ULTIMATE GUIDE To Latency in Cubase

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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2025

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  • @nuffen
    @nuffen Год назад +2

    The best explanation for this subject that I ever hear in years of watching videos about this subject... I just can say thank you so much!

  • @delsurmusic
    @delsurmusic 2 года назад +3

    This is the most dedicated video I have seen related to latency!. Thank you for your effort and passion!.

  • @nitromeda
    @nitromeda Месяц назад

    Thank you very very very much! Found this PERFECT video at the right time as I was running into latency problems for the first time, because my projects became bigger ❤

  • @realraven2000
    @realraven2000 14 дней назад +1

    Also the Steinberg ur 824 and its smaller siblings have on board dsps for live for reverb and compression for the playing artist, integrated into cubase mixer.

  • @winip9261
    @winip9261 Год назад +3

    What a great video. It's a real gift to be able to be so complete and yet concise in an explanation Thank you very much for this.

  • @FromThePurpleHouse
    @FromThePurpleHouse 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for your clear and concise explanations!

  • @rathimself
    @rathimself 4 дня назад

    Excellent video. You could watch 10 other videos on the subject and not get out the same level of information as here. Cheers Featherlight!

  • @keyzone72
    @keyzone72 9 месяцев назад

    Wow! This overview and resolution video is amazing! Great job on providing such useful and helpful information.

  • @Aganaroth
    @Aganaroth 8 месяцев назад

    Had major latency problems for a while in cubase and didn´t really know how to get rid of it, but this video really helped me out! Thanks 🙂

  • @realraven2000
    @realraven2000 14 дней назад +1

    I always use hardware instruments for live playing, a juno DS my kawai mp5 covering most of the duties of midi recording. Then choose VSTislater if necesaary, often i use the Audio scratch track or tweak the midi and pump it back into my hardware, old school. Without direct monitoring i wouldn’t last a day.

  • @GalantGoStudio
    @GalantGoStudio 2 года назад +1

    Thank you sir 👍
    I think your video is the most comprehensive about latency issues
    The story is in short you need to understand the cause of latency and how to management your DAW / audio interface Asio driver / plug-in / VSTi / Hardware in the best way possible.

  • @rasputin1917
    @rasputin1917 Год назад +1

    Just before 13:57. NO YOU CANNOT GET A DRY SIGNAL INTO THE RECORDER IN THIS WAY because the DI box is connected AFTER the pedals: Jump up and down all day but you ain't going to get any dry signal whilst the DI is AFTER the pedals. No matter what you do you will still hear those pedals full on both from the parallel out AND the mic output of the box. Please correct this because you are confusing everybody.

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад +2

      That's the point of the second method...to 'include' the sound of the pedals with the dry signal ( meaning no amplifier ) sorry for the confusion. The first method shows how to get a re-amp signal chain that prints the direct out from the guitar with no pedals or amps. The idea is to pick the method that best suits your recording style.
      If you want to change 'everything' after recording, then Method one.
      If you want the character of your 'pedal setup' included in the recording, then Method two.

  • @hangar4avs
    @hangar4avs Год назад

    Very good kiind sir! This helped me immensely and solved my issue. Thank you for posting!

  • @remixk
    @remixk 2 месяца назад +1

    Hello, thank you for your video. When recording a vocal i monitor the direct sound of the mic into the soundcard mixer (antelope) where i mix the mic direct sound and the cue mix coming from cubase. I would like to be able to send the previous vocal recording of the track until i am punching but not when i am in the punch section without having to turn it off in the cue section of the track. Otherwise the singer ears it twice and with a delay: from the direct sound of the soundcard mixer and thru the cue with latency. I also want to hear in my control room when punching. Is there a function in cubase where when in punch-in mode (or even record on existing track) the monitoring is automatically cut in the cue only and not in the control room. And of course i don’t want to use another track for the punch, i want to do the punch in the same track. Of course if you have ultra low latency you do every thing in cubase using tape style monitoring in preferences (but i have to much latency even at minimum buffer size). How do you manage this issue with your sound card (that doesn’t have direct monitoring option from cubase) ? If you have any explanation or video link, you are welcome.Thank you

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 месяца назад

      If your struggling with a lot of project latency while recording, the only real option is enabling the "Constrain Delay Compensation' button temporarily, which massively lowers your latency while recording, but disables FX and VSTi. If you bounce to audio all your VSTi ahead of time, you still get a decent mix to track to.

