Digital Distortion when using soft synth -ACID Product Family

Subject:Digital Distortion when using soft synth Posted by: Nechromatic Date:11/29/2002 8:24:12 AM Hey guys... i tried a soft synth last night, n it worked properly for a while...then when i wanted to render the track, the first note was digitally distorted...i went back to the project, n everytime i clicked "Play from start" there would be a harsh digital distortion, readin +30db on the synths input... whats the problem? is it just that the synth is not compatible with acid or what? (i messed around with the buffer, so thats not the problem, also the project doesnt have very many tracks yet, so the ram/cpu shouldnt be a problem either)
Subject:RE: Digital Distortion when using soft synth Reply by: Laurence Date:12/1/2002 8:34:28 AM Does the first note hit right at the beginning of the sequence? I've noticed slamming velocities on a note played right at the beginning of the first measure. Insert a measure of silence before the first note and you should be fine. Laurence Kingston
Subject:RE: Digital Distortion when using soft synth Reply by: SonyNateM Date:12/2/2002 11:53:10 AM What soft synth are you using in your softwrae Nechromatic? Have you tried raising the playback buffer size on the Audio tab of ACID's preferences? Most VSTi's should not give you any trouble starting at the beginning of the project, however, Laurence's suggestion could help if you find that adjusting the buffer settings in ACID's preferences doesn't help. Nate
Subject:RE: Digital Distortion when using soft synth Reply by: Laurence Date:12/2/2002 8:22:58 PM I don't think that this problem is so much a buffer over-run issue as it is a "playing a note while sysex and controllers are still being sent" issue. I have noticed similar issues with Sonar and Cubase when you try to play a note right at the beginning of a sequence. At best it will work OK but skew your timing a little. It's best to leave a little space before the first note. Laurence Kingston
Subject:RE: Digital Distortion when using soft synth Reply by: SonyNateM Date:12/3/2002 10:42:53 AM Have you updated to ACID Pro 4.0a yet? This may also help to correct the problem: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/download/step2.asp?DID=405 Nate
Subject:RE: Digital Distortion when using soft synth Reply by: dhanjit Date:12/3/2002 11:12:07 AM A statement about 4.0b would be nice. December? January?
Subject:RE: Digital Distortion when using soft synth Reply by: Nechromatic Date:12/3/2002 11:18:21 AM ok i havent tried leaving a lil space before the first note yet, altho i gave somebody else this very advice on here, but with a different problem :D maybe i should practice what i preach ;) im not sure which synth it was, it was a freeware synth created with synth edit, so maybe its not 100% compatible...but like i said, it worked fine before i used the "mix to new track" ... its not a problem with the playback buffer, i checked that...could it have sumpn to do with latency? i'm sort of a newbie to this midi thing, so i dunno... ill tell you if it worked after i tried your suggestions thanks guys

Subject:Digital Distortion when using soft synth

Posted by: Nechromatic

Date:11/29/2002 8:24:12 AM

Hey guys...

i tried a soft synth last night, n it worked properly for a while...then when i wanted to render the track, the first note was digitally distorted...i went back to the project, n everytime i clicked "Play from start" there would be a harsh digital distortion, readin +30db on the synths input...

whats the problem? is it just that the synth is not compatible with acid or what?
(i messed around with the buffer, so thats not the problem, also the project doesnt have very many tracks yet, so the ram/cpu shouldnt be a problem either)