Re: Apogee Duet vs. Motu Ultralite

[Chris Sewell <lunamusic@mac.com>]

I think I found the culprit. I'm pretty sure it is Trilian. I took it  
out and all is well. That thing is a memory behemoth. Thanks for the  
advice. The Duet sounds amazing.


Chris


On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:04 PM, Todd Matthews wrote:

> Which version of Ableton are you using? I've been running so far at  
> 128 without problems. (Knock on wood) Again I'm using a Macbook  
> white (early 2009) with 4 gig ram. Are you using a similar  
> computer? Maybe try turning off airport? Although I just ran a few  
> tests in Ableton using looper with some of Abletons soft synths and  
> didn't have any problems. Something sounds fishy with you having to  
> unplug the Duet to have changes take effect. I can change the  
> buffer setting by typing in 256, 512, 128 and the changes take  
> effect immediately. Let me know if I can help troubleshoot since  
> I'm a new Duet user as well.
>
>
> Todd
>
>
> On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Chris Sewell wrote:
>
>> So I picked up an Apogee Duet this week. It does sound really,  
>> really good. I did some back to back tests with my Ultralite. It  
>> has a much more full sound, with tighter lows and a nice warmth  
>> too it. Very impressive sound. Its nice to have a control panel  
>> for it right in Logic and Mainstage. The breakout cable doesn't  
>> bother me much, you're gonna have cables connected to it anyway,  
>> so it's not that big a deal. I miss having a midi interface built  
>> in. I would imagine the Duet II will include this.
>> The only real problem I have with it is when using it with  
>> Ableton, I'm getting some pretty crazy latency issues. It defaults  
>> to 512 samples in the buffer when you first connect it, and I was  
>> experiencing latency of good 1/2 second. Bringing it down to 256  
>> didn't make a difference initially. I then have to unplug the  
>> Duet, then turn it back on, and restart Live for the change to  
>> kick in. It then improved greatly. But adding devices to a channel  
>> sometimes would knock back out of the setting. Although the buffer  
>> remained, the long lag would reappear, requiring another restart.  
>> Very weird. I made sure the drivers were the latest versions, but  
>> this still occurs. I was getting frustrated so I plugged the  
>> Ultralite back in, thinking I would return the Duet. I immediatly  
>> missed the sound of the Duet. I don't think I can go back.
>> Does any one have any idea why it seems so sensitive to any  
>> changes I make in Ableton?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Chris
>>
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