Controlling plugin latency in PT

[John André Lium-Netland]

Hi all,

For a specific plugin the latency compensation feature in PT is not enough as my system currently is set up. I use a 2020 iMac with 128 Gb RAM, so it should not be a CPU or memory issue.

But when using the GainRider plugin from TB Pro Audio I get a little too much latency when I use the look-ahead feature/pre delay setting in the plugin, even when the latency compensation under the Option menu is on. In other DAWs the latency caused when using this feature is easily compensated according to the developer, but in Pro Tools the latency is not totally compensated. This is a drawback caused by PT, the developer tells me.

Does anyone know of a setting in PT that has an impact on the latency compensation for the system or for each track? I hope there is a way to set the latency compensation manually for each track….

Any suggestions are welcome! ;)


Best,
John André

[Michael Holmes]

You could add the time adjuster plugin onto every track or bus that needs it, and set the samples delay according to the latency. For instance, if there is 5 ms latency, you take your session sample rate divided by 1000. That will give you the samples per millisecond. Multiply the result, i.e. 48 samples for 48 khz, times 5 milliseconds, so, 240 samples here,and use that amount in time adjuster.

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[John André Lium-Netland]

Hi, yes I was considering the time shifter, but doesn’t it only push forward? In my case I need to compensate the delay by pushing backwards…. I tried to do that, but it didn’t work as expected…

Probably I’m doing something wrong... :)

Best,
John André

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[Michael Holmes]

That’s correct, it only adds latency. You can delay the other tracks to bring them into alignment with the latent one. Another option is committing the latent track, and nudging its audio back to the correct location. I would do option 2 if the latency was severe, like a half second or more.

> On Dec 21, 2020, at 13:12, John André Lium-Netland <eml...@a-pro-studio.no> wrote:
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> Hi, yes I was considering the time shifter, but doesn’t it only push forward? In my case I need to compensate the delay by pushing backwards…. I tried to do that, but it didn’t work as expected…

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[John André Lium-Netland]

That will make it impossible or at least very cumbersome to edit tracks. Can’t understand why this is a problem with Pro Tools and not a problem with other DAWs…

Thanks for your ideas, anyways…. :)

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