So I have been having this problem with my Saffire the past few weeks.. Occasionally it'll pop into this weird state of bad latency and crackle/slow down the audio playing to a unlistenable state but its fine when the DAW is running AND when I close the DAW and relaunch my browser, spotify or anything like that. I generally have to unplug the soundcard and plug it back in before anything works again..
I have reinstalled drivers (twice!) and have unplugged everything USB bar my mouse just incase it was USB buffer loads.. Alas - no!
Heres a video...
Re: Saffire 6 Latency issue (outside of DAW)
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:35 pm
by glitchfuck
Yo, got the Saffire 6 as well and had latency issues! You can try turning off any unnecessary devices in your device manager to reduce the latency, this worked for me as turning of my internet whilst producing stopped the issues (also stopped me aimlessly browsing Facebook and not getting stuff done, but that's a different matter :p). You can also try using a low latency sound driver. You can download a free latency checker to try and find out whats causing the issues from here http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
Good piece of hardware but unfortunately from what I've seen elsewhere reoccurring issues with drivers ect
Hope this helps message me if i didnt explain very well ;P
Re: Saffire 6 Latency issue (outside of DAW)
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:44 pm
by Electric_Head
I know this may sound obvious Legend4ry.
But have you tried asio4all?
I had issues with my ESI asio drivers causing massive latency.
Re: Saffire 6 Latency issue (outside of DAW)
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:43 pm
by HighBot
Have a similar problem myself with me EMU0404 usb card..
Works like a charm for a few minutes then when I get something going everything slows down and distorts to high heaven. If i change the latency settings it fixes for a few seconds before starting again. SO I had to switch from using the onboard asio drivers to standard pc ones and just use the card as an output. bigger latency but at least I can produce. Selling it soon, thinking of going for a Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 Firewire, anyone vouch for them?
Re: Saffire 6 Latency issue (outside of DAW)
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:34 am
by Mushroom Buttons
any update on this? I'm actually considering a Saffire 6 Also, anyone here using Scarlett 2i4?
Re: Saffire 6 Latency issue (outside of DAW)
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:14 am
by legend4ry
So my old PC died...
Got a new one the other day - no issues yet, so assuming it was just my dying PCs USB buffer loads.
Also, anyone here using Scarlett 2i4?