Starkeeper, that is exactly how I use the B4 with my G1000. I route the realtime parts that play the B4 to a seperate output[that is not connected to anything, making a deadend]. Then I can play the arranger as normal, and also a SMF and still be able to play the B4..This way allows me to select the organ patches on the B4, via program change using the"deadend" realtime part, controling the B4..

The Pro and Fran,
Thanks for all this great information.
Starkeeper

I think you missed my point: I got down to 2.2 ms with B4 using a beta-version of a new generic ASIO driver that will work with ANY WDM soundcard and Windows 2000/XP. In this case, I did this with my laptop which has a very basic SigmaTel audio chip. The point here is that once this generic ASIO program (ASIO2KS) is fully released it should be possible to get ultra-low latency with nearly any soundcard. So when I load up B4 as a VSTi with a program (I tested it with Acid) then I get closer to 10-15ms, without any noise artifacts. Same with Reason: I can get 8.7ms latency when playing one of Reason's softsynths alone but once I play a softsynth over pre-sequenced tracks then I get closer to 20ms. ASIO2KS is what displays it's latency in decimals.

The point isn't to get >2ms latency with a softsynth alone but >20ms when working with a fully loaded softsynth studios like Reason. Especially without paying an arm and a leg for an expensive audio card, or in my case on my laptop.

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I don't think this would work on my PSR550. I could probably send the melody channel to the MIDI out, but would not be able to send the real time output to another output, because there is only one output on the PSR550. I guess the real time part wud play along with the backing and the B4 would play also.
Arrrr.
Starkeeper

Pro, so in essence, it sounds like we are getting the same results..

Yup, if you can run a fully-loaded synth studio program on your laptop and still get 15ms of latency, that's quite good. I couldn't do that without ASKIO2KS... and the potential to do this with any soundcard and this program is very promising. Still - playing with 2.2ms of latency is great for bragging rights... I think that's faster than going from a midi controller to a midi sound module, which produces 5ms of delay I think...

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Pro. I have ASIO 2.0[update from Digigram], is this the same driver you are referencing as a Beta version? If so, could it now have been released?

Fran: No, what I'm doing has nothing to do with ASIO 2.0. Here's more info about the ASIO beta program I am trying out:
http://www.asio2ks.de/