Next up in the latency/jitter testing is Cubase!
If you don’t understand what this is, please read the introduction post (This article is being updated if/when changes are made!).
Other parts in this series:
- Daw v Daw 7.2 update, again...
- Pro Tools
- FLStudio
- Live
- Bitwig
- Mixbus
- Ardour
- DP
- Logic
- Reaper
- Waveform
- Studio One
- Conclusions
Contents
Introduction
Read the introduction post. I have updated this post since it was originally published.
For Cubase I used a Sampler track.
No settings affected these results. (ASIO-Guard had no influence, among other settings).
Reminder, don’t trust dweebs on the internet. Do the tests yourself, or at least double check my data.
64 sample buffer
Reported Latency
- Input - 4.583ms
- Output - 4.354ms
64 sample buffer
256 sample buffer
Reported Latency
- Input - 8.583ms
- Output - 8.354ms
256 sample buffer
1024 sample buffer
Reported Latency
- Input - 24.583ms
- Output - 24.533ms
1024 sample buffer
Data
Here is a csv of all the data, including the config files used to plot it using deltafinder.
Conclusion
- Cubase experiences the “MIDI Jitter” problem being investigated.
- Cubase’s is the lowest, along with Waveform
Meta
This post took:
- 1 hour to mess with Cubase’s settings.
- 22 minutes to test.
- 30 minutes to write the article.