Latency recording drums

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aclarky
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Latency recording drums

Post by aclarky » Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:57 pm

Hi, apologies if this is a basic question but any advice would be really helpful.

I want to record a drum track, I have the guitar/vocals etc already recorded. All I want to do is play the guitar and vocals and record the drums into ableton. I am direct monitoring through the interface so I don't monitor the drums and hear a delayed signal there.

There is latency which I can nudge around using the delay function but it seems to be a bit of a rough way to resolve the issue, is it 10ms or 12ms etc. When I zoom in on a kick or hats hit the number jumps around by 4ms or something.

I am using an old mac air, a claret+8pre with 8 mics on drums and the room. I know the mac air is old and I will update soon but I have read forums saying there are still latency issues with M1 max MBP.

What is the best way to do this??

Thanks
Andy

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