What is the right way to avoid lag in audio from external MIDI instruments ?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:28 am
Dear fellow Live enthusiasts,
New Live11 user here so please forgive me if I don't use the right terminology.
I am looking for pointers on the correct way to deal with timing differences between different external instruments.
My setup is as follows:
iMac computer running Ableton Live11 for recording
External sequencer/drum machine on audio track 1 (USB audio).
This sequencer is also sending MIDI over USB to my Mac, which is porting the MIDI over USB to an external synth using an app called MIDIpipe.
The audio from the external synth is coming in on track 2 (USB audio).
The external synth and the sequencer are synced to Live11's tempo.
The audio coming in from both tracks is slightly out of sync.
I can manually adjust the track delay for the leading track to hear the instruments in sync.
However as soon as I stop the sequence and restart, the timing changes and the audio is no longer in sync.
Same goes for recording, as soon as I hit record, audio goes out of sync.
I have a feeling I should be using Live11 to route the MIDI between the sequencer and the synth, but I'm not really sure how to proceed.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
New Live11 user here so please forgive me if I don't use the right terminology.
I am looking for pointers on the correct way to deal with timing differences between different external instruments.
My setup is as follows:
iMac computer running Ableton Live11 for recording
External sequencer/drum machine on audio track 1 (USB audio).
This sequencer is also sending MIDI over USB to my Mac, which is porting the MIDI over USB to an external synth using an app called MIDIpipe.
The audio from the external synth is coming in on track 2 (USB audio).
The external synth and the sequencer are synced to Live11's tempo.
The audio coming in from both tracks is slightly out of sync.
I can manually adjust the track delay for the leading track to hear the instruments in sync.
However as soon as I stop the sequence and restart, the timing changes and the audio is no longer in sync.
Same goes for recording, as soon as I hit record, audio goes out of sync.
I have a feeling I should be using Live11 to route the MIDI between the sequencer and the synth, but I'm not really sure how to proceed.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.