Suddenly high latency

I noticed this issue recently too. I'm running 3.0.3 with a 17" MacBook Pro (early 2011). It plays fine for my first set, but if I leave it open for about an hour and come back later, it has about a second of latency. Restarting the app fixes the issue. I have learned to quit the app when I walk off stage and then restart it for the next set.

--Joe

Hi Joe,

Yes me too but that's not a real solution for me because often this latency happens before my first set finish and when i restart MS, this problem happens sometimes faster and faster, like every 15mns.

Important question: what is your audio interface please? Because i was thinking it's a conflict with Focusrite products (i tried with a liquid saffire 56 too) and was trying to find another brand to test but now i really don't know...

Thanks,

jbule

jbule,

I completely agree; it is not a solution at all! I just had the same problem where restarting the app fixed it for about a minute and then it glitched again in the middle of the first song. Had to restart again.

One thing I didn't mention is that I'm running the OS-X 10.10 Yosemite beta. I didn't have this problem before I updated my OS. I play around with app development too, so I tried it out. My app development is just for fun though, so I was thinking about reverting to Mavericks in hopes that the Mainstage latency problem would go away... I'm guessing you're running Mavericks?

My my audio interface is the Steinberg UR-22: https://www.steinberg.net/en/products/audio_interfaces/ur_serie/modelle/ur22.htm l

-Joe

Joe,

Really interesting. So it looks to come from the software, not my audio interface, i don't know if it's a good or a bad news 😁. It's a shame because i really like MS but it's not stable so not professional like it pretends to be for live playing.

Yes i m using Mavericks (10.9.3 version) so it's strange that you didn't have this problem before with mavericks too.

And you are using an usb port and i m using a thunderbolt port with a firewire adapter so it doesn't come from a problem of port or adapter either.

For info, i just checked Appstore and there is the MS 3.0.4 update available since one or two days! I don't believe in a miracle but i m gonna test tomorrow and let you know the result.

jbule

I'm cutting to the end of the thread without reading all details, but it seems that all posts involve using an external audio device. Has any tried to reproduce this issue (not at a show obviously) using built-in audio just to see if it occurs there too?

This has happend to me several times in front of 1000s of people! 😠

Only thing to do is to restart mainstage, which takes half a song!

It only affects my audio channels. I use many software synths and they are not affected by latency, so it must be incoming audio that is the problem

Audio device: Focusrite saffire pro 40

Mainstage version 3.0.4

Have to add that the LEDs on my interface react without latency on incoming audio when the problem has occurred.

I also have the I/O Safety buffer enabled. Will try to have it disabled next time. Maybe there's a bug where Mainstage suddenly thinks it's very unsafe.

Hi

Given that you all seem to be having problems when using a Focusrite interface, have you contacted Focusrite themselves to see if it is a known issue?

Just a thought :-)

CCT

Thought about that too but there is one Steinberg UR-22 involved here as well…

I've recently been having the same "latency-after-a-few-hours" issue with 25+ patches of Lush101, Kontakt 5 and Sylenth patches. I was using MainStage 2 then thought that going to MainStage 3 would remedy the problem. I've also moved all my sample libraries to an external hard drive (lacie rugged 500Gb 7400 rpm) and still the same. This problem started around the same time that I purchased an external audio interface (UR44) rather than using the Core Audio. Next gig is in a few days. I'm going to run the Core Audio (1/8 out...not the best sound quality) rather than use the UR44.

Restarting the app fixes the issue but certainly isn't a viable solution.

MBP 13" 2011

Steinberg UR44

Roland RD64

Hammond XK-1

Neo Ventilator

For me, it's a random issue. I just did a gig this past Saturday and had Mainstage 3 running for 6 hours (started at sound check and didn't close the app until the end of the gig) and NO LATENCY! My MBP even ran on battery power for about 2 hours before I noticed that the power adaptor was unplugged.

Seems to be an intermittent problem. The worst kind.

I play 2-3 times a week so I'll keep a log of what I did before accessing Mainstage 3. If the problem resurfaces, maybe I can figure out what's causing it.

Cheers

In my case sometimes it is the midi-interface causing a delay (E-mu X11). I get an annoying 10 sec ⚠ delay. Just reconnecting the device solves the issue.

hey guys.. so I though I'd shed some darkness and confusion on this topic.. muhehe.

I'm having the same problem on my brand new 13" Air (i5 @ 1.4Ghz, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD) running Mavericks 10.9.5. But here's the fun part: this issue first happened to me a couple of weeks back when I didn't have MainStage yet; it was in Reaper and I was using my old Fast Track Pro by M-Audio. Later I bought MainStage and a new soundcard (finally!) and it's happening again, this time with MainStage 3.0.4 through a Roland Octa-Capture. In conclusion, this is not a Focusrite / Steinberg hardware related issue, nor do I believe it is a MainStage related one. It might well have something to do with Core Audio itself..