Fix Latency in Ableton For GOOD 🎧🔥

[@SeedtoStage]

Check it out, you can go to options , then select “reduced latency when monitoring” THEN set the audio output of the track you’re recording into to ext 1/2 or whatever your headphones or speakers are. This will bypass the audio stream and any latency on your master track or your project. When you’ve finished recording, simply change the track output back to “main” or “master”. Latency no more 🎉

[@ReidStefanMusic]

This is a great tip for people who use the Basic workflow. I usually use the Advanced or expensive workflow 👍

[@BorisBeing]

Genuis! Thanks man!!

[@mcmc5335]

Second 'advanced' workflow, great idea! Can't wait to try it. Thanks Reid, still the coolest puppet in the game.

[@eqt.studios]

too great Reid. I love everything about your tutorials... so they just feel great!

[@Beatsbyend]

You have no idea how timely this video is. Huge thanks

[@ReidStefanMusic]

It’s production time 🫡

[@DefenderB0SS]

that wet reverb track monitoring + direct montiorying from interface is an insane hack! ive never thought about that, thats very usefull! gonna use that

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Thank you! It’s definitely my top preferred workflow. I rarely need autotune in my headphones, and I only have my Apollo connected 50% of the time so that advanced setup is my secret sauce 😍👍

[@DefenderB0SS]

@@ReidStefanMusic yes i always use the monitoring from the focusrite 18i20 for no latency, and then i explain to the singer if we use the processing there will be a small latency, but using the reverb only literally gives the best of both worlds. No latency but with reverb

[@djcontour]

If you have latency, wouldn’t the reverb still have it since it’s not directly monitored? I watched it 100 times trying figure it out haha

[@ReidStefanMusic]

@@djcontouryes the stock reverb will be subject to whatever Daw latency you have. But in mixing terms we call that pre-delay and it’s a good thing on vocal reverbs. You can see me reduce the pre-delay on my stock reverb before recording to minimize delay reverb

[@djcontour]

@ ahhh I must have missed that part somehow. That’s makes much more sense! Thanks for the clarification

[@Sylendanna]

The biggest problem for me is I make these big Productions and then proceed to add layers and layers of vocals in the same project, even though I have a really fast performing computer is just always that latency that's really rough so I'd always recommend people having a vocals project file where it's just one audio file of the instrumental so you can record with ease every time! Great video as always my man!

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Sounds like the 2nd or 3rd workflow in this tutorial would be the best choice for your setup 👍

[@karlstenator]

Coffee usually helps my latency. ☕

[@thonykx]

that is real good solucion even for live situations! thank you!

[@ReidStefanMusic]

All three of these workflows would work great for a singer on stage 🔥

[@rikn1750]

Best video on this topics !!! Thank you so much !!!

[@d311kingone]

The advanced steps here saved me hours. Thank you so much! Direct Monitoring can be a pain.

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Happy to help! My advanced Direct monitoring + Reverb fix is my preferred approach because it works with almost every audio interface 😊

[@iamkarramusic]

Latency will always be my biggest opp 🙅🏻‍♀️🚫🚫🚫

[@Sylendanna]

FACTS!

[@Limitedtimeonearth]

Karra I do not love latency 😮

[@schackal666]

Very cool Video. Had a lot of trouble with latency issues.

[@minervaqqq]

another option i think works well is monitoring through something like superrack performer if you don't have an interface with dsp. you can load in any plugin as long as its vst3 and get something good enough to track with while input monitoring is set to off in ableton and still have all your effects on when you press play. i've used it for a few months now and it's one of the best investments i've made software wise.

[@arapocket]

i love this puppet with all of my heart

[@benoftroy]

This is awesome and helpful. Would love to see your tips on removing latency for MIDI recording too. Thanks!

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Simply Follow these basic solution steps to fix midi latency. My advanced solution, and expensive interface won’t help MIDI latency, but the basic approach will

[@benoftroy]

@@ReidStefanMusic Thanks!!

