Crazy Latency
I’ve used Reason since 2.5. Switched over to Ableton in 2017, then switched to Cubase in 2019. Kept all three up to date, so the latest versions of all. Particularly because I like to use Reason Rack in Cubase.
I have a windows 11 machine.
13th gen i9 @ 3.00ghz
96 Gb ram.
16 Gb GeForce RTX 5060ti
Scarlett 18i20 audio interface.
Was super excited about Reason 14 and wanted to give it a go again as my full time Daw. Upgraded to 14.
I’m finding I have to keep my buffer size on a 22 track project at 192 minimum. Any lower starts to crack and pop. I’m using a fair amount of Sonible EQs and Compression (the AI ones) and also Mastering the Mix’s Fuser Plugin. I know these are pretty resource intensive.
When I hit my midi drum pads or keys there is such a lag before I hear the sound. Toggling the Delay Comp button corrects that, but then when I play the song, the tracks that are using those above mentioned plugins are out of sync. If I turn off all of those plugins, it corrects the issue, but I still can’t get below 192 on the buffer.
I started over and replicated the exact same song in Cubase using the exact same of everything including midi data, vsts, reason rack for the specific reason items, etc, and I can get down to 64 on the buffer in Cubase 15. No lags or weird latency anywhere.
I want to say I experienced this in the past with Reason. I can’t imagine a whole lot of people experience this, because it is horrible, but wondering if I’m doing something wrong or what. Not sure. Reaching out the community because I love Reason and wanted to use it more, other than just the rack.
Thanks for reading.