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I am having issues with cursor/ mouse lag when moving around in Studio One, how do I fix this?

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asked Dec 25, 2019 in Studio One 4 by toddvisentine (190 points)
Need a fix for the lagging mouse/ cursor in Studio One.  I really don't know what is going on.  The audio works find but I am having lag with the mouse.  I don't have this problem in any other DAW's or programs, just Studio One.

Here is my PC info:

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 17763) (17763.rs5_release.180914-1434)
                 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
      System Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
             System Model: MS-7B98
                     BIOS: 1.10 (type: UEFI)
                Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz (16 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
                   Memory: 16384MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 16326MB RAM
                Page File: 20959MB used, 4048MB available
              Windows Dir: C:\Windows
          DirectX Version: DirectX 12
      DX Setup Parameters: Not found
         User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
       System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
                 Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
           DxDiag Version: 10.00.17763.0001 64bit Unicode

Graphics Card:

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
        Manufacturer: NVIDIA
           Chip type: GeForce RTX 2060
            DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Type: Full Device (POST)
          Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1F08&SUBSYS_20623842&REV_A1
       Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
 Device Problem Code: No Problem
 Driver Problem Code: Unknown
      Display Memory: 14142 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 5980 MB
       Shared Memory: 8162 MB
        Current Mode: 3440 x 1440 (32 bit) (100Hz)
         HDR Support: Not Supported
    Display Topology: Extend
 Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
     Color Primaries: Red(0.639648,0.330078), Green(0.299805,0.599609), Blue(0.150391,0.059570), White Point(0.312500,0.329102)
   Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.500000, Max Luminance = 270.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 270.000000
        Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
       Monitor Model: Dell AW3418DW
          Monitor Id: DELA0FA
         Native Mode: 3440 x 1440(p) (59.973Hz)
         Output Type: Displayport External
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
      Advanced Color: Not Supported
         Driver Name: C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_db678424d2641c3d\nvldumdx.dll,C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_db678424d2641c3d\nvldumdx.dll,C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_db678424d2641c3d\nvldumdx.dll,C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_db678424d2641c3d\nvldumdx.dll
 Driver File Version: 26.21.0014.3200 (English)
      Driver Version: 26.21.14.3200
         DDI Version: 12
      Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
        Driver Model: WDDM 2.5
 Graphics Preemption: Pixel
  Compute Preemption: Dispatch
            Miracast: Not Supported
 Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
      Power P-states: Not Supported
      Virtualization: Paravirtualization
          Block List: No Blocks
  Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:False
   Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Driver Date/Size: 7/23/2019 6:00:00 PM, 959152 bytes
         WHQL Logo'd: Yes
     WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
   Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5C48-11CF-7257-6C001BC2D735}
           Vendor ID: 0x10DE
           Device ID: 0x1F08
           SubSys ID: 0x20623842
         Revision ID: 0x00A1

4 Answers

0 votes
answered Aug 11, 2020 by joshuaflores2 (220 points)
Also having the same issues. The mouse lags somehow like it has to think about what I clicked. Its so annoying. None of the other Daws do this.
+1 vote
answered Nov 4, 2020 by johndamore (260 points)

I had this same problem on Studio One 4, 5 and 5.1. I finally solved the problem by changing my monitor's G-SYNC settings. I have my monitor set to 144hz refresh rate and turned it down to 60hz, then noticed that the "mouse lag" I was seeing in Studio One was how everything looked at 60hz; this led me to wonder if Studio One was somehow rendering at 60 frames per second when my monitor was at 144hz.

I opened Nvidia Control Panel and navigated to Display > Set up G-SYNC, then changed "Enable for windowed and full screen mode" to only "Enable for full screen mode." This fixed my problem immediately! It seemed as if something about G-SYNC running on Studio One is causing it to have some video tearing or to render at 60fps for some reason.

I don't know if you are running on a G-SYNC monitor, but try this if you are. If not, maybe try playing with some other settings related to refresh rate (FreeSync?) on your machine.

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0 votes
answered Mar 16, 2021 by roysonboleh (1,300 points)
Not sure if this is the same issue as mentioned here but when I want to move my playhead from one location to another, if I click anywhere in the arrangement window, I get a fraction of a second lag. However, if I click on the time ruler, a marker, or an arrangement header, the mouse moves it in real time. I don't want to have to move my mouse to the top of my session whenever I want to move around but that hald second lag is really annoying.
0 votes
answered Jun 24, 2022 by joamroig (300 points)

Hello, I had mouse lag in the Edit panel while the transport was running (playing recorded MIDI files through an instrument).

For me the solution was going to the Nvidia Control Panel, and in Manage 3D Settings set Max Frame Rate to Off.

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