WHY DO I HAVE SO MUCH AUDIO LAG ABLETON??

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:52 Hardware Setup
01:44 Audio Track Setup
02:18 Track Monitoring
03:26 Reducing Latency
05:51 Thank You

[@stevenstavropoulos8858]

preferences > audio > lower buffer size. then options > reduced latency when monitoring

[@b9boy]

bro you fucking saved my life lmfao.. thank you

[@vbetv4884]

this comments all you need tbh

[@spasian720]

@@vbetv4884 did that and still not working for me :(

[@grantoden5144]

@@spasian720 If you're still having issues try switching your driver type and using the out put in you audio interface Options > Preferences > Audio > Driver type > ASIO Make sure you use the output in you interface or you won't hear anything

[@mindovermatter5076]

your a fucking legend mate

[@thomaszimmerschitt3128]

With this recording method you'll always record with latency. To lower the buffer size won't solve that problem. The only possible way to record without latency is the following: Dublicate your audio track (with all vst you need for your sound). Set the first track to "Auto" and the second to "Off". Be sure to arm both tracks before recording. Hit record and play tight! After that you can delete track one. Track two was recorded without latency. Voila!

[@frunny1]

but I wont be able to listen to my MIDI keyboard, or?

[@divisiona3974]

@@burak1987 just set the first channel to IN. No need to record both tracks...

[@ArnaldoMessyDJ]

This is silly, because the Auto track will have audible latency. Use direct monitoring to keep track of your timing, and record to a channel that is "off". Bonus points if you use UAD products and can use plugins while direct monitoring/recording ;)

[@divisiona3974]

@@ArnaldoMessyDJ yeah, but that’s the thing. If you don’t have that option, them what, don’t record? OPs suggestion works well. Tho I just set the one track to “on” and only arm/record the other.

[@ArnaldoMessyDJ]

@@divisiona3974 You don't have direct monitoring? Every audio interface since like 2009 has that option. It's a $200 feature

[@MrDCSaunders]

I thought video editing was hard to learn. Then I opened up a DAW for the first time.

[@drumwarrior3281]

dude....

[@LikeAGroove]

Lol same

[@bhayago]

Ty dude! I was just about to throw my laptop out the window

[@anusreesivadas4450]

I feel ya 😂😂😂

[@hat_rack_3400]

Same lol

[@numbaone3956]

🤣

[@creatormusicworship]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@ducoteaw]

Thanks for this excellent resource! I searched google for a few hours and found bits and pieces, but this video was the most comprehensive and specific tutorial for guitar + ableton that I found.

[@hatertothetop]

Sheesh! I had no idea that last tip would work! Thank you man!!

[@danozmusic]

the buffer size didn't work but that last option fixed my problem! Thank you for sharing

[@TheThirdChild]

Dude, thank you so much for this video! I've seen other videos that have missed key steps to getting rid of lag, but after I watched this there's no lag at all now!

[@PhaseLoop]

You're welcome! Happy to hear that!

[@noroomrecords6656]

your video helped me so much !!!! I had this problem for quite some time, thanks!

[@joserijo9082]

Thanks for this. Easy to digest and top notch tips. Keep it up

[@DFMMei]

short, sweet, to the point. thanks bro bro

[@peterinnes6853]

Awesome! I was considering getting a new sound card, and that wouldn't even have fixed it! Thanks man well explained.

[@fnkbss]

Thank you. That latenncy setting in the option menu did the difference.

[@bu5589]

Fixed my latency issue. Thank you very much!

[@NiggaSlayer666]

Thank you so much for the quality content!

[@kevinkosmatka7923]

Thank you SO MUCH for this. Subscribed

[@kyree7517]

Very helpful video! Thanks!

[@samwagner1978]

Thanks man, just got started with recording at home and had some major audio latency problems. This has solved it though, cheers

[@stevenanly9282]

absolutely fantastic, thanks heaps

[@jimsaintamour2]

Thanks! This was super helpful

[@Ethan-jf8dx]

Thank you so much. This really really helped

[@zunanchamun1315]

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[@westsidevicious]

Thanks for the in depth explanation

[@foodstampz]

Dood..you solved a million dollat problem for me...getting synths in time thru syn mc into abelton..thanks alot !!

[@tymfelton]

Very helpful. subbed for sure!

