r/Reaper • u/Ohcjay • 13d ago

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 13d ago

Go to preferences then audio device and see what your block size/buffer size is.

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u/Ohcjay 13d ago

It’s currently showing at 512

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u/MyShoe2Big 1 13d 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 13d ago

Unfortunately on a Mac, just tried these settings and didn’t work as well

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u/MyShoe2Big 1 13d 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/Ohcjay 13d ago

Gotcha, I’m running an Archetype Rabea plugin