Hi -- I have an LG 15z990 laptop, running Windows 10. Yesterday, I eagerly attached my new "Focusrite Scarlett Solo, 3rd generation" audio interface (with its included Focusrite USB ASIO driver), hoping for a significant reduction in the Jamulus "Overall Delay". However, to my disappointment, the overall delay was actually WORSE than with my previous setup, a Zoom H1n recorder used as a USB audio interface, with the ASIO4ALL driver.
Has anyone else been similarly disappointed? Ideas and suggestions most welcome. Thanks!
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There must be something set wrong somewhere. I don't have the Focusrite Scarlet, but similar hardware and halved my overall latency by using the native ASIO driver and not ASIO4ALL. From what I have heard from others the Focusrite should give similar results.
I don't want to insult your intelligence, just be sure to cover all tracks:
.- Is the Focusrite driver really selected under Device in the Settings window ? It is possible to have both ASIO4ALL and the native driver installed at the same time. Be sure to select the Focusrite driver
.- Are you using a small buffer? 128 or 64 samples?
.- There have been some problems with the Focusrite Scarlet driver. Have you tried the driver mentioned here ? https://github.com/corrados/jamulus/wiki/Sound-Devices
I hope this helps,
Don
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Don - thank you! I tried the Focusrite again last night, and this time I got somewhat better results than my previous setup with ASIO4ALL -- maybe 10 ms less overall delay (50 instead of 60). I made minor changes: a shorter ethernet cable, and plugging the Focusrite into a different USB port on my laptop. I'm not sure if these changes really made any difference, or if there are other, unknown factor(s) involved.
I mostly have been using the buffer size of 128. The 64 setting has not yielded pleasant auditory results! I have the jitter buffer on "Auto".
I believe I have correctly selected the Focusrite USB ASIO driver in "Settings". My version of the driver is 4.65.5.658 . That looks like a more recent version, than the one in your link.
I will keep experimenting. Thank you again for your help! --Tom
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The specs of the laptop can not be the problem, on the contrary.
Did you buy the laptop recently?
If yes, maybe the laptop came with a lot of bloatware https://www.techopedia.com/definition/4237/bloatware . Bloatware can use a lot of computing power, try to get rid of it.
Are you using another virusscanner besides Windows Defender, if yes, stop running it before you start Jamulus.
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The laptop is only a few months old. I checked for "bloatware" starting up automatically, but found nothing major. I also tried "before and after" tests with and without my Avast antivirus, and Windows Defender firewall. But again, no particular difference either way. Thanks for the ideas, though! --Tom
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Hi -- I have an LG 15z990 laptop, running Windows 10. Yesterday, I eagerly attached my new "Focusrite Scarlett Solo, 3rd generation" audio interface (with its included Focusrite USB ASIO driver), hoping for a significant reduction in the Jamulus "Overall Delay". However, to my disappointment, the overall delay was actually WORSE than with my previous setup, a Zoom H1n recorder used as a USB audio interface, with the ASIO4ALL driver.
Has anyone else been similarly disappointed? Ideas and suggestions most welcome. Thanks!
There must be something set wrong somewhere. I don't have the Focusrite Scarlet, but similar hardware and halved my overall latency by using the native ASIO driver and not ASIO4ALL. From what I have heard from others the Focusrite should give similar results.
I don't want to insult your intelligence, just be sure to cover all tracks:
.- Is the Focusrite driver really selected under Device in the Settings window ? It is possible to have both ASIO4ALL and the native driver installed at the same time. Be sure to select the Focusrite driver
.- Are you using a small buffer? 128 or 64 samples?
.- There have been some problems with the Focusrite Scarlet driver. Have you tried the driver mentioned here ? https://github.com/corrados/jamulus/wiki/Sound-Devices
I hope this helps,
Don
Don - thank you! I tried the Focusrite again last night, and this time I got somewhat better results than my previous setup with ASIO4ALL -- maybe 10 ms less overall delay (50 instead of 60). I made minor changes: a shorter ethernet cable, and plugging the Focusrite into a different USB port on my laptop. I'm not sure if these changes really made any difference, or if there are other, unknown factor(s) involved.
I mostly have been using the buffer size of 128. The 64 setting has not yielded pleasant auditory results! I have the jitter buffer on "Auto".
I believe I have correctly selected the Focusrite USB ASIO driver in "Settings". My version of the driver is 4.65.5.658 . That looks like a more recent version, than the one in your link.
I will keep experimenting. Thank you again for your help! --Tom
The specs of the laptop can not be the problem, on the contrary.
Did you buy the laptop recently?
If yes, maybe the laptop came with a lot of bloatware https://www.techopedia.com/definition/4237/bloatware . Bloatware can use a lot of computing power, try to get rid of it.
Are you using another virusscanner besides Windows Defender, if yes, stop running it before you start Jamulus.
The laptop is only a few months old. I checked for "bloatware" starting up automatically, but found nothing major. I also tried "before and after" tests with and without my Avast antivirus, and Windows Defender firewall. But again, no particular difference either way. Thanks for the ideas, though! --Tom