[@PhaseLoop]

Thank you! Glad it helped!

[@fredericorod]

that helped me fr man, thanks a lot

[@7sevens]

Excellent video

[@davidchaparro2517]

Awesome, thank you for making this.

[@PhaseLoop]

dee see Thank you for checking this out, and you’re welcome!

[@thewobblywobbler5383]

Thank you for this super helpful vid

[@hleet]

"options > reduced latency when monitoring !" wow ... never seen that before lol. Thanks for the tip

[@mxRian4]

Legit video! Thanks!

[@ish1102]

Cool video man!! Super helpful \m/

[@aaronvk23]

Thanks for the tips and love that Grassroots Sakito's guitar!

[@PhaseLoop]

The second part of that comment is not something I expected! Thank you!! 🤟

[@sergeytciteloshvili1281]

You're the best!!! Thanks.

[@KiddGoddKNG]

Dude how else can I support yall cause this was short and informative and got straight to the point

[@PhaseLoop]

Thanks so much! Stay tuned, there's some new stuff coming very soon next month! Cheers

[@behindtheguitar25]

THANKS A LOT You actually deserve million subs 😊✔

[@jacopnegar6234]

Thank you, I benefited from this video and found a solution to my problem😍 .

[@jeffgeller7394]

Thank you! Solved my problem!

[@PhaseLoop]

Happy to hear that, you’re welcome!

[@aviatejazii1738]

i really appreciate you ty man

[@itsgabibelle]

fixed my problem in the first 90 seconds. thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bombjelly5795]

You are the best my dude !!!!

[@reygarcia8831]

Thanks, man!

[@nordhessen-vibes7320]

Thanks Dude!

[@adsvx]

Very cool, thank you.

[@dylanreo8519]

Concise, no bullshit tutorial. Very rare.

[@PhaseLoop]

Thanks so much! Hope it’s helped!

[@vishu7000]

Thanks a ton bro .. I hv bn struggling with this ..god bless

[@RobbieSko]

Awesome, thanks so much! Interesting that my interface had issues with 128 (not just latency..crackling) though 64 works great. Also have an absurd amount of 3rd parties rockin but we still rollin!

[@musiciantashmay26]

THNX LOVE U BRO❤💫

[@joshuanumber727]

Trying this when I get home from work!!!

[@joshuanumber727]

so i did this and now my mic sounds distorted :/

[@MrHavana1234]

Cant wait to see your subscribers go million

[@terasmusik]

Thank you. Very usefull

[@unknownid998]

thank you darling

[@grantoden5144]

Finally!! Been trying to solve this for weeks. My latency was by like half a second though. Turns out I have to select DRIVER TYPE: "ASIO" and use the output in my audio interface Focusrite gen 3. I can't use mme/directx and plug headphones into the jack in my computer

[@rickjobe1590]

Excellent présentation and info.

[@PhaseLoop]

Cheers! Thanks!

[@catarinag.918]

Oh my God thank you 🙏😭

[@padraicloughran308]

Thank you so much

[@VaChiee]

before i even watch this i have to say this is one of the most even aligned battle stations i have ever seen, so clean

[@PhaseLoop]

Much love! Can’t wait to show off the new additions 🙌

[@Bleyedpe]

ty i was struggling

[@user-ik8vy1rg8f]

The 64 sample rate is what did it for me. But not on my old potato PC. I bought an M1 Mac mini and NOW after a decade I can finally hear audio in a mic or guitar through the computer in real time. This has given me anxiety for such a long time. sigh - - - Thank you.

[@raksoo9386]

Hey great video but you should also go over the driver error compensation

[@nadir5257]

thank you !

[@WantedTutorialsHD]

thanks alot bro

[@MemesIsTrash]

when I turn monitoring off for vocals it just cuts my whole mic out. Any fixes?

[@pkoziolek1]

This guide is sooo great, thanks! However, I'm wondering if lower sample rate is going to lower the quality of recorded audio?

[@PhaseLoop]

Thanks so much! Good question, the audio quality will be affected by your sample rate but 44100 or 48000 is great for most applications however. Cheers!

[@pkoziolek1]

@@PhaseLoop great, thank you again! :)

[@CedarMist]

Thanks!

