Question about LATENCY in Sonar...

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2011/05/07 01:26:07 (permalink)

Question about LATENCY in Sonar...

I understand that with most sound cards & audio interfaces, there is a millisecond stretch of latency between the physical performance of notes and the signal being recorded. For better interfaces, the difference in time is obviously probably quite unnoticeable, but it is still there, as I understand it.

What I'm wonering is, after recording a take, does Sonar ratchet back the clip according to the recorded latency gap at all? That is, if your MIDI drum track starts at exactly 0 seconds, and your guitar recording begins (due to latency) a number of milliseconds past the 0 second mark, does Sonar drag the clip back to start at the proper time (0) once the recording ends?


If my understanding of latency is completely off, please straighten me out! Or if I'm right on, does Sonar do what I asked above? And if not, WHY NOT??

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post edited by dimelives1 - 2011/05/07 18:19:21
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    Re:Question about latency in Sonar... 2011/05/07 03:22:03 (permalink)
    From my understanding the input will be compensated for. 

    This is provided you have not changed the default offset settings.  Assuming you are using ASIO, if you look under  Preferences(P) - Audio - Driver settings -3rd from the bottom Input will indicate the number of samples(plus  Msec) of latency that your driver is currently set at.   Then if you go to  Audio - Sync and Caching  at the very bottom if the Use ASIO Reported Latency box is checked(and it should be) it should show the same number of samples for the offset to compensate for the latency delay.  If your Audio interface has direct monitoring  it is best to use that for hearing your self (when recording audio) as it will eliminate the round trip of getting to Sonar and then coming back to you.  If your are using a controller/keyboard via VST then that is not an option.

    When recording, and you likely aware of this, try not to use any plugins (or the fewest possible) and adjust your ASIO buffers and ASIO settings to to the lowest settings that you can run without getting dropouts.  Once you have recorded all your takes, then boost your buffers back up again for mixing and add your plugins then. 

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