Drums keep firing on their own?

[dmitri]

You must use ASIO2 sound drivers of your sound card for low latency. Or you can try ASIO4ALL.

[TamaBeast]

I'm using asio4all as my driver. I'll post a picture of it when it comes up as I open the software. Do I need to change it in the computer as the default driver?

[airflamesred]

You should only need to tell EZ which driver to use. What are the specs of your laptop?

[TamaBeast]

You should only need to tell EZ which driver to use. What are the specs of your laptop?

Here's the info you need;
I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad with the following specs
Windows 10 Pro
64 Bit
intel i5-5200U @2.2GHZ
500 Gig SCSI HDD
8 Gigs Ram
Conexant Sound Card

The latency is pretty bad for the toms but terrible for the snare. The bass drums have no noticeable latency and work great; the snare however has been unsolvable. I've changed triggers, adjusted trigger pressure to skin, changed cables and even used a Pintech snare that works fine with my other sets. I've attached the screenshot to help.

[dmitri]

MegaDrum has the same latency for all inputs. It just cannot have different latency for different inputs - when processing signals from different inputs it processes them all the same way. I can only suspect that for some reason ASIO4ALL doesn't work well with your sound card or that soft synth you use doesn't work with well with this ASIO4ALL config or you have not configured your soft synth to use ASIO4ALL drivers at all. Take a screenshot of your soft syth config showing that it is using ASIO4ALL drivers for sound output.

[TamaBeast]

MegaDrum has the same latency for all inputs. It just cannot have different latency for different inputs - when processing signals from different inputs it processes them all the same way. I can only suspect that for some reason ASIO4ALL doesn't work well with your sound card or that soft synth you use doesn't work with well with this ASIO4ALL config or you have not configured your soft synth to use ASIO4ALL drivers at all. Take a screenshot of your soft syth config showing that it is using ASIO4ALL drivers for sound output.

Hence my confusion. I know is cannot (should not) have different latency for different inputs and should process all the signals the same however... I would not have posted the issue if this is not what was taking place. I'm not sure what you mean by "soft synth" and I want to make sure we're talking about the same thing since we live on different sides of the pond!!! My software is BFD3 and I'm using my sound card and headphone jack to get the sound to the PA system via MD. I have a conexant sound card and I'm pretty sure the ASIO4ALL is the driver because the computer will not allow me to play any other sounds when in use. Meaning, I can't play a CD or MP4 as I receive a message that the sound card is being used by another program. Does this information help?

[dmitri]

Post the screenshot of BFD3 configuration (your soft synth) showing that it is using ASIO4ALL drivers.

[TamaBeast]

Post the screenshot of BFD3 configuration (your soft synth) showing that it is using ASIO4ALL drivers.

[dmitri]

I'm indeed at a loss why you experience the latency issue. I can suggest a few things.
1. Can you try it with an Addictive Drums Demo?
2. Do you experience any sound distortions? May be your laptop is struggling and you need to increase ASIO buffer size?
3. Can you raise the latency issue with BFD support?

Also, does anybody else use BFD3?

[ignotus]

I'm pretty sure it's the buffer size. BFD3 is heavy on resources and an onboard sound card is going to struggle seriously at a buffer size of 128 or less. Also, the problem seems to worsen with instruments that have more samples (bass drum > toms > snare. I bet the hi hat is bad too). As Dmitri says, try AD or raise the buffer size.