[@coypus7949]

THANK YOU

[@gospelfacts1332]

Thanks very much it worked = SELECT ASIO IN THE PREFERENCES >OPTIONS>AUDIO>ASIO {not direct/audio/mme etc.} SELECT ASIO ASIO ASIO

[@emmafissinger7422]

thats a nice guitar tone! which amp sim are u using?

[@stephanosphilippou1300]

Thank you so much for this video. How do you get 0 overall latency ? Im really struggling to find an audio interface that is under 150$ but with the ability to have low latency and have the CUE routed to headphones. All other videos and forums say that you can get it as low as 10 ms which is still bad for live use. The cheapest i could find with separate headphones cue, is the behringer 204 but im really afraid that whatever I get will still not be good enough for live use. Is it something that can be fixed? How did you get that 0 overall latency ? Thanks again

[@PhaseLoop]

Stephanos Philippou thanks for this question Stephanos! Your question brings up some good problems and I plan to make a part 2 video on more advanced latency solutions. It depends what you are looking to do however. If you would like to monitor a live instrument directly, many interfaces will allow you to use Direct Monitoring on the hardware to bypass the Ableton and listen to the signals going into the interface with zero latency. However if you would like to add FXs and processing and Ableton and still use the headphone cue in Ableton, you need an interface that allows you to route multiple outputs to your headphone jack. I use the iConnectivity Audio 4+ because it allows me to do a variety of custom input/output routings for live shows. However, this method is still subject to adding a small bit of latency (within 10ms depending on the FXs.) Be sure to stick around for part 2 soon or send me a message. I’ll be covering more advanced topics in that! Cheers

[@showchord2657]

Hi Steven I found some issue when recording guitar sound automatic decrease. help me, please

[@jamesconway829]

well explained deserve way more views, was about to succumb to fuckin apple and buy logic but it helped my latency problems thank you youre the best

[@suazdee]

First time I encountered that latency, I reduced the delay in settings manually. There’s an icon in right bottom menu under I/O (show delays) and it worked too

[@rjhcarpentryandjoinery]

Good video - thanks! Gonna get me out of that Garage band = )

[@PaulFisherMedia]

I'm trying to punch in to a session that has FX and stuff I have them all disabled and it's still a second delay. a brand new session I don't have the latency, what the heck should i do

[@prod.stealth4116]

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[@leorosendow9728]

If I open kontakt out of qqr daw and use 128 Buffer and Open Albeont live for ex and put 1024, do you know if it will work both or will it tend to any?

[@matekristofkiss6622]

Finally a video that helps me to reduce that fckin latency. Thanks

[@PhaseLoop]

Glad I could help

[@midnightstar6398]

Thanks for the vid Bro ! I got a USB audio interface and for anyone, do i need to get a better sound card in my desktop PC which has a built in one, not even a normal sound card you put in a PCI slot. Will it improve latency even more with a good internal sound card ? Is there any other advantage in getting a good internal sound card besides my latency question ? Thanks in advance !

[@Rev792]

Omg u made me a happy man

[@rockstar450]

Hey there, I have Ableton 10, I can hear audio without latency but notice once it records into the DAW, the audio falls a few milliseconds behind the beat and has to be manually dragged forward to line up correctly. The effect is very similar to the thumb nail you put up. Have you encountered this and did you overcome it? Thanks for the help and great video!

[@duncansmith6318]

rockstar450 you might be introducing latency somewhere with a plugin for example. This might help you: help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209072409-Delay-Compensation

[@st.apathetikz6754]

rockstar450 I'm having the same issue and I cant even get my buffer size that low to where he puts it either

[@d3vinity]

nice thank you

[@henryswordfightertv3949]

Here's a tip I haven't seen anywhere, MAKE SURE you are using the ASIO driver instead of the direct input from your device. For some reason the latency is muuuuuch less when you put it through that.

[@hat_rack_3400]

I have a Focusrite 18i8, and when I try to set it to ASIO in Ableton it stops playing sound altogether. Am I doing something wrong?

[@henryswordfightertv3949]

@@hat_rack_3400 You might have to go into your icons on the bottom right of your taskbar (If you are on windows), go into asio and make sure it is set to your correct devices input and output.

[@ComboFryRice]

this solved my "choppy" audio when recording. Many thanks!

[@briananderson3300]

Thank you so much for this tip! I watched 3 different videos but your comment made the difference. You made my day. Thanks!