[@sickmessiah]

The greatest thing about the studiolive series iii mixers is the outside dsp. 1176 compression, revers and delay sends for monitoring. Record dry but monitoring a nice wet signal helps

[@AbhishekShrivastava2000]

AMAZING!!

[@NolimitXDBM]

Thank you Stefan

[@tommorton7211]

My version of your freeze all tracks is to export the instrumental as a wav file and have that in a separate session where I record all the vocals. When I’m done, Ableton makes it easy to pull those tracks back into the main session leaving vocal guides or failed experiment tracks behind. I do this for instrument recording as well when swapping out a midi instrument for the real thing.

[@ReidStefanMusic]

yes! That's a great workflow suggestion! Ableton makes it extremely easy to merge 2 separate sessions together for your final mixdown! Now that M4 Max computers are ridiculously powerful I don't see myself bouncing or freezing ever again.

[@Bonbon1948]

It's production time!!!!!! ♥

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Low Latency Production Time 🔥

[@Thereisonlyone464]

Can you do a tutorial on using Ableton with the apolo twin for a live stream using auto tune for vocals? Learning so much from you ❤

[@IsopropylRecordings]

Tvank you Master Puppet. I hope this works when I start my big project on my old PC and start up Ableton 11. Latency and Ableton is a struggle that ruined my takes since forever. I only have a Komplete Audio 2 interface so im probably screwed anyway.

[@ReidStefanMusic]

If your audio interface doesn’t have any direct monitoring feature, I’d switch to a different brand. Pretty much every other product (at every budget level) nowadays has direct monitoring.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

Coincidentally I had to fix latency on a guitar track this afternoon. I guess it doesn't matter, guitar or vocals? Great video.

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Yes any audio input would be the exact same steps. Guitar, drums, vocals, horns, all the same workflow 🤘

[@ProGaming-kb9io]

Also, in the audio settings, changing to Asio and selecting the Asio's version of your interface will reduce the latency a lot!

[@SuperManSuperManSuperMan]

When I walk on de street.... All eyes 👀 on meee.... Great video. 😂😂😂 👍

[@mcdan2696]

Brilliant

[@valeriachavez7069]

Amazing video love you guys 🤍🤍🤍

[@oosaxx]

Great and concise summary. In Ableton 12 the option Keep Latency should be unchecked when recording vocals or external acoustic or line in instruments. You'll find this option hidden in the Mixer.

[@ReidStefanMusic]

This is a great option if you’re using the first workflow in my timestamps. However it won’t do anything in my advanced or expensive workflow suggestions

[@oosaxx]

@ my understanding is that it nudges audio back so to be in line with previously recorded content. did you manually verify the behavior?

[@ReidStefanMusic]

@ using other DAWs I’ve needed to manually nudge things left after every recoding. Ableton has always been correctly aligned for me. If I needed to test, I would probably record my metronome bleed from my headphones and zoom in to measure the difference.

[@oosaxx]

@@ReidStefanMusic I'll probably verify this in a week or so. Not sure if it should depend on whether you're monitoring through your interface or not. It would make more sense for what's within Ableton's realm so to speak

[@Djtrotsky]

i'm using an apollo twin x and trying lots of the great tricks but still have to manually adjust my audio tracks to the left. still searching for the "keep latency" box to uncheck. is this something that would improved with a faster computer? i am using a 2017 iMac pro which is fine for all things except the latency in recorded audio. thx.

[@reinaverse]

In Ableton 12 they added the option to disable the "Keep latency" button that is on underneath every track by default. For vocals this will prevent any nudging you had to previously do in any version of ableton before 12.

[@ReidStefanMusic]

This is a great option for people who use the Basic Fix I mentioned first, however this option does nothing if you’re using the advanced or expensive solutions 🔥👍

[@ArthurAbramovPhoto]

How activate this option?

