How to fix latency problem with USB MIDI keyboard / controller recording FL Studio 20 - [SOLVED]

[@christhescientist]

1:38 for solution

[@realmsofficialmusic1398]

Years and years went by. YEARS OF MY LIFE living with that awful gap and spending so much time working around it trying to sync everything up, and this was it the whole time. My God... I can't thank you enough. Subscribed.

[@BBWalkerTV]

U are welcome. I will be greatful for sharing my videos in your socials. Thanks

[@Barbalorian]

fk!!! me 2 xDD

[@EmsForReall]

Same, just dealing with it

[@tianLex-qv9dw]

I hope its not since 1398

[@aemythjensen]

If you are using a Focusrite interface, the right setting is "Focusrite USB Asio" and not "FL Studio Asio". The latter will still give you latency.

[@girby462]

legend! works perfectly!

[@user-ks6ue7xl9y]

nah it makes it even worse for me

[@diegocorrea8035]

Bro, Thanks!

[@brolaire8851]

spot on mate

[@tristaaaaan]

FUCK IT WAS THAT

[@mrmachinimafan53269]

dude i spent years, thinking i just had horrible timing maybe... you solved an issue that's been bugging me and keeping me from using MIDI. much appreciated!

[@ketelelomandozi4552]

I went through the comments and couldn't help but notice that everyone is praising you for this video. I can't help but thank you too. I have struggled with this problem of delay for a very long time, until you... Thank you a thousand times

[@Darkniife]

Guys, for have *2ms* of latency: Go to Audio Settings -> Set FL Studio ASIO Device. Change Sample rate (Hz) to 192000. And press on Show ASIO panel -> Click on 256. 2 ms

[@Lucrativecris]

Thanks

[@karlfeast]

thankyou

[@cnaruysal6301]

Thank you very much!

[@marcel8233]

goat

[@BBWalkerTV]

OK, thanks but you need to be aware that higher sample rate results in bigger WAV sizes and require much powerful CPU. Basically here you do the trick that speed up sample rate (warp time) but the size (in samples) is same. If your PC can handle this without grinding and shredding the audio - it great.

[@pedrokoury1352]

Guys, after doing some research I found out that some plugins intended for mastering (like Ozone) can actually be responsible for latency even when your audio settings are set right! IF YOU FOLLOWED THIS VIDEO'S INSTRUCTIONS AND STILL HAVE THE LATENCY, TRY DISABLING THE MASTERING PLUGINS ON YOUR MASTER CHANNEL :)

[@BBWalkerTV]

Try change the USB port used in the computer

[@argotheinformant]

@@BBWalkerTV same problem, im really hoping i dont need a new cable a waited like 2 weeks

[@pedrokoury1352]

@@BBWalkerTV i edited my comment. Sorry, I hadn't seen your reply!

[@LaoluV]

You just solved mine cause I was still having the issue after the tutorial. Thanks to the two of you, appreciate it.

[@HipixOFFICIAL]

Thank you. Saved my ass

[@rodnee2340]

Latency is a ball ache. You have to solve with your own individual set up. All these tutorials are helpful in some cases, but if it doesn't work for you. Don't get frustrated. It might be something not covered in any tutorial.

[@Prodbyride]

Reliefing comment ,i feel less alone now thanks

[@pleasantozioma4249]

Mannn...I'm almost getting frustrated

[@rodnee2340]

@@pleasantozioma4249 what's up dude?

[@RetrogradeBeats]

The only person I can see downvoting this is blueface

[@Babidibubidi]

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[@undercrownhiphop9422]

No one cares bout blue face. Especially in a year. Fast food generation

[@samshort1341]

ay comment of the year🤣

[@rejectedcircuit]

Oh man, I was convinced this is a USB/Windows issue! Thank you!

[@BBWalkerTV]

I am glad I could help.

