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Most audio interfaces support direct monitor, so there is essentially zero latency between your source and the monitor when recording tracks. DAWs then allow yo
by beAbU 2y ago
Most audio interfaces support direct monitor, so there is essentially zero latency between your source and the monitor when recording tracks. DAWs then allow you to set the latency as a "take nudge" where the take is immediately nudged by the known latency amount, so that when you play back your tracks they are in sync.
Lastly, some fancy interfaces have built in DSP, so that you can load your effects right in the interface, for when you want effects in your recording monitor feed...
So I dont think latency is that critical anymore, and with a decent interface its mostly sorted out.
- Aldipower 2y agoSecond this. You can even go down to exactly 0ms of latency, if you are using an analog mixer with multiple simultaneous output routes in front of your digital interface. One output route is for live monitoring the other is for live recording. The DAW just needs to latency compensate the "record head", which almost every professional DAW is doing of course. _Every_ studio is working like that. OK, a lot of studios have digital mixers nowadays, that adds maybe 2-4ms of latency, which is still ok.