CAKEWALK SONAR - Mixing Latency

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For more information, consult the online help topic, Dropouts and Other Audio
Problems.
Mixing Latency
SONAR has a slider in the Audio Options dialog box, on the General tab, to set
mixing latency. Mixing latency is the amount of time SONAR allocates to prepare
a buffer full of audio data for playback. Lower latency settings add processing time
because of the need to refill the smaller data buffers more often. You may need to
use the slider to increase mixing latency under the following conditions:
• You use lots of real-time effects, and you hear dropouts. Check the CPU meter
for high readings; try increasing the latency.
• Your sound card does not function well at lower latency. Some sound cards just
do not function well at lower latency settings. Even though SONAR’s CPU
meter and Dropout indicator report no problems, if you hear dropouts try
increasing the mixing latency.
Sound cards differ in the precision of their timing, what size audio buffers they
require, and other characteristics. SONAR has a utility called the Wave Profiler
that can usually automatically detect the type of sound card that you have
installed and configure its settings for best performance. If your sound card is a
well-known model, you can usually use SONAR without having to change many
audio settings. However, if you experience synchronization problems between
MIDI and digital audio, like to use different sample rates and bit depths, or want
to experiment with mixing latency, you need to do some optimization yourself.
44.1 kHZ Mono 5.0 MB per minute 7.6 MB per minute
44.1 kHZ Stereo 10.1 MB per minute 15.1 MB per minute
48 kHz Mono 5.5 MB per minute 7.6 MB per minute
48 kHz Stereo 11.0 MB per minute 16.5 MB per minute
96 kHz Mono 11.2 MB per minute 16.5 MB per minute
96 kHz Stereo 22.0 MB per minute 33.0 MB per minute