[@28majin]

Its a simple fix and i feel stupid not knowing it but this guy genuinely solved it with the most straight to the point video out there

[@llecelkcis]

omg i been struggling with this for months and no one on youtube knew how to fix, thank you so much

[@BBWalkerTV]

I am glad I can help. Please share this video on social - it really helps with YT algorithm

[@arjungutta7762]

thank you so so so much, i was worried my midi controller was a waste of money because it was impossible to operate with that latency

[@prodbysen]

for all people learning about this you can lower the latency even more with asio4all driver or if you have an interface with the audio driver of your interface and lowering the buffer size, because smallest possible buffer on FL studio asio is 256, asio4all and interface audio drivers will let you go lower than this for even less latency this is needed for recording vocals if the singer wants to here the audio while it's being recorded, I usually set mine to 64 when recording vocals but be aware, if you have too much going in your project (many effects for example) with a very small buffer like this it will cause problems like lagging and producing audio cracks Just record with a low latency, don't use much effects in this phase and after recording set it to 256 or higher again If you have audio problems in general which are caused by too many effects going on you can also try a bigger buffer like 512 or 1024, this helps sometimes

[@PsychXxKiddo]

THANK YOU, ITS PERFECT NOW

[@rokokocet4]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Literlly nobody on youtube talking about this, saved me a lot of time. Thank you man, deserves a like and a follow.

[@paulmoadibe9321]

you sometimes also need to adjust the offset (try it on pads)

[@tonybe6772]

i felt the difference right away , I'm glad I found this video after only a year of using a midi keyboard

[@AumKalyanpur]

Thank you so so so much for posting the update. Really saved me from that awful lag in the input

[@danotoole31]

If you are using a focusrite 2i2, plug a speaker or headphones in to the 2i2, go to options>audio setting>input/output>focusrite asio. Then on the asio panel you can set the buffer length to 1ms (16). I was struggling with this for ages but I was playing through the laptops audio it only allows for a minimum of 6ms buffer length with fl studio asio, so when I was playing with a guitar the delay was too much. This solved the problem for me, hope that helps!

[@BBWalkerTV]

Thanks for the tip. Regards. Please share my videos in social , thank in advance.

[@Isaac888]

YES!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I've been having this problem for so long thank you for helping me fix it! This video is amazing!

[@BBWalkerTV]

I am glad to hear that. Regards

[@TemporaryTemporary-y2j]

This really helped me a lot, I've been finally able to remove the rather annoying delay from my midi keyboard with FL studio. Thank you so much.

[@BBWalkerTV]

Glad it helped!

[@natebaby335]

yo thanks a lot, i had bought a midi keyboard and noticed there was a bit of latency and it was messing with my timings, thanks again :)

[@insaneazza]

it was that simple? it's been anoying me for months. Very informative, thank you =)

[@BBWalkerTV]

Great I could help. I will be greatful for sharing this video in your socials. Thanks

[@briannanimal2174]

oh my god thank you so much, i wasnt sure it was gonna work but it instantly fixed the input lag with my usb midi keyboard

[@kiyahn4926]

ok but why is this the most entertaining video on the internet

[@BBWalkerTV]

I have not idea 😀regards

[@kmichaelgarvey99]

Worked for me so well, Thank you for sharing....God bless you

[@rubenretro961]

I thank you, you have saved me from the despair of not being able to use my akai mini.

[@vegasdealer777]

I'm on FL Studio v21.1.1. Yep, that fixed the problem! Nice work. Thanks for the solution.

[@kirbyalcide]

Nice, now it's working .Thanks a lot !!!

[@MindMysteriesofficial2]

BRO YOU ARE THE BEST I WAS BUYING A NEW MIDI CABLE THEN FOUND THIS BEST VIDEO EVER!!!!

[@QuiemRe]

oh my gosh, thanks a lot, mate! you just saved my day with your simple tutorial. 'cause of you, im still down to make some music with a new keyboard )

[@nishant1998]

this helped ty so much. honestly the first yt solution that actually works

[@reallyryan_]

Thanks bro, I just got a new midi keyboard and I'm using FL Studio 20 this helped me a lot to reduce latency!

