problems

I'm attempting to use Mainstage (the latest version) for triggering sampled guitar parts in a live situation. I'm using the 'Playback' plug-in that comes with mainstage. However I cannot get rid of a nasty latency from when I hit the MIDI controller until the sound comes out. It makes it unusable. I have trimmed the samples to begin exactly at the start and the latency does vary. I have altered the buffer settings and this doesn't semm to make any usuable difference.

I have a Roland PK-5a MIDI Foot Keyoard plugged into a Focusrite Saffire Pro AD/DA Audio unit and then into my MacBook Pro Retina 16gb 512gb flash 2.7ghz i7.

Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.7.5), MacBook Pro Retina 16gb 512gb flash

Posted on Apr 24, 2013 5:02 AM

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