Digitakt controlling Vst's

Elektron Gear
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Hi, I’m getting back to the box, and I want to have a hybrid set up with hardware, and software, because I think it’s the best way to work for me.

My set it is a Digitone, and a Digitatk, and I’m using overbridge for streaming all my tracks, directly to his own channel. I’ve configured the same buffer size for the soundcard and OB, and i have 0 delay when i’m multitracking, so it’s working perfectly.

The problem comes when I want to use DT, as my main sequencer for my Vst’s. I’m having latency problems, around 20ms. I’ve changed the midi clock settings in ableton to deal with the midi delay, but it’s not working, because only works with the audio that I record, but not for the midi. So I tried to use a midi-usb hub, and set the midi clock settings, and now i don’t have latency problems with the DT as sequencer for the vst’s, but to use the hub as the sync device, i had to turn off the sync in the overbridge plugin, so now the problem is that the audio it isn’t tight as when i use the overbridge as the sync device.

The main issue is that if i want tight audio, i have latency using the DT as midi sequencer, but if i want a tight midi sequencer, i have latency with the audio.

Is there existe any way to have tight audio and midi?

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Similar issues here. What DAW and computer are you using? I’m on Live 10 / Mac OS 10.12.

Unfortunately I think you just have to switch back and forth between OB and non-OB modes to get the best timing when switching between recording audio and MIDI. I’ve taken to just manually lining everything up after its recorded anyway just to be sure.

Would be curious to hear if there are any solutions to this though!

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I have Live 10 and Windows 10.

Yes, i think thats the point, change between OB and non-OB, but it’s something annoying and breaks completely the inspiration or the workflow.

I would like to hear any solution too!

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Man, I have the same issue.

Have you found any ways to mitigate the problem?

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I couldn’t.

Right now I’m using the digitone to midi sequence some vst’s, and it’s something you have to deal with.

Change track delay or midi settings is not going to change nothing because it doesn’t get affected.

I think you can mitigate by using microtiming

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Yeah, that’s what I did, microtiming steps backwards.

It’s weird, when I play through the Digi the vst sounds instantly, but not when I sequence it.

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There is some midi latency that i don’t know where it comes, I suppose is related to Overbridge.

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Nothing new since?

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Im using DT2 with bitwig as DAW, Overbridge is handling audio and midi control but NOT clock… i found relying on the usb connection for sync was a lost cause, so much jitter, between 3 and 20ms to account for even within 4 bars, thats too inconsistent to work with for me.

Solution was turning sync off on OB, connecting my midi interface (iconnectivity mioxm) to the DT2 DIN Midi to send clock and transport. Now I have tight sync and tight audio (the first bar when I start playback is rough but it quickly sorts itself out).

I’m not sure how much better the mioxm is for jitter than the standard midi out ports on any other audio interface… but that may be a factor if anyone tries this out and still struggles.

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