[@ksnax]

Similar adjustment can be made in Reason under Edit> Preferences> Audio. (It should be adjusted just high of where clicks and pops show up, NOT below.)

[@girlno.3belcher647]

Big ups my friend! i was so worried id have to work around the latency Such a huge help!!!!

[@douglascastro6611]

this also helps visual lags i was having as well for some odd reason after updating to fl 20. thank you!

[@epiicsoundz3973]

I was so pained while trying to run a session and I couldn’t just get my notes right in, they were overlapping and I just didn’t know why ❤ thank you ❤

[@GotYourWallet]

Thanks. Installed Asio4All. Restarted Ableton. Selected Asio Driver in Audio Settings. Now it works!

[@JudeElBoukili]

Ableton??

[@amj.composer]

@@JudeElBoukili Ableton supports ASIO too

[@rjb_barnes17]

This worked for me! I knew it wasn't my PC with me having pretty strong CPU and GPU that could slow it down! Thanks!

[@Varuna_3-3]

thanks a lot man ! Simple thing but immediately solved it. I had it connected to the audio interface instead of asio

[@DIGIBUNKA]

bro same

[@skillclient5587]

omfg, i had that problem for a year. your a hero

[@GOLD33Nteacher]

This solution works for other software as well. I had a problem with latency in MiniGrand (digital piano instrument) and like in this video I changed Audio Device Type from Windows Audio to ASIO. Brilliant!

[@BBWalkerTV]

Thanks for the feedback

[@Liebestrunken]

thanks mate, it worked. keep up the good work😊

[@davidbarron326]

Thank you for getting straight to the point

[@GrantirifotiriniConPresupuesto]

THANK YOU SO MUCH BB WALKER IT FIXED MY PROBLEM!!!!! I thought I was going to spend time finding out the solution, but I found your video, Thank youuuu :D

[@BBWalkerTV]

You are welcome!

[@nokturnal886]

Thank you for the excellent tutorial man, helped me out immediately!

[@jd49631]

Thank you so much for this. And there I was all yesterday afternoon with my new iRigKeysPro MIDI keyboard trying to play a tune to a beat and thinking my timing was really awful, lol!

[@caradabikeazul]

Thank you man, it works. I was using the tascam sound card driver, but fl studio asio driver does it.

[@OG1Soul]

Noticed this while playing my ibanez bass in fl studio hopefully this works cheers for the video!!!

[@JayGrant]

ive been playing with shxtty latency since i got my midi... THANK YOU for the fix

[@kinetiksilence]

Problem solved. You are a life saver. Liked, and subscribed.

[@BBWalkerTV]

Thanks for the comment. Regards

[@szymon2620]

Wow thanks dude! I was dealing with that for so long :DDD

[@bamlfm5571]

Got it!! I will test it right now!! Bravo!!!

[@mikael8864]

What if this doesn't fix the problem?

[@JudeElBoukili]

Try getting a new USB

[@AlexanderSirnes]

Thank you so much! This helped! Thumbs up to you, my dude!

[@alavezgmusic]

Me has ayudado muchisimo amigo gracias por hacer este video! 💖🙏 manos a la obra! 🎹✨

[@BBWalkerTV]

Estoy muy feliz de haber podido ayudar. ¡Saludos!

[@PacoElBardoYT]

Did the same with my mk-935 in Reaper and worked perfectly, ty

[@j.p.productions5541]

That fixed it perfectly! Thank you!

[@tempaccunt]

I love his accent. Yes he is right. I will try this on my traction waveform DAW. he has a point .. changing it to ASIO will certainly make the difference in latency

[@TheBeatMechanic]

You changed my life -

[@BBWalkerTV]

Good to know. :) Regards

[@vywern4754]

THANK YOU BRO!!! Such a fast and efficient solution.

[@silvadee6699]

You can use primary sound driver and uncheck use hardwaee buffer and 32 bit buffer. Only use polling checked no latency

[@dylanvinita1401]

Thank you for the upload. Are you using a Chromebook? I am using an Acer 317 Chromebook.

