Curious... I have Low Latency on all the time is that the norm?

[keano12]

I have an Apollo Twin to Logic. I for years have always recorded this way. Software monitoring on and low latency on. Just curious this is norm right? I record guitar using plugins and soft synths.

 

Anyone try the latency free Apogee system using the Direct button?

https://apogeedigital.com/products/logic-pro-x-integration

Edited March 3, 2022 by keano12

[des99]

You only need to record with it on if you have already put latency inducing plugins in your project.

 

If you track before adding mix and master plugins, there is not so much of a need. Low latency mode is a specific tool to use for a specific purpose.

 

Of course these days, we're working on projects right through the process, which makes the plugin latency handling a bit more complex than having just a tracking session, then a mix session, like happened back in the day.

[keano12]

Right, I track and use almost mix/record at the same time.

[des99]

Yep, and this is I'm sure a pretty normal use case these days for most DAW-centric folks (outside of Nashville, at least!)

[blinkofani]

I have an Apollo Twin to Logic. I for years have always recorded this way. Software monitoring on and low latency on. Just curious this is norm right? I record guitar using plugins and soft synths.

 

Anyone try the latency free Apogee system using the Direct button?

https://apogeedigital.com/products/logic-pro-x-integration

Software monitoring should be off if you intend to record with UAD plugins in Console, that’s the whole point of using an Apollo or any interface with capable DSP power!! You either choose to monitor through the plugins in Console or record on the way in but putting those great Unison plugins in the first slot of Console is the whole point of the technology UA developed.

 

If you decide to put plugins, mainly, on the Main Out strip you’ll get all kind of latency troubles if you’re still in the composing/recording stage. You either learn to live with the consequences or change your way of doing it. Or you use Low latency mode. I pretty much prefer to see music production/composition as a 3-stage thing: pre-prod(composition), prod(recording) and arranging/mixing(pretty tempting to do both in our world of DAW). You can add mastering as a fourth in our times of in-the-box self-production. But that’s just me, if you prefer to have your song sound the best ASAP, you record and mix at the same time but with the problems you’re describing.

 

Main problem I have with that recording/mixing at the same time is I hate it to have my song to begin to sound good while playing it back and sounding not so good when recording because LLM bypasses all the « make me sound good » plugins when I start recording. I find it depressing(maybe the word is too strong, english is not my main speak) always alternating between these two « sounds »!! But to each their own as they say.

[keano12]

I don’t mind using the Apollo with vocals going in or bass but I use guitar plugins that are not UAD like SLT Tonehub. software instruments etc. I don’t mind the low latency record/mixing since that’s all I’ve ever done. Just curious about others.