  • @kti01
    @kti01 2 года назад +1

    Thank you very much for this comprehensive video. Did you mention freezing audio tracks as a method to reduce latencies? If not - why?

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 года назад

      14:03 although its mentioned, this video focuses on lesser known solutions, after you've tried the obvious stuff like freezing, ect. in hopes of giving you a more options throughout the recording process.

  • @WarrenPostma
    @WarrenPostma Год назад

    Brilliant video. Creating a playlist called DAW Masterpieces and adding this one to it. I have a mixer and an audio interface and have not got my head around using them together yet. It’s time to start doing that.

  • @dodgingrain3695
    @dodgingrain3695 2 года назад +5

    The ultimate guide to latency should cover jitter and midi as well, not just audio.

  • @zorankp
    @zorankp Год назад +1

    Awesome video..I just ran into this on one of my first projects that pushed latency over the top. Delay compensation seems to work for me in Cubase. But I did not know about it and could not understand why my midi keyboard suddenly had so much latency.

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад +1

      Im glad you found it helpful. Trying to cover a more in-depth MIDI video in the near future.

  • @thomasschemer711
    @thomasschemer711 Год назад

    Delay compensation button... why isn't it standard visible. This was a game changer info! Thank you very much.

  • @claudiodonzelli
    @claudiodonzelli 2 года назад

    Amazing and comprehensive overview of options! Thank you so much!

  • @fredmcveigh9877
    @fredmcveigh9877 6 месяцев назад

    great advice and I have subscribed.

  • @VickenIshkhanian
    @VickenIshkhanian 2 года назад +1

    Great video, I use a combination of system to achieve low latency, I have one interface for Cubase set at 2048 samples to play back the entire project (80 plus tracks) without glitches, I plug my guitar to one of the inputs and then from insert out (or direct box) into another interface (not related to Cubase) with 96 samples, I assign my guitar fx software to that interface to hear all my guitar effects. Everything I record is dry and completely in time while I hear exactly what the guitar should sound like. Then of course I assign that same guitar fx instrument as insert instrument on that recorded track.

  • @nilskarig9117
    @nilskarig9117 2 года назад

    Great explanation of the different options in Cubase to handle latency. Didn't know all of them up to now. Thank you

  • @billymack4258
    @billymack4258 Год назад +1

    Great info! I just notice this in cubase and it's driving me crazy. When have a plugin comp eq etc... on lets say my kick drum insert channel uad la2a for example I notice the meter is delayed from the kick hits the same thing on fabfilter pro q eq 3 and the others. If I activate Constrain Delay the meters plugin work perfect but it also disengages other plugins like on my master channel inserts for example fabfilter pro L2. So when it comes to mixing I'm totally lost now since I discovered this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Cubase pro 12 mac m1 uad x6

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад +1

      I have noticed a few holdover bugs from previous versions that are not fixed for M1 silicon like the VST tuner spiking the CPU meter. And the older VST's like the DeEsser shows the gain reduction with the system Latency (behind the beat)
      Way back in the day, this used to be a graphics card issue but not with modern systems.
      Might be a great question for Greg Ondo over at the Cubase weekly live stream?

    • @billymack4258
      @billymack4258 Год назад +2

      Thanks I will follow up w/ Greg I had to create a new Cubase project and import all my tracks from the latency project into the new project and it works perfect.🤔 Very frustrating to have to start my mix over. At least I still have my song. Thanks again, @@Featherlightstudio

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад +1

      Glad you finally got it sorted!@@billymack4258

  • @laserjakk3629
    @laserjakk3629 Год назад +1

    Assuming that most of people (specially pop, electronic, rap/trap) will work at 44.100/24bit or 48.000/24bit, between 128/512 buffer size, "producing/mixing on the flow". What are the best options of audio interfaces in terms of RTL (round trip latency) on those values?