[@BBWalkerTV]

Hello there. Mine is Acer Swift 3 on Ryzen 5 CPU 8GB RAM but you are right chromebook looks pretty similar. I wonder Is your hardware enough for FL studio ?

[@TheMapleSight]

Bro, you made my day! Thank you

[@ItsEasty]

Thank you so much, this fixed it immediately! I was starting to worry something was wrong with my software or midi but was relieved when it synched perfectly. 👍🎶🎹✨

[@jazzcoffeeartcafeofficial]

This helped a lot!! Thank you very much!!

[@laserstar753]

i still have latency even with all of these options

[@svensvensson8102]

In your audio settings, try "Mixer" for playback tracking.

[@rikogreen7596]

@@svensvensson8102 Still doesn't work for me. wondering if I need more ram.

[@svensvensson8102]

@@rikogreen7596 RAM should not impact latency. There're basically three important factors (as long as the MIDI interface is ok) 1) Use an ASIO driver, 2) Use a small buffer setting, but you don't have to go nuts (256 should be fine) and 3) Plug-ins, something that people forget. An analog plug-in for instance could add tens of ms and it's the total fx chain that matters. With latency I mean time from key press to heard sound. Then there's the matter of getting the notes aligned in the playlist/pianoroll when recording, that's a different problem. So what do you have problems with?

[@gusgus420]

@@svensvensson8102 dude my problem is the second one you said. The alignment of the notes in the piano roll, I always have to fix it by hand but it's stupid I could just have wrote the part by hand.

[@svensvensson8102]

@@gusgus420 Ok, have you tried the Audio settings->offset slider. You can use it to move midi data later or earlier. Turn the metronome on, tap to the beat and adjust until it's lined up. Exact placement depends on you as well of course :)

[@selfSTYLEZz]

Niiice !!!!!! Yes this worked for me .... couldn’t figure out why my midi fighter 3D and Akai LPD8 was lagging in the FPC plug in, worked like a charm Thanks !!

[@BBWalkerTV]

I am happy to hear that. Regards

[@FarisAbdulal]

Thank you loads for the video!! Does this work for BandLab?

[@BBWalkerTV]

Yes. This is Universal solution, properly configured ASIO is must have on Windows OS

[@update5217]

Спасибо мужик! Очень солжно было записывать в реальном времени из за этой задержки... Прям открыл целый мир)

[@notoriousEDD8279]

thank you so much you dont know how much this means

[@ocdmusic]

This video really helped me although I have crappy realtek asio so the realtek asio worked a dream for my MPD218 and probably my keyboard too! Only got my pad last week and so far the only suggested fixes was to the USB 3 in the bios which did not help, neither did changing anything in the device manager USB settings but changing my asio fixed it yay. I wonder if it will just be whatever your sound card asio is that will fix it? Either way am very happy now cause I was starting to think I was never gonna be able to use my pad the delay was so bad, it totally threw me off any kind of rhythm. :D

[@LYKOBEATS]

Thanks bro! got it.

[@BBWalkerTV]

U are welcome Lyko. I will be greatful for sharing my videos in your socials. Thanks

[@chadwicklin2091]

Thanks for your sharing. It worked.

[@BBWalkerTV]

The pleasure is mine. Regards

[@melodyyashika]

It was so helpful dear,thnx alot

[@fred1984tx]

Thanks alot, I needed this.....perfect timing......I thought my usb port was going bad...whew

[@JudeElBoukili]

Same here. Thus man rocks 🤟🏻

[@BBWalkerTV]

I'm glad I could help you both. Regards

[@dikikurniawan83]

Thanks buddy... This is what i am looking for. I will surely subscribe.

