In this video we are looking at some different options when dealing with latency in Ableton Live 10. Shop Audio Interfaces: https://www.sweetwater.com/c695-. The buffer size is the amount of time you allocate to your DAW for processing audio. In the Ableton manual it states using 32bit samples is advised for obtaining.
Ableton Buffer Size Locked
Hi
I'm hoping someone out there can help me with an unexpected problem using Ableton Live 9 and a new Scarlett 2i4.
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).
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.
Wow, I have just reproduced this issue in Live 9.1.10 64bit. I'm hoping someone out there can help me with an unexpected problem using Ableton Live 9 and a new Scarlett 2i4.
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).
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.
Ableton Buffer Size Cpu
I have basically reworked the project from scratch for Live 9.1.10 while trying to do it as true to the original as possible in the most significant aspects (structure, routing, device chains etc.). Ableton Buffer Size
This result surprised me a lot. The issue seems not as severe in 9.1.10 (one must remember that it is not possible to reproduce it exactly because the devices are different) yet still clearly apparent and problematic.
