Yamaha-Steinberg driver behaviour with N1X

Frédéric L

I have installed the Yamaha-Steinberg driver which is used with the Steinberg UR22 interface and the Yamaha N1X digital piano. With the same parameters (128 samples/buffer, 44,1kHz), the N1X latency is the double of the UR22. I note also that Windows manage to send sound to the N1X while Reaper send sound too on ASIO mode.

I suppose the N1X audio path pass through a software mixer, perhaps the Windows mixer, this could explain both observations. However it would be a curious ASIO behaviour. Usually, ASIO drivers bypass the mixer and use an exclusive mode to reduce the latency. Perhaps I should prefer the exclusive WASAPI mode of Reaper.

David B

Frédéric L I have installed the Yamaha-Steinberg driver which is used with the Steinberg UR22 interface and the Yamaha N1X digital piano. With the same parameters (128 samples/buffer, 44,1kHz), the N1X latency is the double of the UR22.

How many milliseconds of latency are you getting?

MrGr

what do you mean with "N1X latency"? sorry, but I cannot get at all what you are doing. Input from N1X? Output to it? Via line in/out into UR22? via N1X USB? WASAPI is not ASIO. if you want to share the ASIO device (ie. have multiple DAWs use low latency output at the same time), get ASIO LINK Pro. It's free.

Frédéric L

The N1X latency is here the time from the output of a piano sound from one of my virtual pianos to the moment I can hear it.

Note: I don’t need sharing. I only spot that sharing need some software mixer, and if Windows mixer is involved, it is expected to have an important latency.

The UR22 is just for a comparison : I don’t use UR22 and N1X at the same time.

Frédéric L

David B

Input latency 10.3ms
Output latency 12.3ms

With the UR22 (same drivers) 4.3 and 5.3ms

Tried with 64samples@44.1kHz.