Mixing...Making QT ref, need help with Delay Comp

[Judson]

Hello,

Just started using PT9 HD. I'm mixing right now (using some RME hardware not my TDM cards) and it seems I can pretty easily surpass the Delay Compensation limit. I've been using Logic mostly over the last several years and never ran into this problem. What is the workaround for this? When bouncing a QT ref, do i need to slide the QT over a certain amount of samples to maintain sync? Why is there even a limit in the first place when one can so easily go over it with higher latency plugs like noise reduction and limiters?

Thanks for any help.

J

[Judson]

OK, did a little RTFM....it says if you have a channel that exceeds the maximum, disable the delay reporting (command cntrl click on the ADC view in the MIX window channel)...and then manually nudge the audio on the track by the given delay. Really? Is this the only solution? I guess that means I have to remember that I've done this in case I bypass or remove one of those plugins...seems a little sticky for me. Never ran into this in Logic, as long as I had ADC on, everything was in sync for me and I'm using the same sorts of plugins. must be a different sort of implementation.

Still interested in how others deal with this in terms of mixing things with dialogue and on screen sync.

Thanks!