When recording latency is a problem…

As most Cubase SX3 or any other music recording software users I have little latency problems. Of course, it is possible to set up automatic time shifts to correct this unwanted artefact during the recording sequences, by telling Cubase to automatically shift the recorded tracks by a certain number of samples backwards. However, I have noticed that latency depends on a combination of various parameters such as : the number of tracks, the number of insert effects; the CPU activity etc… which means that latency is never exactly the same from one recording to another. Well, this is quite annoying, isn’t it ?

I found a tip to correct this unwanted latency effect once I have recorded a new track :

• I activate the tempo “click” and I get its level to the highest value as possible.
• I put my monitoring headphones on top of the microphone used for the recording.
• I record a few seconds of “clicks”.

Then I select the content of the new tracks including the “clicks” and I zoom onto one of these “clicks”.

I shift (by hand) the click to the right position it should have (like beginning of a measure).

OK, it sounds like a grand mother’s remedy, but it works well !

[ yann ]