What is a good latency for Ableton?

What is a good latency for Ableton?

anything below 5ms is fine. Last edited by cavern on Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:32 pm, edited 1 time in total. I don’t think 12ms is bad at all, that’s like standing 12 feet from your speakers, hardly a hug delay. I run my buffers at 256 or 512 samples and never really notice any latency issues.

Why is latency so high Ableton?

Certain Live and Max for live devices, as well as certain plug-ins and processes can add latency. Delay Compensation is used to ensure that all tracks in a set playback in sync with each-other. However this adds latency, especially if there is a device or process in the set with a very high latency amount.

What is a good overall latency?

Latency is measured in milliseconds, and indicates the quality of your connection within your network. Anything at 100ms or less is considered acceptable for gaming. However, 20-40ms is optimal.

What latency is noticeable?

In one study, listeners found latency greater than 15 ms to be noticeable. Latency for other musical activities such as playing guitar does not have the same critical concern. Ten milliseconds of latency isn’t as noticeable to a listener who is not hearing his or her own voice.

How is latency a big deal in Ableton?

How Latency Affects Ableton. Latency is a big deal in Ableton for all the scenarios above, and it’s of the utmost importance that you verify that you are running at 0 latency through the tips I’m about to give you. Within the preferences menu of Ableton go to the Audio page.

What’s the best way to use Ableton Live?

Try 128 or 64 to keep your audio from having latency when recorded. If you use a higher buffer size during recording Ableton will actually place the Audio in the session with the latency causing your audio to be out of time. The next thing you will want to do is visit the CPU tab.

What to do when your CPU is maxed out in Ableton?

When dealing with Midi or Audio you will inherently end up using EQ’s Compressor’s and other effects to get your mix to sit right. When dealing with large sessions and using lots of processing you will find your CPU gets maxed out. A workaround to this is to “FREEZE” your tracks.

What’s the best way to deal with latency?

Well, there are three basic strategies to dealing with latency during recording: 1 Lower the buffer size 2 Employ a ‘Near-Zero-Latency’ monitoring setup 3 Emply a ‘True’ Zero-Latency monitoring setup More