audio system overload errors....

rubber_glove · Apr 27, 2003, 02:45 AM

hi:

two things, really.

1. is there a simple way to prevent/avoid getting the pesky "ASIO audio system overload" error? i get this occaisionally when recording multitrack in logic and OFTEN when playing back those recordings in logic.... even if i am not using any effects/instruments in logic (which i rarely do). it seems to happen when i am doing something else in the background, using another program, but will also happen (less often) when i am doing....nothing. does anyone (with better 'logic logic' than me) have any tips on what settings i can use to run more smoothly.... is it better to have windows (2000) optimized for applications or bacground services? the most obvious thing to do would be to increase the latency, but...

2. whenever i change the latency up from 21.33ms using the kx control panel (a bug note to the developers, that the control panel on version 3532 beta is interestingly transparent) the error 'error creating input buffer, latency too large....." pops up and resets the latency. and really, shouldn't 21.33 be more than enough with a p3... (oh, and this problem is not limited to 3532 beta drivers, i've been ignoring it for quite some time now...)

any help would be much-much appreciated...

thanks,
martin

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Apr 28, 2003, 12:16 AM

>> the error 'error creating input buffer, latency too large....."

it says 'latency is too LARGE', that is, too high
it means that you should -lower- the latency to, say, 10ms or less

the reason: there are too many active recording sources (for instance, logic usually opens all the 16 channels even if only 2 are used). each recording source requires a buffer, but the total buffer size is limited (in hardware) by 64kB. so, if you open many large buffers [that is, with high latency], the asio fails

you should either lower the number of buffers, or lower their size (by setting a lower latency)

/Eugene

rubber_glove · Apr 28, 2003, 02:42 PM

cool... but will setting the latency lower (i.e. smaller buffers) make problem 1 (audio system overload) better? i would think that a smaller buffer might make this problem worse? i guess i'll try it out.... thanks...

Apr 27, 2003, 02:45 AM	#1
rubber_glove DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: montreal Posts: 66 Rep Power: 0	audio system overload errors.... hi: two things, really. 1. is there a simple way to prevent/avoid getting the pesky "ASIO audio system overload" error? i get this occaisionally when recording multitrack in logic and OFTEN when playing back those recordings in logic.... even if i am not using any effects/instruments in logic (which i rarely do). it seems to happen when i am doing something else in the background, using another program, but will also happen (less often) when i am doing....nothing. does anyone (with better 'logic logic' than me) have any tips on what settings i can use to run more smoothly.... is it better to have windows (2000) optimized for applications or bacground services? the most obvious thing to do would be to increase the latency, but... 2. whenever i change the latency up from 21.33ms using the kx control panel (a bug note to the developers, that the control panel on version 3532 beta is interestingly transparent) the error 'error creating input buffer, latency too large....." pops up and resets the latency. and really, shouldn't 21.33 be more than enough with a p3... (oh, and this problem is not limited to 3532 beta drivers, i've been ignoring it for quite some time now...) any help would be much-much appreciated... thanks, martin

Apr 28, 2003, 12:16 AM	#2
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	>> the error 'error creating input buffer, latency too large....." it says 'latency is too LARGE', that is, too high it means that you should -lower- the latency to, say, 10ms or less the reason: there are too many active recording sources (for instance, logic usually opens all the 16 channels even if only 2 are used). each recording source requires a buffer, but the total buffer size is limited (in hardware) by 64kB. so, if you open many large buffers [that is, with high latency], the asio fails you should either lower the number of buffers, or lower their size (by setting a lower latency) /Eugene

Apr 28, 2003, 02:42 PM	Thread Starter #3
rubber_glove DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: montreal Posts: 66 Rep Power: 0	cool... but will setting the latency lower (i.e. smaller buffers) make problem 1 (audio system overload) better? i would think that a smaller buffer might make this problem worse? i guess i'll try it out.... thanks...