Latency Issues

[powderfinger]

During my last recording, which was rhythmically strict, I had some latency issues. I thought that I shouldn't with the setup I have......

M-audio delta 44
785 MB RAM
1.8 gHz processor
plenty of hard-drive space
Cakewalk Sonar

What's a reasonable latency (in ms) that I could expect from a setup like this?

Would it be best to track everything with no effects to help this?

What else might I do to help?

 

[fprod south]

I think I get less than 3 ms of monitoring latency with ProTools LE. I imagine Sonar should be about the same. You've got a powerful computer.

Using plug ins while recording definetly adds to latency problems. Also choose the lowest buffer size to minimize latency.

If you're talking about recording latency as opposed to monitoring, you could fix this by zooming in really close and sliding the tracks until they line up.

 

[powderfinger]

fprod south

how powerful is your machine??

 

[powderfinger]

also, i was talking recording latency....what is your latency
for recording?

 

[moskus]

Are you meaning Input Monitoring? I thought the latency was "universal" for Sonar (but I might be wrong). So, I have 4.4 ms latency with my Audiotrak Inca88, I use Input Monitoring and plays DXi's...

No problem for me. I would bet you could push your latency down to 1.5 ms (as I can) but would have dropouts all over the place. Your setup should manage a latency around 2-4 ms.

 

[fprod south]

fprod south

how powerful is your machine??

I use a Mac G4 466mHz with 384MB of RAM. You got me outpowered.

I get 51 samples of recording latency. I honestly cannot hear it and some of the stuff I do is highly rythmic with a click track. The only time recording latency is problematic for me is when I reamp.

But I'd definetly record without plug-ins. You've got the a/d conversion latency plus the plug-in processing to cause latency. Just the a/d conversion shouldn't be problematic unless you've got incredibly awesome ears (which could be the case).