Operation Manual

powerful enough to mix the audio. Always shut down as many unnecessary programs as possible. It may even be
advantageous to temporarily shut down your virus software. (We do not recommend doing this unless you have done
a full scan and are not connected to the Internet.)
Mixcraft has to work harder as it mixes more sounds or processes more effects, especially when time stretching or
beat matching.
Try increasing the buffer size or the number of buffers in the Sound Device Preferences if your are in Wave mode. If
you are in ASIO mode, try a different ASIO driver or go into the ASIO driver's mixer and increase the latency. If you
are in WaveRT mode, try increasing the latency time.
You can also try freezing a track if there is a lot of effects or compressed audio formats on the track. (Frozen tracks
do not use as much computer power.)
Try setting Mixcraft to conserve CPU mode. Go to the Preferences and click on Display. Check the option to use
Conserve CPU Mode.
Notice the CPU meter on the lower right hand corner of Mixcraft.
This will report how much CPU Mixcraft is using compared to the entire computer's CPU usage.
Always make sure that you have the latest drivers for your sound card. Visit your sound card manufacturer's website
to see if there is an update.
Sound Is Delayed Or Lagging (Latency)
The opposite problem of sound breaking up or gapping is that the sound will be delayed and have a latency from the
time an edit is made to the time you hear it. For example, if you are playing back audio and change an envelope
point. If it takes several seconds to hear the effect of the change, it means that you are experiencing latency. The
solution to latency depends on the type of audio drivers you are using.
Reducing Latency Using Wave drivers
Go to the Wave preferences and reduce the number of buffers and/or size. Try different settings to try and find the
right balance between performance and smooth non-gapping audio.
Reducing Latency Using ASIO
Go to the ASIO preferences and click the Open Mixer... button. Use your ASIO driver control to configure the latency.
Usually, you will have some way to set the latency in terms of milliseconds. If possible, choose 10 milliseconds. 40-
80 milliseconds is also tolerable.
Reducing Latency Using WaveRT
Go to the WaveRT preferences and choose a lower latency time.
Always make sure that you have the latest drivers for your sound card. Visit your sound card manufacturer's website
to see if there is an update.
Notes Will Not Stop Playing!
If you are playing back Virtual Instrument Clips and some notes continue to play after stopping, then you have 'stuck'
notes. T
The solution is to click MIDI Reset! from the Mix menu. This should stop all stuck notes on the virtual instruments
configured on the Virtual Instrument Tracks.
If this does not stop the notes from playing, try saving your project and restarting Mixcraft. If it is an external
synthesizer, try resetting or restarting the external synthesizer.