[@reinaverse]

@@ArthurAbramovPhoto Bottom right of ableton, hit the arrow next to the audio wave icon then enable "Track options"

[@Frankilassic]

Heya Reid. Good job on making a Tutorial. Oh & May I ask You something ?

[@Frankilassic]

Since I’m kinda having trouble with making Music of My own, Can You & the others make Musics of My own for Me ?

[@bharumusic]

I wish UAD would steal features from Ableton for production & workflow with Luna. So close to being a one-stop shop

[@ReidStefanMusic]

I agree Luna is still missing many modern features like a sampler instrument, swings for MIDI, shortcuts for editing or creating MIDI, audio playlist recording, audio pre-recording… but it’s still the best design & graphics of any free DAW

[@FRANKRICECOLD209]

I Wish Waves Soundgrid Studio And Digigrid iOS Audio Interface Had a NO LATENCY SWITCH / BUTON Thank For The Video

[@rappsongs]

I use the JUCE open-source framework as a low latency audio device. It’s free and I can run a 16 buffer size without overloading my CPU.

[@nanho]

Hi Stefan, do you think it’s still worth buying the older generation of the Apollo? I’m looking to order an X8p, and I noticed there’s nearly a $1000 difference between the Gen 2 and Gen 1 models. What’s your take on it?

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Yes it’s definitely worth the cost for the previous generation 🔥

[@nanho]

@@ReidStefanMusic Thank you very much !

[@MyYTPerspective]

The expensive solution works best for me but unfortunately not for my budget. 😅

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Use my 2nd solution if you don’t have Apollo or Antelope interfaces 🔥

[@FranFuzz]

Freezing has never worked for me :( I ended creating dedicated vocal sessions... not that fast workflow, but it works.

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Freezing and dedicated vocal sessions are indeed both slow, options. I always choose the advanced workflow or expensive option in my sessions!

[@icanl33d]

great! no latency on the ableton, but the puppets mouth and hands have a lot of buffer samples

[@ppp1364ppp]

It doesn't change the fact that i still have latency on recorded audio

[@Djtrotsky]

same. i have handled the latency i hear when recording but the audio is still recording late to the track. is this due to computer DSP?

[@ppp1364ppp]

@Djtrotsky not really. A friend of mine has a monster PC. Still we got like msec latency.

[@Djtrotsky]

@ i can handle a few msec. but i'm needing to slide audio approx 1/32nd note. . . definitely not subtle

[@ReidStefanMusic]

@@Djtrotskydo you have Options > Delay Compensation enabled?

[@Djtrotsky]

@@ReidStefanMusic hi there, thx for your reply. yes i do have delay compensation enabled. i tried the test you suggested … recording the click into an audio track (with my mic to the speakers, not headphone bleed) . . . still a small but noticeable flam. i did this test in a minimal template (4 empty tracks, no plugs) . . . i’m using latest UA console with an Apollo twin x. . . . buffer size set to 64. . ableton 12.1.5 - iMac Pro - 2017. . . 32 gig ram...

[@thingsgotmessy]

Ahhhhh ahhh ah ahhh 🎶 .. lold and woke up my dog

[@DefenderB0SS]

use the reduced latency when recoding/monitoring option!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is an ableton function!!!!!!!!!!! in settings!!!!!!!!!

[@ReidStefanMusic]

This definitely helps if you're using the basic workflow in my timestamps. However it does nothing if you're using the Advanced or Expensive workflows I explained

[@ReyHolliday]

Reid, how do you configure the direct monitoring in the apollo console app? - Also I upgraded to Live 11 and now have noticeable MIDI latency with vst instruments. Never had it before with the same settings, any idea on why thats occurring? Thanks

[@ReidStefanMusic]

The console section of this video begins at 6:17 if you want dry direct monitoring simply don’t add any plugins in console app

[@CalebStayton]

