STRATEGIES TO GET THE BEST OUT LIVE : DELAY COMPENSATION

[petit nuage]

hi !


As we known an interesting debate about live sound vs others daws, introduced us, a potential culprit : the delay compensation thing .

When i disable it in menu /options, i find the sound is more tight ,smooth, to resume a lot better but live dont compensate anymore latency caused by plugs ins ..


So i would like to have some strategies given by ABLETON or by you to have a work around for this crucial issue and to work with a good quality of sound with and without delay compensation.



When delay compensation is on :

- must i try to put exactly the same plugs in the tracks and mainly the live's plugs ?

- when i swith with delay and no delay and i see live'sound becoming messy ...

so playing with the track delay compensation track's feature in the bottom of the track can avoid this ?

When is off :

- must i forget third parties plugs or put the same chain or plug on all the tracks ?

- or just use ableton plugs at high rates like 88 khz because the hi quality mode in some live's plugs introduced latency ?

or must i treat ,record /print in audio the eq,comp etc..in the audio file ,without any plugs on the tracks ?



To get best sound quality :

- Must i record in midi with no delay compensation ,just perfect timing with the metronome , and working with the bounced audio and with live's plugs at high rates ?


- Must i desactivate delay compensation + warping and printing the fxs in audio(avoiding latency) and align sounds in arrangement or play them with follow actions laucnhing mode in session ?


And a lot of others questions...


Please ableton/people, take the time to give us here your good strategies about this ..because to choose between a good sound and plugs in realtime for me its not a normal kind of choice...

BIG THANKS !