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад

      This is a great resource for real world latency results: gearspace.com/board/showpost.php?p=15796206&postcount=5092

  • @terrytimberlake8926
    @terrytimberlake8926 Год назад

    Just a little request.. can i sample that AAAAHHHH. At the intro of your video.😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 love it

  • @undercrownhiphop9422
    @undercrownhiphop9422 Год назад +1

    Do u find you have to run at a low buffer in your DAW to actually capture your midi performance input even if you play on time? I not talking about audio latency. You can have hard ware synths go to a mixer for that. But I play a midi controller in my daw to trigger them. Im also not talking about timing issues of your midi playing out to hardware synths. I’m talking about playing midi in your daw and when it records the notes. Do you find it captures them better in time with lower buffer?

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад

      Definitely, anything that strains the CPU is going to affect that. Thats why, at the end of a project when I have a lot going on, and I have to record more parts, I always shut down VST's and even temporarily freeze VSTi's if needed.

    • @undercrownhiphop9422
      @undercrownhiphop9422 Год назад +1

      @@Featherlightstudio awesome information sir. Do you happen to know if Protools has a similar constrain delay compensation?

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад

      @@undercrownhiphop9422 I dont have the latest subscription version of PT to compare, maybe some one else can chime in here on that one?

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад

      @@undercrownhiphop9422 In your Pro Tools session if you click on the little notepad icon at the bottom left corner of the mixer, it will open the mixer options and you can enable the delay compensation checkbox. You can also go to 'View' / 'Mix Window Views' and enable / disable it there as well.

  • @atrothe
    @atrothe Год назад

    Another great video.

  • @marekkrynicki3746
    @marekkrynicki3746 Год назад

    I see on most videos on YT people have very similar input and output latency. Why I have input 2.7ms and output around 8ms ???

  • @pocojoyo
    @pocojoyo 2 года назад +1

    What about track freezing. Doesnt thatreduce latency ?

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 года назад

      14:03 although its mentioned, this video focuses on lesser known solutions, after you've tried the obvious stuff like freezing, ect. in hopes of giving you a more options throughout the recording process.

  • @stevenleonmusic
    @stevenleonmusic 2 года назад +1

    In my experience, Keyboard/VSTI tracking latency can be easily avoided by always tracking with a basic VSTi routed directly to Stereo Out. After I'm happy with the performance I'll then route to the appropriate groups, choose the best VSTi/settings and apply inserts. You can even use a dedicated track for this and move your events after tracking them. Simply disabling inserts will NOT usually work; the mere existence of something like a multiband compressor on a major bus will clog up your VSTi for some reason (in Cubase 11 Pro at least). I think the Constrain Delay Compensation probably would address this scenario if you set it low enough.

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 года назад +1

      Heh Steven, Thats kinda of the point of the 'constrain compensation' feature. It automatically determines the FX in not just the Vsti, but also downstream busses, Groups and Master FX that are incurring latency. It powers them off, not just disables the inserts their on, as bypassing inserts still creates the latency problem.
      Great suggestion about the dedicated track.

    • @stevenleonmusic
      @stevenleonmusic 2 года назад +1

      @@Featherlightstudio I'm used to working on kind of underpowered hardware so I'm usually trying to find ways to get past those limitations. I like having a dedicated track for recording new MIDI performances on a big project because you can quickly record some notes without diving into any settings and it will work even on an older version or non-pro version that might not have "constrain compensation".

  • @cinematic_monkey
    @cinematic_monkey Месяц назад

    What can be causing massive latency with my Minilogue XD that I use as an external instrument? I have no issues with Studio One, but in cubase it's like a 1/4s delay.