Hi Reid!! Great Video!! 😊I’ve been subscribed to your channel for years now and really appreciate all your videos and all that I learned from them. So first of all I wanted to say thank you so very much for that. And looking forward to more great videos. I have one question and it’s the first time I’ve ever written to ask anything so thank you so much for taking the time in reading this. I have a Mac mini M2 and I also have the new Apollo Twin X Gen2. But I would like to get even less latency when recording vocals, even if it’s a small difference in milliseconds. So…. my question to you is, after watching this video, do you believe if I were to purchase the Mac mini M4 (Base Model or other), if I would even see a difference in even lower latency, even a little, than with my 16GB Mac mini M2 mainly and mostly when recording vocals over my temp-bounced “stereo” playback track in Logic, because I always record in a separate empty project, and not in the track production one with all the plug-ins and all the MIDI instruments, and if 16 GB versus 24 GB would have any effect or bearing also on having lower latency? Once again, thank you so much for taking the time to read this and I do hope very much to hear back from you soon. It would be a huge help to me to know your opinion on this. Thank you again! 🙏😊 Sincerely, - CALEB SHAW -

[@ReidStefanMusic]

M4 is going to perform much better for audio than M2. I have a review coming soon of the new Mac Mini

[@CalebStayton]

Awesome! Thank you so very much. And we are talking about the Base Model M4, not the Pro? In that regard, last concern/ confirmation… ?is it going to be better or make a difference to have the 24 GB RAM over the 16 GB RAM for better results latency-wise? Or will that not really matter in that regard?

[@ReidStefanMusic]

@@CalebStayton Both M4 and M4 Max are faster than M2. I'd recommend Get M4 Max if possible. The power is ridiculous as we demonstrated in KARRA's recent studio session/Review here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpLXfYWCn76Ynrssi=Srzb3GKezRbcnMQm

[@CalebStayton]

EXCELLENT!!! 🙏😊 I’m going to definitely look into the M4 Max now. I have no more questions. You’ve been so kind to take the time and answer me. It is very much appreciated!! Thanks again Reid for everything!! Take Care and God Bless!! 🙏😊 Sincerely, - CALEB SHAW -

[@tearr245]

i started the video and there was no noise. and i was like uhhh that’s so smart, he’s doing it for latency and after 10 secs i realized my phones on mute

[@Djtrotsky]

❤

[@tadpringle3148]

Hi, I use the last method and often find I cannot get enough signal into Ableton. No matter how much I crank everything in console the wave form into the DAW is tiny. Any thoughts?

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Perform closer to your mic if you run out of gain to boost 👍

[@tadpringle3148]

@@ReidStefanMusic I do. Forgot to mention I use the Sphere mic. Any chance of a detailed vid using the console to Ableton method?

[@ReidStefanMusic]

@@tadpringle3148here’s my full length console tutorial for recording vocals and setting perfect levels 🔥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYTImXWoYrxgjacsi=T8zjXJ06kTOvs_Sk

[@zanza_the_rewolverine]

Neumann Mt 48 VS Apollo twin X gen 2

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Comparison video coming soon!

[@zanza_the_rewolverine]

@ thanks… AD/DA and Headphone amp is really important, in workflow i think uad win easy

[@avocadoenjoyer8511]

Rarely have this problem with Logic, but on the same computer Ableton isn't as fast. Wild Ableton hasn't improved this yet.

[@ReidStefanMusic]

When you use the advanced or expensive approach for latency it doesn’t matter how good your DAW or computer are. I never do the basic approach even tho it’s very popular

[@ruslansmaga5590]

M4 max for audio, really ? You must have very huge projects.

[@rohinseyam4713]

They also edit high resolution videos, its justified

[@ruslansmaga5590]

@@rohinseyam4713 video of course

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Yes watch my latest session with M4 Max where we managed to nearly overload the CPU kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpLXfYWCn76Ynrssi=pBdQzdrOw7y2-byo

[@IPSYLON]

It's all good, but you still need to check if your recorded audio (no matter what are you recording - vocals or from synths) have a decay on 60-90ms and you have to drag your audio track on grid to the right position