![]() Placing a copy of sfz.dll in two folders within my plugins folder certainly allowed them to be selected within Reaper (sfz & sfz2), but the result was no better than one. The next test will be to use multiple copies of the SFZ (or SFZ+) DLL in different plugin folders and see if that works. Of course, that only allows reliable playback of two instruments at a time, but it's a clear indication that this is not a fault of Reaper or the ASIO driver, but the laptop/SFZ's inability to process two MIDI commands at the same time. On one track, I'm using SFZ as the VSTi, and on another, I'm using the new and improved SFZ+ (downloaded for free from CakeWalk). Same as setting up a buss track in any other DAW, rather than using Reaper’s folder system. This setup allows you to coalesce audio to a single place without using folder tracks. Then, I got a brainwave: By using two different soft synths, I am able to bring the buffers all the way down to negligible latency, and I cannot get playback of even the most complex SoundFonts to fail. When you turn off the Master/Parent send, the track will only output data to its sends. ![]() I pushed the buffers up full and made sure no other CPU-significant software was stealing power, but I couldn't get multiple MIDI tracks to play reliably. Although I played the offending tracks at least fifteen times before making claims of finding a solution, this morning, the same machine playing the same tracks got stuck every second or third time. So, if you're not already using ASIO4All, you might want to start there. Latency Compensation: 1024 samples (in & out)īTW, using the Focusrite USB 2.0 ASIO Driver supplied with the sound card, I can't get multiple MIDI tracks to play reliably on the laptop AT ALL. Latency Compensation: 512 samples (in & out)Īlways resample 44.1kHz to 48kHz: Off Pentium dual-core laptop with Realtek onboard Latency Compensation: 0 samples (in & out)Īlways resample 44.1kHz to 48kHz: Off Pentium dual-core laptop with Scarlett 2i2 In case it helps, here are my ASIO4All settings for each configuration. For now, I'm manually programming simple drum tracks. Of course, such a large buffer messes with latency, but I'll worry about that when I connect my MIDI keyboard. Using the onboard Realtek sound card (just as a test), this needs to be pushed all the way up to 2048 samples for reliable playback. ![]() On the laptop, I need to increase the ASIO buffer size from the default 512 samples to 1536 samples to make the glitches go away. My problem is that when I stop playback and fix the problem, or so I believe, by turning down the volume on the offending track I can't turn the automute off without reloading the project - clicking on the track's mute button works sometimes but not reliably. I'm using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB sound card with ASIO4All driver v2.11b1 on both machines. The glitches and resulting muted Reaper channels only showed up when I tried to make everything work on an older laptop for portability. I wasn't suffering the problem at all on my Core-i7 with bucket-loads of RAM etc. I'm not sure what hardware you're using, but here's my situation and how I fixed it: ![]()
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