Welcome to the video. A note on latency, we have built the engine from the ground up. We've set up your session and tools just the way you like them. This course would not be complete without bringing up latency, as it can be a major impediment if not dealt with properly. workflow killer number four, not knowing your da W, also known as troubleshooting. We've all been there spending hours troubleshooting and being frustrated because we cannot get an audio signal.

This one subject took me years to sort out. Not sure why it was so foreign to me, but I'm here to simplify it for you. What you need to know about latency is this. There are three kinds of latencies IO latency, processor latency, and plugin latency. The Io latency is a delay caused by the size of the buffer. This buffer reads and writes the audio to and from your hard drive.

This affects the entire system. processor latency is caused by process buffer range. And plugin latency is caused by individual channel strips with plugins that are CPU heavy. This only affects the individual channel strip. Keep this setting on all. The main thing you need to know about latency is this.

Keep your i o buffer size, low when recording and high when mixing. That's it. Keep it low when recording and high when mixing. It's that simple. What setting specifically you ask, How do I know if it's right? If you do not hear any clicks or pops and the playback as smooth and seamless, it is right.

Let me pull up the fact that we are all very fortunate to be working on dw at a time when they offer something like low latency mode right up here. This is a kind of latency for dummies button makes life so much easier. This can be recalled on your control bar. I like to keep the icon there for easy access. Use it when you need to record on a track that has a lot of latency caused by CPU heavy plugins. What logic will do when you turn on low latency mode is turned off certain plugins causing them to turn orange color, leaving only those plugins enabled that will not cause latency based on the limit that you have set on this slider right here.

To reiterate, the main thing you need to know about latency is this. Keep your IO buffers Eyes low when recording and high when mixing low when recording high when mixing. Hope that contributes to your workflow. Thank you for watching. I'll see you on the next video.