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Месяц назад

      Try enabling 'constrain delay compensation' in the upper toolbar to temporarily disable all latency heavy FX and VSTi and see if that helps.

  • @jacqueskorb879
    @jacqueskorb879 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much!

  • @alainpatry
    @alainpatry 2 года назад

    Thanks! I'm gonna try out the tip of mixing my direct monitored signal from Scarlett 4i4 with some Cubase "Sends" in PRE-fader position with the vocal track fader turned all the way down! QUESTION: I'm assuming however that with this method, any time we want to listen back to what we recorded, we are going to have to move the fader back up? And also, if we were doing punch ins, this method would likely not work since the signal would be turned down, correct?

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 года назад

      Heh Alain, Yes, when you listen back, you have the benefit of all the regular FX on the track, you just need to bring the fader back up to hear them. This method still works when you 'punch in' as long as the yellow 'monitor speaker icon' is engaged as Cubase is still processing live audio. So the process goes like this with the fader down: Engage monitor icon and punch in.
      Disengage monitor icon and raise fader to playback. It becomes second nature after you do it a bunch.

  • @perkunas7
    @perkunas7 2 года назад +2

    Also Bouncing in place imprinting plugins into audio tracks and then disabling original track drops latency drastically.

  • @blue_cloud7
    @blue_cloud7 2 года назад +3

    I see that even on a MAC the PEAK indicator jumps and is very high even with a small project.... In Cubase Pro 11 nothing like this occurs....

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 года назад +2

      yeah, my version of 11 was very solid as well, hope the new updates get it sorted.

    • @blue_cloud7
      @blue_cloud7 2 года назад +2

      @@Featherlightstudio The sad thing is that 3 updates have already come out and changed nothing about this issue, which is why I'm still using version 11 despite the fact that I bought 12 as it came out.

  • @mrmorpheus9707
    @mrmorpheus9707 2 года назад

    Lol. The intro.....love it

  • @Shadesrock99
    @Shadesrock99 Год назад

    Excellent! What more can I say ? :)

  • @MasoudSargon
    @MasoudSargon 2 года назад

    Intro 💥💯🔥

  • @scottwhitlow8468
    @scottwhitlow8468 2 года назад

    Great video! It would be great to see a follow up video of smaller digital mixers for home recording studios (even throw some larger ones in there for people with more of a budget). I’ve been looking at the Presonus Mixers or the Zoom Live Trak to help record multiple instruments at once. But, looking for recommendations. Keep up the good work! 👍🏻

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 года назад +2

      Thanks Scott, great suggestion. We've got a Presonus 3S2C here at the Studio and have been trying to get some time to do some videos on it but wasn't sure if there was an audience for it.

    • @WarrenPostma
      @WarrenPostma Год назад +1

      @@Featherlightstudio I would love to see more videos on using presonus mixers, and audio interfaces, as well as daw control surfaces.

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  Год назад

      @@WarrenPostma great suggestion

  • @dddocmusic
    @dddocmusic 2 года назад

    I find cubase groove agent to be the biggest pain... ill give the compensation a try ..☝

  • @asmundma
    @asmundma Год назад +1

    Hm, this is actually not a problem with a fast computer and a RME interface, you will be able to get below hearable latency.

  • @livingacoollife
    @livingacoollife 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you man 😊😊

  • @j0n.p
    @j0n.p 2 года назад +1

    I've never experienced latency like I have in Cubase 12. 32gb ram on a 12th gen i7 with a motu interface and 3 vst's starts to break up, even at 512. Asio guard spikes like crazy. I went to Studio One 5 and it stopped.

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 года назад

      The newest 12.0.40 version is out, might be worth a try to see if it improves a bit.

    • @ezrashanti
      @ezrashanti 2 года назад

      I've used both on and off for a long time and found Cubase to be overall more stable and use about half as much CPU as Studio One and less crashing.
      If you want the most stable setup money can buy, use RME interface or pcie card (can use any actual converters you want) via MADI. And use Reaper.
      This is not what I use, but is 100% the most stable solution available on the market, and will work on any OS.

