Dedicated PC with AD finding latency

[challenger]

Thanks for all this comprehensive information. Sharing your knowledge is extremely generous and I will say you may have saved me $$ at a maximum and many online hours at minimum. I will look here for tips on disabling unnecessary applications that may help deliver me a dedicated VST that I can use with drummless music etc. I still feel there is something going on with my system that is slowing it or creating a bottleneck but I won't belabor this point here.
Thanks so much

[nitromullet]

Have you considered trying one of the hosts supported by AD instead of mini Host?

http://www.xlnaudio.com/products-add...m_requirements

VSTHost is free - http://www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.ht

It would be very nice to be able to have AD running and have the PC be able to play music but I imagine this would bog down the processor to the point where latency would rear it's ugly head.

In order to do this you will need a DAW or host that allows you to input midi and import audio, not just a VST host. The reason for this is because to get the lowest latency you will need to use the ASIO driver for your audio/midi interface, which only allows output from one application at a time. If you are getting sound from your VST host and say Windows media player or iTunes at the same time it means you are using the DirectSound driver, which would explain your latency issues.

[perceval]

I'm working with DSPTrigger. (from http://www.audiofront.net) and it is very nice.
It does offer positional sensing and a great way to trigger drums, and you can even using after recording your drum track.

But, it will not be cheap to get a full kit under DSPTrigger. You will need a soundcard with the same amount of sounds you want. For example, you will need one input for a kick, but 2 inputs for a snare with head and rim sounds. These inputs will add up quickly. And the soundcard will get more and more expensive as you add the input channels.

For most, it is easy enough to trigger the snare, hi-hats or a ride (or a combination of them) with DSPTrigger, and the rest of your kit with a regular drum module.

Good luck!