Running WIN10 and Cubase 10 with 256 buffer on an SQ6, though never record more then 4-8 channel at same time, mixing around 16-24 channel.
I have not checked what delay I actually have, but no problem with delay when I run UAD guitar amp simulations like Diezel Herbert of Savage
120 in realtime, I’m happy with the by of SQ6 as centerpeace in my home/project studio. Is this maybe an dedicated issue with USB drivers for
Mac that creates this?
no it has nothing to do with the Mac, the problem is just in his mind
Avid Venue SC48 has more than 10ms latency and you can add plugins (including Waves) that lead to over 20ms, nobody is complaining…
if the latency is a problem we do not process the signals with additional plugins,
so in monitor world be economical with plugins
the SQ was designed to work as a mixer with additional ability to record live performances with computers and as recording frontend within project studios
in both situations it is not an issue that the USB interface has a latency higher than 5ms
My plan is to use the focusrite as a low latency thunderbolt to Dante converter. Apparently the rednet PCIe cards only get you <3ms RTL, the thunderbolt interface will do 1.6ms @ 32 samples 96kHz.the Thunderbolt interface will add one more Dante hop that adds latency as well
The reason thunderbolt is faster is because it’s a different driver developed by focusrite, vs the PCIe card which is just a rebranded Audinate product.no it's not significant faster, since it is a PCIe bus packed on a cable that needs to be converted too
we talk about latency of around 3ms
that is very low already
and use of a digital pitch shifter as a device will add more latency since pitch shifting is a delay based FX
The latency on Windows is indeed lower than it is on Mac. I think the minimum RTL I saw on Windows was around 5ms, vs the 10ms for Mac.
Thinking about getting a SQ6 but have a connection question.
I run my Keyboard setup using virtual instruments under Reaper. I use an RME MADI card that goes out to the MADI card on my Midas M32.
This works great as I don’t have to go thru any converters till the mains out.
Since there is no MADI interface for the SQ series I’m trying to figure out how to get my MADI output into the SQ mixer.
One idea I have come up with if it’s doable is use a Motu M64USB/AVB with MADI to convert the MADI output to USB.
Are the USB drivers on the SQ6 class compliant?
Has anyone tried this to see if it works?
Thanks.