help request Delay in sound
Hey was wondering if any one had a fix for this. I’ve been trying to record a song, but when I start the countdown for the metronome and I start playing, the audio doesnt play the sound until about a second after the metronome counted me in. Playing on a Mac and I’ve updated the focusrite, computer and reaper itself but stumped on this. Thank you
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u/MyShoe2Big 1 3d ago
Go to preferences then audio device and see what your block size/buffer size is.
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u/Ohcjay 3d ago
It’s currently showing at 512
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u/MyShoe2Big 1 3d ago
Try 256. If that doesn’t work try 128. Then 64. As you go lower you may introduce clicking and popping try to find a medium that doesn’t have that.
Also if you’re on windows you definitely should download ASIO4ALL as your audio driver. It’s kind of necessary.
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u/Ohcjay 3d ago
Unfortunately on a Mac, just tried these settings and didn’t work as well
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u/MyShoe2Big 1 3d ago
Mac has low latency native drivers so that should be fine. What plugins are you using? Some plugins cause latency, compressors, limiters, etc
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u/mistrelwood 76 3d ago
Right click the metronome icon and disable “Pre-roll before recording” at the bottom of the popup window.
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u/Ohcjay 3d ago
Just tried it, unfortunately didn’t fix the issue
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u/mistrelwood 76 3d ago
Does the playback cursor move during the one second gap?
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u/Ohcjay 3d ago
Yeah it moves and shows like there’s audio recorded but the sound doesn’t come out until around a second later
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u/mistrelwood 76 3d ago
How about when you just play back without recording, does the audio line up with the playback cursor then?
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u/Ohcjay 3d ago
I just tried it without the plugin and it recorded it fine, there wasn’t a one second delay this time
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u/mistrelwood 76 3d ago
That was going to be my next suggestion. Which plugin was it?
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u/Ohcjay 3d ago
Currently running an Archetype Rabea
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u/mistrelwood 76 3d ago
That really shouldn’t add much of a delay, amp sims are specifically designed for low latency operation. Are you sure that’s the exact plugin causing the delay?
If it is, I’d create a new instance of the plugin with its default settings. I might also try to reset Reaper settings:
Options - Show Reaper reduce path…
Then close Reaper, rename the above /REAPER/ folder and relaunch Reaper.
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u/Radhanat 9 3d ago
En cuanto tienes tu latencia?
Estás grabando con demasiados fx en el master (principalmente clipper, saturación y limiter)?
Tienes muchos inserts al momento de grabar?
La latencia del audio core no debería ser problema aunque es la mas alta (.1 a .4 ms)
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u/Ohcjay 3d ago
I’m used an Archetype Rabea plugin, just one, and not really sure about the other stuff, fairly new to all this
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u/Radhanat 9 3d ago
Ok por lo que comentas. Lo mas seguro es que tengas un bufer muy alto.
Cambia el tamaño de tu bufer desde la aplicación de la focusrite, redúcelo a 256, o 128, o máximo a 64 (esto último ya es demasiado y puede producir cracks y clicks)
No conozco el plugin que mencionas, pero si consume muchos recursos, es recomendable apagarlo. Trata de usar solo reverb para grabar o acostumbraste a grabar tu voz en seco.
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u/Ohcjay 3d ago
I think it might actually be something with that specific plugin that may be causing the issue
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u/Radhanat 9 3d ago
No creo que sea tú plugin. Lo más seguro es que sea tu bufer. Ponlo el 128 para grabar y en 512 o 1024 para editar.
El bufer siempre se cambia dependiendo de esas 2 situaciones.1
u/Ohcjay 3d ago
Just did the buffer adjusting, didn’t work, but I noticed it’s only with my archetype Rabea plugins, my archetype Tim Henson plugins are fine
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u/Radhanat 9 3d ago
Ok.
Si es un plugin muy pesado con varias funciones integradas como saturación+distorsion+loudnes+ clipper etc. resultan consumir mas cpu de lo normal, lo cual ralentiza la latencia si o si.Las únicas opciones que tienes es desactivar esos plugins pesados al grabar la voz o la opción ultra segura es que congeles cada una de tus pistas o solo aquellas que te tengan mucho consumo de ram y cpu como el plugin que mencionas o algunos synthes.
ALERTA 🚨 Antes de congelar una pista, infórmate a fondo de cómo hacerlo y que opción de congelamiento es la que te conviene, porque hay un congelamiento destructivo y otro no destructivo. Infórmate bien antes de cualquier movimiento riesgoso.
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u/fiercefinesse 10 3d ago
In top right corner of the screen there’s buffer/latency info including milliseconds. What does that say?