Electronic Drums Goat: AudioScape 260VU

[@Chaos-Dynamics]

The DBX 260 VU, the 160 A and the 160 XT are all perfect tools for kick and snare. They always work really well 👌🏼

[@DanglyLingham]

I tried the insert thing, didn't work for me... I always get timing inconsistances when going out to hardware separately. Obviously I can take the entire mix out on 2bus and use the hardware that way....... But using individual comps like this would create timing issues.... No idea what doing wrong.... I adust the sample rates etc. Many seem to be able to do this... wish I could. How are you able to keep everything in sync ?

[@RapidFlow_Shop]

I set the delay to samples and tweak it till it sounds like phasing. Then it s within a few MS. If needed I compare the newly recorded file with the original. Sometimes I ll do a test recording to see the transient is on the same part of the grid. The MS latency on the insert plugin is the solution. Good luck

[@Chaos-Dynamics]

Something a lot of people forget to setup properly is the recording latency compensation. Each interface has its own latency and mostly it’s auto corrected by the daw software. Always set it up manually because the auto settings are not always spot on. 1-Have an audio track with a click, note not a midi or instrument track but actual audio. 2-Route that track to a physical line output. 3-Create a new track and record that click output, one measure is enough. 4-Set you time to samples and zoom in on a click and select the space between the two and see how much samples they differ. 5-Manually put in the latency settings in your daw. 6-Record again and check if the recording matches up to the original. Adjust until perfect. Note that if you change sample rates or bit rates you have to adjust the latency compensation again.

[@DanglyLingham]

@@Chaos-Dynamics I found a way to get around this by 'direct monitoring' ?

[@Chaos-Dynamics]

@@DanglyLingham Sorry I don’t know about that, it is possible to compensate your DAW, depends on your software. I’m using Reaper and mix on an analog console so the only thing I need is delay compensation for recording. When mixing the latency isn’t an issue for me because everything goes through the mixing desk. Try to find some videos for your DAW and see how to adjust the delay compensation for your inserts. It should be possible, I did it with Reaper some time ago and I’m sure it should work.

[@shaft9000]

@@DanglyLingham Direct monitoring indeed helps to avoid audible latency of what you are monitoring while recording it, but without delay/buffer compensation you will still need to either manually nudge or have a script nudge the newly-recorded track for you as soon as you stop recording each new track.