[@hamidahmed8076]

How do you mix your camera video with the audio from Ableton in this video?

[@thorghanudha6550]

thanks for the helpful video. How did you put the drums and guitar part together? Is it possible to record the guitar while listening to the drum part? How do i do that?

[@PhaseLoop]

No problem! And absolutely. I’m using Session View here to play a drum loop and record the guitar at the same time if that helps!

[@GabryszBruno]

Or you can just leave it on the "In" setting and that lets you listen to your input signal

[@ericcothern]

Thanks.

[@kiryukazuma3218]

spent five hours installing different drivers and dragging a million sliders up and down and all i had to do was click reduced latency while monitoring from the options menu... thank you

[@billybaretta9417]

hey got a question you recorded and immediantly after the 4 bars the program switched to listen to recorded track where did you chance that setting ?

[@PhaseLoop]

Hey, good question. It looks like I did that using the Ableton Push, there is an option on the Push to record “fixed length” patterns after triggering a recording. Unfortunately it is not a native feature in Ableton Live without the Push. Hope that explains it!

[@raphael3215]

Thanks

[@fbenfrank]

life saver !!!!

[@calebpoulter8644]

tanks bud

[@Annarioooo]

I still hear a delay even after using this trick. What else can I do??

[@RokYourChannel]

Thank you, make more videos, I subscribed! ;)

[@PhaseLoop]

Sven Rock thank you so much! Stay tuned!

[@LKVN07]

Hi ! Thx for the video, i have an another solution for less delay ! If you use external instrument on midi track with the good rooting ! There is less delay on your record but use 2tracks on your deck (1 midi track and 1 audio track with input from midi track created before, groupe them and rename Perfect if you have a lot gears ! External instrument is more stable that recording directly, I think. I see this tips after a lot recording session with all my synth What do you think ?

[@PhaseLoop]

Hey! That is an awesome solution, yes. Great work finding that workaround. I have certainly tried it out with some hardware synths but maybe I should revisit. Thanks for that! Cheers!

[@1stdateapp26]

Hey I’m new to Ableton, I’ve recorded a song however the pan doesn’t work on any of the tracks... any advice? Cool video man!

[@PhaseLoop]

Sorry to hear that! Were you able to figure it out? The pan is the knob in the mixer next to the volume. Cheers!

[@gordospeti]

Does this latency happen when you are not recording but using some effects from Ableton? Thanx very much!

[@elihowden6948]

I am having trouble dialing it in perfect, the delay compensation while monitoring helped ,but I think I get it perfect on the monitoring/recording stage, but when I listen afterwards it feels like its shifted slightly, am I trippin??…. trying to mess with delay compensation?? do I have to get that to 0.00 to get it exact ? been battling this for a long time now, and I feel like I have some fantastic ideas organically, but the transition is lost in latency... very frustrating, I think im getting closer with this, but any more advice from anyone would be huge ! thanks!

[@elihowden6948]

when " reduced latency while monitoring" is checked.... does it only reduce it during monitoring.... or does it record it like this..... I always feel like I have to shift my vocal track afterwards to get my timing to where it was organically and originally.... really disrupts the art and flow of the process

[@xWesy]

Hello, thanks for the video, seems like it works for some people. But when i set my driver type to ASIO i don't hear any playback when im recording nor when i listen to the record after im done recording. Any tips ? Im completely new to all this, haha

[@PhaseLoop]

Phyran Hey thanks for the question! Are you using the dedicated ASIO driver for your audio interface? Sometimes you have to select a particular driver name from the dropdown list in Ableton’s preferences. If you’re not sure, you can try each one. There’s usually only a couple options. After that you may want to confirm your audio output is turned up on your interface, they usually have a dedicated volume control onboard. Hope that helps and let me know what interface you are using, I am curious. Cheers!

[@xWesy]

@@PhaseLoop I will check on that! Im using the Focusrite Scarleet 2i2 gen 2

[@renestjacques1]

cheers ..!!

[@BronsonAlan]

Bro I loved the tutorial. I thought the information was great and very to the point. THe only thing is, none of what you said helped fixed my latency. Could it be my computer or my audio processor? I have komplete audio 6.

[@PhaseLoop]

Hi! Thank you so much. Sorry to hear you’re still having issues though. If you’re using Komplete Audio 6, what Buffer size did you end up using in its settings?