Can someone explain the PDC issue in Ableton Live?

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I'm using Cubase and it's great. But, I want to work in Live for a while. Been reading forums, doing tutorials, etc.

I saw the Mr. Bill podcast with Steve Duda where they talk about the plugin delay compensation issues in Live.

Is this something I should be worried about? Are there any guidelines on how to avoid the issues? Specific plugins or order of plugins I should avoid?
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I think (somebody correct me if I'm wrong!) the issue is that metering is not compensated for, so you're seeing the meters react later than you should. The workaround is not using PDC inducing plugins at all.

In general, the way you order the plugins has no bearing on PDC at all.

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