Protools LE latency help...

[Stoneroses6300]

As I am retracking most of what I have been tracking for the past month (depressing) , because of stuff being out of tune nad not played perfectly, I think I am also having latency issues too...
When I track bass for example, I always put on a couple plugs in the inputs to get the sound I want. I just realized that it creates a little latency...And then when I try to layer and track other things over it (Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar) they are being tracked to the latent bass track. So if I wanted to take off the plugs I had on the bass and try something else out, it throws the whole sheme of the mix out of whack and the instruments don't sound tight together...I always do a little mixing of the sound I want when tracking, but of course, like everyone, might want to try a different plug and what not as the mix goes on...

Also, if I have a plug on the master buss that has a latency delay to it...and have tracked a couple instruments too it,,,if I take off that plug will the other instruments still be in time with it?

All these are issues I didn't even realize till now...

Actually 1 more question

Is there still latency on a track if the plug is being bussed over from an aux to that track? Rather than directly on the track? If this is the case, I'm going to have to make aux tracks for everything that creates latency...I will have to buss over EQ's and compression, not just the verbs and delays that cause it...

[chrisp2u]

Originally Posted by Stoneroses6300

As I am retracking most of what I have been tracking for the past month (depressing) , because of stuff being out of tune nad not played perfectly, I think I am also having latency issues too...
When I track bass for example, I always put on a couple plugs in the inputs to get the sound I want. I just realized that it creates a little latency...And then when I try to layer and track other things over it (Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar) they are being tracked to the latent bass track. So if I wanted to take off the plugs I had on the bass and try something else out, it throws the whole sheme of the mix out of whack and the instruments don't sound tight together...I always do a little mixing of the sound I want when tracking, but of course, like everyone, might want to try a different plug and what not as the mix goes on...

Also, if I have a plug on the master buss that has a latency delay to it...and have tracked a couple instruments too it,,,if I take off that plug will the other instruments still be in time with it?

All these are issues I didn't even realize till now...

Actually 1 more question

Is there still latency on a track if the plug is being bussed over from an aux to that track? Rather than directly on the track? If this is the case, I'm going to have to make aux tracks for everything that creates latency...I will have to buss over EQ's and compression, not just the verbs and delays that cause it...

Save the plugs for mixing. If you don't use any plugs during tracking (which there is usually really no reason to), then you obviously avoid plugin latency issues. I believe if you just turn on "Low Latency Monitoring" that it turns off the RTAS plugins on the main outputs anyway while in record mode.

Another option would be to print the effected track to another track if you really require an effect on it
and shift it accordingly with either the time adjust or manually to adjust for latency compensation.

And yes, there'll still be the same latency regardless of the tracktype (aux or otherwise) since you're still using the same plugins.
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[Stoneroses6300]

Yeah, I rely on a lot of plugs to get the sound I want, especially out of electric guitars...But the ones I'm using for electric guitar cause no latency....It's one I'm using for bass and a piano EQ

[Stoneroses6300]

I just checked a track that had an effect bussed to it...I checked the latency, and there was none on that track...Just a latency delay on the Aux track...