Audio Latency in Live

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Infernouk
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Audio Latency in Live

Post by Infernouk » Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:01 pm

Hey guys

I am having a strange issue with ableton where a blank new project with 1 VST has no latency, yet a more constructed song has noticeable latency.

Is this to do with ableton or a plugin somewhere? Ive turned off everything on my master and the issue persists.

Im using a 6 core i7 pc with 32gb ram so power shouldn't be the cause, im rarely ever over 15% CPU!

Stromkraft
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Re: Audio Latency in Live

Post by Stromkraft » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:22 pm

Infernouk wrote:Hey guys

I am having a strange issue with ableton where a blank new project with 1 VST has no latency, yet a more constructed song has noticeable latency.

Is this to do with ableton or a plugin somewhere? Ive turned off everything on my master and the issue persists.
What are your buffer settings in Preferences > Audio and what MIDI gear are you using?
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jestermgee
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Re: Audio Latency in Live

Post by jestermgee » Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:56 am

Could be a plugin adding latency. This was just recently discussed in another thread and from what I understand if you switch OFF a plugin it does not remove the delay you have to actually remove the plugin completely.

If you hover your mouse over the title bar of a plugin and observe the lower left of Live (the bottom info bar) it will tell you the current delay of a loaded plugin. Something I did not know until a few weeks ago.

EDIT: Other forum link incase it helps

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=220277

bra10
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Re: Audio Latency in Live

Post by bra10 » Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:04 am

As already said, it could be plug-in related. Some plug-ins, esp. convolution reverbs oder spektral effects, have a higher latency.

Infernouk
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Re: Audio Latency in Live

Post by Infernouk » Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:31 am

I think its ozone on my master that does it, even when turned off it creates latency!

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Re: Audio Latency in Live

Post by Tarekith » Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:00 pm

It's DEFINITELY Ozone :)

Stromkraft
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Re: Audio Latency in Live

Post by Stromkraft » Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:44 pm

jestermgee wrote:Could be a plugin adding latency. This was just recently discussed in another thread and from what I understand if you switch OFF a plugin it does not remove the delay you have to actually remove the plugin completely.
I think this is by design, otherwise delay compensation would have to recalculate every time you turn off and on a plug-in or device.

In the linked discussion there's this great link: Latency Compensation FAQs. Useful reading.
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