Hi
- Focusrite Ableton Bundle
- Focusrite Ableton Troubleshooting
- Focusrite Ableton Lite
- Focusrite Ableton Lite Mac Recording Vocals
- Focusrite Ableton Live Lite
I'm hoping someone out there can help me with an unexpected problem.
May 24, 2014 If I click on the hardware setup button, I get a bare-bones Focusrite menu that has a slider to adjust Buffer Length (from 0 to 10ms) and a drop down menu to adjust the sample rate. It also gives me a non-editable readout of the Live input and Output buffer size (which is 24.2ms and 34.9ms, respectively). VIDEO: Scarlett 2i2 Windows Tutorial with Ableton; VIDEO: Pro Tools First Tutorials; Setting up a recording channel in Ableton; Choosing and installing the DAW included with your Scarlett. Latency Issues with Interfaces.
I just bought a Scarlett 2i4 to replace my previous M-audio interface. The Scarlett drivers were installed from the Focusrite website and installation went without a hitch.
I went to the Live preferences to setup the new audio device and I've found that I can't adjust the buffer size... I also can't adjust the input latency and output latency. The Live preference menu doesn't give me a value box that I can edit and the buffer is set to 512 samples, the input latency is set to 24.2ms and the output latency set to 34.9ms. This gives me a whopping 59.1ms of overall latency!!!
The only variables that I can adjust are the in/out sample rate (Ive set it to 48,000) but this has no effect on the overall latency time.
I can adjust the driver Error Compensation and if I set it to -50.0ms, the overall latency drops to 9.08ms.
I've tried setting up the driver as per the ASIO Hardware Setup tutorial that comes with Live but the tutorial goes on about adjusting the Input/Output Latency and adjusting Buffer sizes while monitoring the test tone and I'm not presented with an option to adjust these values.
If I click on the hardware setup button, I get a bare-bones Focusrite menu that has a slider to adjust Buffer Length (from 0 to 10ms) and a drop down menu to adjust the sample rate. It also gives me a non-editable readout of the Live input and Output buffer size (which is 24.2ms and 34.9ms, respectively).
Focusrite Ableton Bundle
So - my question(s): does anyone else have this problem? Have you worked out how to fix it (reduce the buffer size) or at least reduce the huge latency? Is there another/better driver out there??
I'm using Live 9.2.3 (32bit), Win 7, Scarlett 2i4 (latest drivers from website).
Thanks very much for any help or suggestions.This is from their 'User Guide':
Focusrite Control's Loopback feature lets you record other audio sources from within your computer
(e.g., the audio output from a web browser). Loopback uses the Clarett's 'virtual' inputs, which have
no physical connectors on the hardware interface itself, but may be selected in the DAW as signal
sources for recording in the same way as any other.
Thus by selecting the Loopback output as the recording source on a mono or stereo DAW track, you
can record from another software application into your DAW. Note that your computer will assign
DAW 1 and DAW 2 as the default sound output channels.
An example of configuring Loopback in Focusrite Control is given below:
1.
In the Loopback output tab, select the audio source you wish to loop back into your DAW.
Default is
Playback 1-2
.
2.
In your DAW, ensure that the Loopback tracks are enabled for recording.
3.
Create a new audio track.
2.
In your DAW, ensure that the Loopback tracks are enabled for recording.
3.
Create a new audio track.
4.
Important!
- MUTE THE DAW CHANNEL. If you are routing the output of the channel you are
recording back to DAW 1 & 2, a feedback loop will be created, potentially damaging for your
speakers, or worse – your ears.
Important!
- MUTE THE DAW CHANNEL. If you are routing the output of the channel you are
recording back to DAW 1 & 2, a feedback loop will be created, potentially damaging for your
speakers, or worse – your ears.
5.
Check that the Loopback output is not muted.
6.
Set the DAW channel to record enable.
Focusrite Ableton Troubleshooting
7.Now, any audio playing on your computer, e.g., a separate audio replay program
or from an Internet browser, will be routed into your DAW ready for recording.
Focusrite Ableton Lite
can record from another software application into your DAW. Note that your computer will assign
DAW 1 and DAW 2 as the default sound output channels.
An example of configuring Loopback in Focusrite Control is given below:
1.
In the Loopback output tab, select the audio source you wish to loop back into your DAW.
Default is
Playback 1-2
.
2.
In your DAW, ensure that the Loopback tracks are enabled for recording.
3.
Create a new audio track.
4.
Important!
- MUTE THE DAW CHANNEL. If you are routing the output of the channel you are
recording back to DAW 1 & 2, a feedback loop will be created, potentially damaging for your
speakers, or worse – your ears.
5.
Check that the Loopback output is not muted.
6.
Set the DAW channel to record enable.
Focusrite Ableton Troubleshooting
7.Now, any audio playing on your computer, e.g., a separate audio replay program
or from an Internet browser, will be routed into your DAW ready for recording.
Focusrite Ableton Lite
Hit record in your DAW to capture the audio.
**********************************
Does anyone know how to make this work?
In the first paragraph, what is the meaning of 'Loopback uses the Clarett's 'virtual' inputs which have
no physical connectors on the hardware interface itself, but may be selected in the DAW as signal
sources for recording in the same way as any other.'
There are no clarett virtual inputs visible in the DAW, and if there were what would they look like?
Focusrite Ableton Lite Mac Recording Vocals
Focusrite Ableton Live Lite
And that's just the first paragraph.