Here's how to reduce the CPU load in Live. Therefore you may notice audio dropouts at lower buffer sizes, depending on the overall CPU load of the set. There's a trade-off though, in that lower buffer sizes require more CPU power. The smaller the buffer size, the lower the latency. The settings you change below will affect the Overall Latency field. You can hover over the title bar of a device to see how much latency it has. However this adds latency, especially if there is a device or process in the set with a very high latency amount. Delay Compensation is used to ensure that all tracks in a set playback in sync with each-other. Device/Plug-in related latencyĬertain Live and Max for live devices, as well as certain plug-ins and processes can add latency. In addition, the type of audio driver and the interface you use affect latency. The bigger the buffer size, the bigger the latency. The buffer size is defined in Live's Audio Preferences. This helps to minimize dropouts or glitches, as the buffer allows time for all events to be smoothed out. Audio interface latencyĪll audio in Live is processed in defined parcels of time, called an audio buffer.

There are two main sources of latency: 1.

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