Hi,
I have real trouble to adjust my Scarlett 2i4 driver delay in Ableton 8 Live. When I record drums using analog input over an existing keayboard track, the recorded drums track is delayed... A followed the tutorial on how to adjust the driver delay, that says to connect a cable from let say output 1 of the Scarlett 2i4 to its input 2 and play the provided .als file (a simple kick sound). As the tutorial says, I see the original kick wave on the upper track and the recorded kick wave on the second track. However, I should see the recorded wave a bit delayed compared with the original wave (due to the Scarlett i24 processing time). I should see a no-signal line preceding the start of the recorded wave. In fact, I don't see this no-signal line and everything looks like as the recorded wave would be "in advance" compared with the original signal...
Does anybody know this problem ?
Thank you for any tips or information
Yves
Problem with driver delay compensation setup
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yhaemmerli
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Re: Problem with driver delay compensation setup
DEC can go both ways; Live can over or under-estimate hardware's latency.
I too have a Scarlett and I think my DEC at 88.2k is -1.4 ms.
So, you just need to find the next best reference point to determine from the waveforms what the difference is.
Punch it in, try it again and see if they line up. I find I have to do it more times than I'd like to get it right.
I too have a Scarlett and I think my DEC at 88.2k is -1.4 ms.
So, you just need to find the next best reference point to determine from the waveforms what the difference is.
Punch it in, try it again and see if they line up. I find I have to do it more times than I'd like to get it right.
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yhaemmerli
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Re: Problem with driver delay compensation setup
Hi Josh
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate. Well, as you suggested, I tested several DEC values, -100, -50, 0, +50, +100 millisecond, even with +/- 200ms I still have the same and anoying delay effect .
I can clearly see the delay in the arrangement page or in the sample edit area. What I did is the following : First, I created a track from a single drums kick I found in Ableton. This clip is obviously perfectly aligned with the metronom. Then, I recorded my own snare kick on track 2, trying to be as exact as possible in timing. Normally, both tracks should be aligned if the DEC did his job. However, my recorded track is always too late when compared with the reference kick on track 1. It seems that DEC has no effect in deed...
I begin to suspect my PC to be too slow ? It is a ThinkPad with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.27 GhZ... What computer do you use ?
Thank you for your help !
Yves
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate. Well, as you suggested, I tested several DEC values, -100, -50, 0, +50, +100 millisecond, even with +/- 200ms I still have the same and anoying delay effect .
I can clearly see the delay in the arrangement page or in the sample edit area. What I did is the following : First, I created a track from a single drums kick I found in Ableton. This clip is obviously perfectly aligned with the metronom. Then, I recorded my own snare kick on track 2, trying to be as exact as possible in timing. Normally, both tracks should be aligned if the DEC did his job. However, my recorded track is always too late when compared with the reference kick on track 1. It seems that DEC has no effect in deed...
I begin to suspect my PC to be too slow ? It is a ThinkPad with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.27 GhZ... What computer do you use ?
Thank you for your help !
Yves
Re: Problem with driver delay compensation setup
Did you route your output back into your interface?
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yhaemmerli
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Re: Problem with driver delay compensation setup
Yes I did. I connected output 1 of the Scarlett 2i4 to its input 2.
But, as I wrote before, as this method did not work, I used the method explained in my previous post. Is there a mean to send you per mail JPG screen capture ? You will clearly see the problem, you will see the second track delayed from the reference track.
But, as I wrote before, as this method did not work, I used the method explained in my previous post. Is there a mean to send you per mail JPG screen capture ? You will clearly see the problem, you will see the second track delayed from the reference track.