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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Johnson" data-source="post: 105973" data-attributes="member: 2643">Re: Latency and multitrack recording with overdubbing.While I see the point - I&#039;m battling with this very problem with a client who for practical reasons, (as in a grand piano in his music room) is attempting to record at home. Cubase, which we are both using at my end can easily cope with the shifts in time, but this client cannot cope with having to change the compensation as each change is made. There are two components to the problem. I can go to him, set the system so he can play to what he hears - but he cannot do it himself. To make it worse, we&#039;ve a mix of VST sampled sound sources, his real piano, and lots of overdubs. Each version gets sent to me, I change things, and then of course, all the timing is adrift again. Latency in itself, is unavoidable, but by this time I am surprised a system to automatically align things hasn&#039;t been invented. I had my x32 in the studio for a while before it was needed elsewhere, and didn&#039;t have any issues with it at all that were linked to latency. I&#039;ve no way (or interest) in measuring latency, but I do know that the latency in my Line 6 radios is worse than the x32 in terms of impact. Neither is bad in any way, but there&#039;s just enough latency with the radios to reduce feedback. A Line 6 set to SM58 exhibits less feedback, and thus more gain, than a real 58 - which is noticeable. There is no difference with the X32. Neither when used live seem to have latency at all. In the studio there are other factors. My problem client has Asberger&#039;s syndrome, and ADHD - and perfect pitch. Even tiny amounts of delay between pressing a key and hearing the sound impact on him very badly, to the extent that he cannot play. So playing a plastic keyboard via midi with a sampled piano is so different to playing his concert grand before the latency issue when overdubbing. With me, a few mouse clicks removes latency - with him one click is detectable. Hopefully most people don&#039;t have this to cope with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Johnson, post: 105973, member: 2643"] Re: Latency and multitrack recording with overdubbing. While I see the point - I'm battling with this very problem with a client who for practical reasons, (as in a grand piano in his music room) is attempting to record at home. Cubase, which we are both using at my end can easily cope with the shifts in time, but this client cannot cope with having to change the compensation as each change is made. There are two components to the problem. I can go to him, set the system so he can play to what he hears - but he cannot do it himself. To make it worse, we've a mix of VST sampled sound sources, his real piano, and lots of overdubs. Each version gets sent to me, I change things, and then of course, all the timing is adrift again. Latency in itself, is unavoidable, but by this time I am surprised a system to automatically align things hasn't been invented. I had my x32 in the studio for a while before it was needed elsewhere, and didn't have any issues with it at all that were linked to latency. I've no way (or interest) in measuring latency, but I do know that the latency in my Line 6 radios is worse than the x32 in terms of impact. Neither is bad in any way, but there's just enough latency with the radios to reduce feedback. A Line 6 set to SM58 exhibits less feedback, and thus more gain, than a real 58 - which is noticeable. There is no difference with the X32. Neither when used live seem to have latency at all. In the studio there are other factors. My problem client has Asberger's syndrome, and ADHD - and perfect pitch. Even tiny amounts of delay between pressing a key and hearing the sound impact on him very badly, to the extent that he cannot play. So playing a plastic keyboard via midi with a sampled piano is so different to playing his concert grand before the latency issue when overdubbing. With me, a few mouse clicks removes latency - with him one click is detectable. Hopefully most people don't have this to cope with. [/QUOTE]

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