Re: Looping and Latency (was Re: Laptop Looping)

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On 25 aug 2007, at 19.18, rabbirabbifive wrote:

> That's why I monitor through Mobius- to keep the timing straight.
> Actually I always monitor through whatever program I'm using, and have
> for quite a while.  Easier to do accurate punch ins and so on.
>
> So yes, in a technical sense, monitoring through the program adds
> latency, but for me, it feels just the opposite.  It's monitoring the
> direct through the soundcard that throws me off.
>
> Anyone else feel this way?


No. A while back, when I used a TC Electronix Fireworx as the first  
stage mic preamp and effect rack I always monitored directly from the  
soundcard (going digitally from TC Electronix into sound card/ 
computer, so the AD latency happened in the TC). It worked out fine.  
The rule is that if you have a full sound acoustically (pre laptop)  
you may risk phasing errors if monitoring through the computer, if  
the instruments acoustic sound is heard together with the delayed  
monitor sound.

However, now I have been forced to sell off that TC device and I now  
monitor through through the computer, through certain plug-ins that  
shape my sound. It's just a little more latency but not worse than  
stepping back two meters from a guitar amp while playing.

> That's why I monitor through Mobius- to keep the timing straight.

Mobius doesn't delay the signal, it's just a pass-through bridge.  
Latency happens at three major stages: At the AD conversion when the  
signal enters the software domain (digitalization), when passing  
through certain plug-ins (not all, some plug-ins are able to process  
the signal without delaying it) and finally at the DA conversion at  
the sound card's output.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se (Swedish)
www.looproom.com (international)