Recording Latency, (Have to shift regions after recording)

[brucefielder]

Every time I record audio I have to nudge the region back in time to get it how it should sound. This affects my work flow greatly.

I had a session with a rapper yesterday and I wanted to record each line separately. This meant I had to record a line, then zoom in and nudge it back in time, play it a couple of time to make sure it was right then move on to the next line. This really affected his flow and the end result was unnatural.


Also, the region will never be at the exact same time in which it was recorded. This annoys me greatly. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee help me.

cheers
Bruce

[Dism]

Originally Posted by brucefielder

Every time I record audio I have to nudge the region back in time to get it how it should sound. This affects my work flow greatly.

I had a session with a rapper yesterday and I wanted to record each line separately. This meant I had to record a line, then zoom in and nudge it back in time, play it a couple of time to make sure it was right then move on to the next line. This really affected his flow and the end result was unnatural.


Also, the region will never be at the exact same time in which it was recorded. This annoys me greatly. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee help me.

cheers
Bruce

Do you have plugins enabled on the track? What is your buffer? Version of Pro Tools, etc...

[brucefielder]

this is with no plugins on the track. if the session is completely empty its not so bad. as soon as the session gets even the slight bit complex it lags real bad. Tried all levels of buffer and it doesn't solve the problem.


Pro Tools LE 8.04, Windows XP SP3.
MBOX 2 USB.

Quad Core Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz
4GB Ram, ATI HD 4850 1GB Graphics.


cheers

[brucefielder]

aha i think i have worked it out. I was using Izotope Ozone on my master channel to avoid clipping, and when i take it off the problem goes away. is there any 'low cpu usage' plugins i can use on my master to stop it clipping during mixing?

thanks

[albee1952]

Leave Ozone out until after all your tracking is done(actaully, leave out ANY plugins on the master track until its bounce time). If the master is clipping, just pull it down and turn up your speakers/headphones. Or hit the ALL group and pull ALL you tracks faders down 3-4db. The clipping should not hurt anything during playback, and you can add in Ozone when you get ready to bounce. You can leave Ozone inserted and make it inactive until the bounce(inactive, not bypass).

[Dism]

Originally Posted by albee1952

Leave Ozone out until after all your tracking is done(actaully, leave out ANY plugins on the master track until its bounce time). If the master is clipping, just pull it down and turn up your speakers/headphones. Or hit the ALL group and pull ALL you tracks faders down 3-4db. The clipping should not hurt anything during playback, and you can add in Ozone when you get ready to bounce. You can leave Ozone inserted and make it inactive until the bounce(inactive, not bypass).

Right. There's not much reason to have anything on the master fader while recording, especially Ozone since it puts a lot of delay into the mix. That's why it's a mastering plugin, to be used when delay is not an issue.

[DJ Hellfire]

Any clipping that happens post fader does not matter while tracking. As long as your actual audio isn't clipping coming in (pre-fader), then you don't need to worry about anything that is clipping until you mix the record.