Delay Issues (The "normal" fixes aren't working)

[thunderjaw]

Hello,

New user here... I am having a difficult time because my tracks are never synced up. I'll record a guitar track and it seems fine, but when I try to add a vocal track, there's always a slight delay. I have followed all the steps I could find on this issue from the knowledge base, but the problem persists. I was using Ableton Lite, and I was hoping that upgrading to the full version would solve it, but it's the same problem. I am using the free 90 day trial, and I'm reluctant to pay to upgrade until I know this can be fixed. PLEASE HELP!

Here's my set-up:

Ableton Live 11 (trial version - for now)
Windows 10
Focusrite dual channel interface
Shure 58 mic, plugged directly into XLR of interface
Acoustic guitar with internal pick-ups plugged directly into 1/4" port of interface

Possibly useful info:
Both the guitar and vocal track show a latency of .18 ms (so I doubt that's the issue).
I am using direct monitoring (though I have tried other ways)
I have turned on/off delay compensation and adjusted buffer settings.
Image URL for reference of settings.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

[Fugazi81]

Hi,

My tip would be to use the Asio driver recommended for your interface instead of the MME/Directx driver that is selected.
You can download the Asio driver for your audio interface from the Focusrite site.

This gives you a much better input/output - overall latency.

Try that first.

[[jur]]

I can see 108ms of latency on your picture. Of course you're having a hard time with such a huge delay!!

[Mark Williams]

For a start you should be using the focusrite asio drivers

[thunderjaw]

The ASIO driver seemed to fix the problem.. (LOL, I would have tried that, except that the "before you ask for help" section of the forums said, the original drivers are better).

Thank you so much!

[thunderjaw]

I can see 108ms of latency on your picture. Of course you're having a hard time with such a huge delay!!

I don't see that... Where are you seeing it?

[Mark Williams]

I can see 108ms of latency on your picture. Of course you're having a hard time with such a huge delay!!

I don't see that... Where are you seeing it?

Look at your own preference settings picture.......