External Gear Ping not functioning

Aseity · March 11, 2020, 1:36pm

SuperG:

It’s not likely a Cubase problem since all Cubase can do is report the round trip through the audio driver. Delay can only go in one direction and that’s either 0 (no delay) or some time in the past. Negative delay implies that something returns before it even happens - not possible. The confusion seems to arise for the fact Cubase automatically aligns all signals, this can either be the system delay (this channel is the hog) or it will be the system delay - the channel delay. Just because a channel with a 10ms latency is delayed by 70ms to match a total system latency of 80ms does not make it 10ms negative in relation to the system.

AFAIK, you should be measuring just the ping looping out and back through the interface channel, not through the gear, since that would distort the ping.

Also note: If you have a rather sophisticated interface with it’s own built-in mixer and effects - make sure you have that stuff properly defeated and out of the loop when you take the ping measurement or ALL bets are off. It would be way too easy to screw up your measurement with a internal mix loop.

First of all I am using an Apollo X8p and everything is set to bypass. Even the unison preamps. So that is no issue. Same thing used to happen with every other interface I used before that.
Also, regarding the gear I am pinging through. It makes no diff. Even if I ping through my patchbay and back, without any gear, the same thing happens.

Negative delay is a fact in other daws so please try to be open. It doesn’t mean that something returns before it even happens. Think about it. If everything I am saying is my problem and noone elses then why are there so many topics about Cubase not reporting ping correctly. Or even if it manages to report it, it doesn’t compensate properly.

This bug is ANCIENT! Its not a matter or debate if it exists. Its only a matter of WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO FIX IT!

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