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Old 12-14-2018, 08:54 PM
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Default Tracking,Latency and Sub Mixes

Rookie question alert.
Just acquired a 003 after using a 3rd party interface the past couple of years.
Set up a new session with all tracks routed through an aux input (sub mix) that then feeds the master fader as had been my practice with the 3rd party interface whether tracking or mixing.
With the 003 this set up produces substantial latency.
LLM is off....buffer at 64 samples.
Win10 with a pretty substantial machine.
If I don’t use the sub mix aux input and monitor out my main inputs everything’s great.
I’m assuming that I’d simply become accustomed to using the 3rd parties mix software and now that I’m monitoring through Pro Tools I cant use the “Sub Mix” workflow until after tracking?
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Old 12-15-2018, 04:37 PM
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A few things to consider:
1-what amount of ADC is showing in the MIX window. and does it make sense?
2-do you NEED this mix bus?(sometimes we do something because we think we should, have been told we should, or out of old habits)
3-try Delay Compensation off and see if it helps.



FWIW, I used the 003 for many years with no issues(but not with PT 12 or newer). Tracking at a 64 buffer worked fine and I rarely heard any comment about latency(in the headphones) unless I did something wrong(like have a send in the session that fed nothing; this would cause around 1920 samples of ADC for no good reason). You can check this by making all sends inactive and see if ADC numbers change
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Old 12-16-2018, 07:16 AM
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A few things to consider:
1-what amount of ADC is showing in the MIX window. and does it make sense?
2-do you NEED this mix bus?(sometimes we do something because we think we should, have been told we should, or out of old habits)
3-try Delay Compensation off and see if it helps.



FWIW, I used the 003 for many years with no issues(but not with PT 12 or newer). Tracking at a 64 buffer worked fine and I rarely heard any comment about latency(in the headphones) unless I did something wrong(like have a send in the session that fed nothing; this would cause around 1920 samples of ADC for no good reason). You can check this by making all sends inactive and see if ADC numbers change
Thanks!
I had Ozone 8 and (iZotopes) Tonal Balance on the “Sub Mix”...bypassed...when I removed them completely all was right with the world.
I mistakenly assumed that bypassed would have no affect on the signal.
The whole sub mix thing was just my lazy “all-in-one” setup.Track-produce-mix all in the same session.I tend to fade out on the master quite often and the sub mix thing worked great for that.
The 64 samples is no issue here either and so far the 003 and 003R work great with my 12.4.
I had to find a FireWire card and the 800 to 400 cable because my machine is newer.All that installed just fine and the whole system seems really solid...so far :)
It’s awesome to have that integration back of an Avid interface and Pro Tools.
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Old 12-16-2018, 07:23 AM
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As you’ve just discovered, bypassing a plugin does not remove its induced latency. Only making the plugin inactive will do that.


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Old 12-16-2018, 08:22 AM
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As you’ve just discovered, bypassing a plugin does not remove its induced latency. Only making the plugin inactive will do that.


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Good to know...Thanks!
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And many "mastering" plugins (like Ozone) have a boatload of latency and should be left inactive until all tracking is done(besides, Ozone is also a huge resource hog, so you may want to up the buffer to 1024 when that plugin gets used)
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Old 12-17-2018, 04:17 AM
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And many "mastering" plugins (like Ozone) have a boatload of latency and should be left inactive until all tracking is done(besides, Ozone is also a huge resource hog, so you may want to up the buffer to 1024 when that plugin gets used)
For sure....I was always a LLM user years ago with my 003R/11R set up as I track almost no “live” sources and it was just a set and forget it thing.
Used Cubase Pro for the last couple of years with one of their interfaces (UR824) and it was complete integration on all fronts...but I just simply prefer Pro Tools.
The 003 fell in my lap and I ditched LLM and will play the buffer size game...which is no bother at all.
The eye opener here is the bypass vs inactive....this will help with my “lazy mans” template immensely :)
Thanks for all the advice!
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Oh yeah, all my session templates have dozens of inactive plugins
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Old 12-18-2018, 03:18 PM
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Oh yeah, all my session templates have dozens of inactive plugins
Lol...I did say “Rookie Alert”
Thanks again!!!
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Old 12-19-2018, 08:34 PM
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Lol...I did say “Rookie Alert”
Thanks again!!!
BTW, another rookie mistake(IMHO) is mixing with mastering plugins. Try to get the mix perfected WITHOUT mastering plugins, so they will make a great mix better, instead of fooling you into thinking you have a great mix
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