Behringer FCA202 Driver Question and Observations

[iMartin]

After struggling with an AudioPhile 2496 PCI card for a couple of days I have had to admit defeat, it seems it just doesn’t like my Mother board/AMD set up. I get a crackling noise every time the hard drive operates!

So I visited my local music store with the intention of buying a Saffire LE. Whilst they were happy to get me one, one of the staff suggested I tried the Behringer FCA202 - from various postings on here I was a bit sceptical but they showed me a demo against some much more expensive cards and I have to say I was impressed.

I have set it up with two computers an AMD based desktop and an Intel M Laptop. In both cases it works really well - however when I go into audio settings it gives me some strange figures.

On both computers if I select the lowest latency using the ASIO driver I get:
96 Samples
Output Latency 0ms
Input latency 12.1ms

If I run the 'setting up Latency Compensation' test/tutorial in Live I get 17ms compensation.

With these setting everything is fine but shouldn't the Output latency figure be bigger than zero? I can play along audio/midi midi/audio and everything is fine. (I am using the latest driver from the Behringers web site).

I am using the M-Audio Live Special Edition - is there any difference between this and the Behringer Lite version?

Any comments on these figures or from other FCA202 owners would be appreciated.

Thanks

Martin

[FMB]

Hello there I tested the FCA202 on a laptop and a normal computer
with LIVE, SX3 and Wavelab. The latency input and output is not oké!
I reported it to Behringer, but no real support there! The driver is not
stable in WindowsXP it is sometimes gone and you can get feedback
noises when you change VTi´s.
Greatings David

[iMartin]

The driver is not
stable in WindowsXP it is sometimes gone and you can get feedback noises when you change VTi´s.
Greatings David

I have to say my experiences with it in XP are not the same... I find it stable, I have yet to have a problem with it.... I was working on a project for eight hours in live today without a glitch.

My only problem is that the latency figures that I set, are not the ones that show up in the Live settings window. If I set the driver to 2.18ms (which I know can not be right), I get 12 ms in the preferance window?

Are there any other FCA202 users out there, that can share their figures with us?

Cheers

Martin

[joesapo]

I'm not at home right now, so I can't give you exact figures, but with the FCA202 set at around 6.5ms latency @ 96kHz I get around 19ms total latency from the prefs menu in Live.

IMO, this card is badass. It doesn't have the super-qualicy A/D D/A converters like some other cards, but for me it's been rock solid.

I have an Indigo DJ card for gigs that is audibly much better sounding, and I only use my FCA202 at home hooked up to a mixer for recording my synths and mics. For what I use it for, it's perfect.

As far as the latency goes, you might do a forum search about it. I read a while back that the latency settings in the Live perfs panel are not entirely accurate or something.... I dunno. Maybe one of the regs will chime in on this.