Ableton, all plugins cause *automation* pdc issues, very good discussion within.. lots of info!

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dusted william wrote: IMO only number 5 is necessary.
True. But sometimes if #5 isn't what you want or doesn't work, then you need #1. #2-4 are to avoid thinking about #5. ;)

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TheoM wrote:sorry but i can definitely call you wrong on the automation.

I just tested it. On track one i have an audio track with perfectly synced per beat volume tremolo automation.

on track 2 i add an affect with medium latency (this time a melda auto eq linear)

now the volume automation on track one sounds completely different. they are not even on the same signal path.

:shrug:

i'll try it on a per track basis, but regardless, what's on another track screws it up anyway. I think people need to understand.. the playhead, and ALL automation in live is delayed by the total plugin delay of all tracks, placed anywhere, ANYWHERE! this i can confirm 200%
Hmmm I thought I tested that. Maybe I'm thinking of clip automation. I would have thought that works the same as automation. Anyways, those tenets I follow are so that I don't have to think about where in the plug-in chain anything is or what my total latency is because I know it's low. I want to move things at will and not think about what's automated etc. So I could be wrong about the automation. I though it depended on placement relative to latency inducing plug-ins.

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I have not read the entire thread yet. Reading through right now. I have a question.


is this PDC stuff strictly for a effects?

or does this include instrument plugins?

meaning.. if you use instrument plugins with no effects? do you still get pdc issues?

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I hope Ableton reads that last chapter. If they fix this PDC problem what other technical problems are there in features that they now have in Live9?

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Can anyone tell me just how bad the delay actually is?

Are we talking about a matter of a few seconds here? :? :help:
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Yeah, they should fix it. Just bother them with emails! :D
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Complains against huge sales numbers are ineffective. :shrug:
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Maybe I'm just misunderstanding the problem, but I couldn't reproduce it. I'm testing on a Window 7 x64 laptop, running Live 9 through the built in audio with ASIO4ALL and a 512 buffer.

I added a drum rack and laid down a 4/4 kick drum pattern. Duplicated the track. On the duplicate, I started piling on the effects- standard Ableton effects, M4L effects, VST effects. The timing between the two tracks remained perfectly synced.

Any chance that someone could upload a project file using only included effects which clearly demonstrates the issue?
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I think there's a lot of confusion with Live and PDC. PDC works just fine in Live. What doesn't work is PDC on automation, so if you're not using a lot of automation you should be fine...

Ken

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TheoM wrote:i said playhead D

as in the cursor that scrolls over the parts.
oh, I get it :oops:

yeah, that can get off and is not latency compensated, but I guess I have just learned to live with that aspect.

dw

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