... I have a PSR-E233, and recently I wanted to use it as a MIDI keyboard. I used a MIDI-USB cable to connect it directly to laptop (Mac/Logic Pro, and WIN10/Cubase LE AI 11), but the sound delay is horrible (like I press the keys 5 times, the laptop makes one sound).. Any suggestion how I can fix it? - I used to have an even older keyboard (like 20 years old, but I gave it to others some time back) that worked fine with same connection (same cable, same laptop and software). Wonder why is that? ...
Ric
Hi Ric,
For testing purposes, please make sure that only the DIN MIDI IN plug of your MIDI-to-USB interface cable is connected to the DIN MIDI OUT socket of the keyboard. (Do NOT connect the MIDI OUT plug of the cable to the MIDI IN socket of the keyboard.) This is important in order to safely exclude an undesired MIDI loop (via the computer).
If this does not change anything, the problem is probably not with the MIDI connection (MIDI interface cable or MIDI driver), but rather "only" the laptop's sound card has too high latency, so that the sound of the virtual synths used are reproduced with a long delay. Basically, I recommend NOT using the computer's internal sound card, but an
external USB audio interface with the associated, real-time audio driver.
Regarding the use of the internal sound card in Mac books, I unfortunately don't know. On a Windows laptop, you could try using the free ASIO4ALL driver to reduce latency when using virtual synths.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Chris