[@BBWalkerTV]

U welcome. Thanks for sub. Regards

[@grim8391]

wow thanks switching to FL studio ASIO fixed it immediately

[@BBWalkerTV]

Great. Thanks for the comment. Please share this video in your socials. Regards

[@jamesflow8602]

GO TO 1:01 AND YOU WILL FIND SOLUTIONS TO YOUR ISSUE. SWITCHING TO MY AUDIO DEVICE OR "FL STUDIO ASIO" WORKED FOR ME

[@sarpkuzeykose4354]

that was actually super basic thank you !

[@daved3827]

that 12 miliseconds delay is still a big delay for me

[@BBWalkerTV]

I admire you that you can hear 12ms latency. For me such gap is undistinguished

[@theallstar5475]

Hi i wanted to use my psr s670 as a mid8 controller whilst recording my cocals through behringer umc404hd. The problem is they both use different drivers ,one uses asio4all and another uses umcasio. How do i solve this please?

[@pleasantozioma4249]

Hello I love your video...but I'm still having latency issues when I change the sound....after the settings,I don't have latency issues on grand piano but when I switch to an acoustic guitar or any other kind of instruments I still have latency issues.... please how can I solve that... Coz...at a point wen I finally get no latency it cuts out my sound card...it turns off my sound card

[@MonkeyMusician]

at the end the answer for my troubles!! THANKS A LOT!!

[@BBWalkerTV]

Great to hear that - happy composing - see you later.

[@spacechroma]

Amazing, it's amazing. Thank you!

[@GoodAtHeart]

Just a heads up how to get the absolute PERFECT latency for recording. Its not the same as the 12ms buffer length you were talking about but above that it's actually your "latency input" all the way at the end it will say your number like this (100ms). So go to your offset and drag the slider till it says exactly what your ping was. I slide mine to the left until it said -100ms because I noticed all the way to the left actually made it start recording a little delayed instead of before where it was played before. so there ya go thats how you fine tune it. maybe I will make a video explaining it more.

[@no.4613]

You know its a good sound engineering video when it has constant hissing

[@gormauslander]

This didn't seem to fix my issue. I wonder if my cable or keyboard are bottlenecking

[@KinSyPianoTutorials]

tnx man u have solved my biggest problem eversince...

[@sihlesibusisoxolo5032]

shout out to you bro, appreciate the video, im bout to win a grammy

[@wei446]

Hello, I checked my settings and I have FL Studio ASIO set up correctly, and the correct usb midi driver downloaded and I still have issues with latency, could you please help? I'm using the Korg M3

[@bolaadel4602]

Same problem here with a casio keyboard

[@svensvensson8102]

Try to change playback tracking to "Mixer" in your audio settings.

[@shade1427]

Do you know how to fix my mouse that auto selects any tab or button I hover over in FL Studio? Icant figure out how to turn it off. It hasnt happened before

[@daydos_soundscapes]

it made it better but its still too slow. i mean garageband has much less latency, so im still looking for a better fix.

[@aglo8371]

I have this problem but when I record. It's normal when I'm just playing normal but when I record it's always late

[@bigced63]

NEW problem! While in FL Studio asio settings, my laptop also picks up external audio, like a mic is on. The latency problem is gone, but I'm getting outside audio feed, HELP! 😭

[@BBWalkerTV]

You probably need to configure ASIO input - now you start using Internal Mic on laptop (this near camera) , start FL Studio go to settings and click Show ASIO panel, then select your Audio Interface input or NO input at all if you dont need it. If you still have problem I can create a VIDEO for you, just let me know.

[@samrenalsmani1744]

Bruuuh,, it’s work , thanks man 🙏🏻💕

[@SoundOfPraise_BENJS]

This man saving me!

[@BBWalkerTV]

I am glad I could help. Please share this video in your socials. Thanks

[@eliargumedo4728]

I had done exactly what was in the video and I still heard a latency, but I was able to solve it. It was because my headphones were connected via Bluetooth. So I had to use a pair of wired headphones to get rid of the latency.

[@IsaacKwesiArhinful-ek8ts]

How were you able to connect that keyboard I can't connect mine

[@EdmShots]

Thank you for your help, buddy