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Avoiding latency

Avoiding latency

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Avoiding latency

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One of the biggest problems when recording in the digital world is latency. Latency is the measure of time it takes in milliseconds for your audio to pass through your computer during the recording process. This delay is caused by the fact that your computer has to receive, understand, and process the signal, then send the signal back to the outputs for you to hear. In this movie I'm going to show you how to lower latency so it doesn't bother you when you are recording. High Latency means that you hear a note from your DAW a way after you play or sing it. I really want to avoid this especially if you are doing overdubs. High Latency means it's taking too long for the audio input to get to the audio output, which means there is lag time between the time you play a note, and when you hear it. A very small lag time of 3 to 6 milliseconds is tolerable, but anything beyond that creates everything from a phasing sound to a full echo. This makes it anywhere from distracting, to impossible to…

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