  • @euphonicSounds
    @euphonicSounds 10 месяцев назад

    While the buffer settings are obvious and always my first thing to check, there is this damn little button in the main window - ⚠that often even needs to be activated⚠ - called "constrain delay compensation" ("Verzögerungsausgleich einschränken" in German) that is so hard to find & keep this trap in mind while it has a massive hearable effect regarding the latency!!

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  10 месяцев назад

      The video goes into detail about constrain delay compensation here at this point: 15:20

  • @LabofmusicRecords
    @LabofmusicRecords Год назад +1

    Its easy, buy a RME and/or a UAD Audio PCI Card or Interface. Recording done.

  • @rezarajabian9825
    @rezarajabian9825 2 года назад

    Thank you ...

  • @kevinnay7379
    @kevinnay7379 7 месяцев назад +1

    That is exactly what it's like.

  • @MartinVipond
    @MartinVipond 10 месяцев назад

    The latency to the information I'm after is toooooo loooonnnnggg in this video.... 1:40 - Just Sayin.

  • @hertzouttahell
    @hertzouttahell Год назад

    that intro 🤣👍

  • @TrinitySCJones
    @TrinitySCJones 2 года назад +1

    😀

  • @bradleystereoguitaramplifi9616
    @bradleystereoguitaramplifi9616 Год назад +1

    Wasted four days learning cubase 11 only to record tracks with horrible latency issues what a waste of time

  • @REN-dj5sg
    @REN-dj5sg Год назад

    Cubase sucks so bad. I can't stand it anymore

  • @Purrrelll
    @Purrrelll 2 года назад +2

    Cubase itself is a big a.. latency. They should quit and retire the program already. It has been 100 years, and you are still talking about latency in Cubase crap.

    • @perkunas7
      @perkunas7 2 года назад +3

      Man, you clearly don't know how to use Cubase. All latency can be dropped down.

    • @Featherlightstudio
      @Featherlightstudio  2 года назад +4

      Every program ( FL Studio, Logic, PT, Ableton Live, Reaper, Cubase, ect ) if it runs on a computer, incurs latency.

    • @Purrrelll
      @Purrrelll 2 года назад

      @@perkunas7 listen you fool, I have used cubase 1.0 in Atari starting in 1989, then for Macintosh. But when Apple bought Emagic and turned to Logic, Cubase was history, and of course Ableton Live killed it. This is year 2022, and this dude is talking about latency, plus showing cheap ass sound cards is lame. This why cubase is in coma, the latency.

    • @Purrrelll
      @Purrrelll 2 года назад

      @@Featherlightstudio I run Logic Pro on a 2017 mac book air with tons of channels, plugins and vsts, I have never dealt with any latency. By the way, you should figure how people not interested in cubase by the views of video, you have 6000 plus subcribers but this video has seen 600 plus views. Nobody is interested in Cubase. Even the owner sold it to Pinnacle systems in 2003, and then they sold it to Yamaha 2004 one year later. Cubase is history my friend. Don’t waste your energy with latency crap.

    • @perkunas7
      @perkunas7 2 года назад +5

      Latency depends on your computer power and how are you using the Daw. I am happy with Cubase and I don't see a reason to switch to other Daw. If you ever used Cubase you should know that in Cubase you can bounce in place tracks to audio and then disable original instrument tracks so Daw is not wasting Processor resources for playing instruments or using plugins. When using instruments you can switch buffer size to 2000 so you get basically 0 latency. When you want to record audio bounce in place all tracks to audio and disable original tracks set buffer size to 64. If you want some effects use cards DSP or record dry. And that gives you 0 latency too. Then you add processing to vocals after recording and do bounce in place if needed and then again you get nearly 0 latency. That's it. And there is no cubase fault but people who doesn't know how to use it.

  • @fredmcveigh9877
    @fredmcveigh9877 6 месяцев назад

    great advice and I have subscribed.

  • @shawnalove5050
    @shawnalove5050 4 месяца назад

    Thanks so much!