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    hi really stuck on what to do with my latency settings..
    have it currently set on 1024 with 4ms usb buffer and i have a max output of 32ms ??.. not 100% on what these actually do but have jumbled these settings around and this is what sounds best at the moment. but I still get the occasional audio dropouts.. using an s4 midi with dell laptop 3gb RAM 2.1ghz duo core and windows vista

    if anyone could help me that would be great

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    Audio drop oputs could be due to other things.

    When I set my latency too low I get crackles rater than drop outs.

    Try disableing your wifi if you have it.

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    Also make sure your sample rate isn't set higher than 44,100Hz. 32ms is a massive latency and you shouldn't need to have it that high.
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    This is for Windows 7, but some of the stuff applies.

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    How are u running a 3gb ram laptop ? If it's a 2gb and a 1gb then you might want to take got 1gb out because it actually divides the ram if you have an odd number. So you would technically have 1.5gb of ram in there. This will also help with dropouts, you also might want to try running to script thing on the blog.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr.drumer.boy View Post
    How are u running a 3gb ram laptop ? If it's a 2gb and a 1gb then you might want to take got 1gb out because it actually divides the ram if you have an odd number. So you would technically have 1.5gb of ram in there. This will also help with dropouts, you also might want to try running to script thing on the blog.
    huh? That is not true at all. I think what you are talking about is referring to single channel vs. dual channel memory access. It doesn't split the RAM in half. AFAIK single channel memory access has negligible real world performance issues.

    it would hurt to add an extra gigabyte though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drmore View Post
    Audio drop oputs could be due to other things.

    When I set my latency too low I get crackles rater than drop outs.

    Try disableing your wifi if you have it.
    should I update my drivers? have downloaded the latest from dell but my computer wont let me let it run saying there is not enough allocated memory?

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    You should be using ASIO drivers, not the ones from Dell. That'll be why your latency is so high.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fullenglishpint View Post
    You should be using ASIO drivers, not the ones from Dell. That'll be why your latency is so high.
    awesome where could i find them?

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