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Elisabeth Homeland

Latency Fixer & Latency Free Recorder

$12.00

In this pack, there are two MaxforLive devices: Latency Fixer and Latency-Free Recorder. These devices are designed to address the latency issue that can occur in Ableton Live 10 and 11

When monitoring is enabled on a track, the overall latency present in your Live Set will be applied to the recorded takes.
This results in the take being delayed compared to a recording with monitoring-disabled tracks.

These two devices are intended to address the same issue but take different approaches:

  • Latency Fixer: This device nudges the recorded takes backward by the exact current latency amount.

  • Latency Free Recorder: This device employs a glitch to resolve the problem directly during the recording stage.

The end result is the same, but you have the flexibility to choose the one that best fits your workflow!

IMPORTANT!:

  • These devices are NOT meant to eliminate the latency during recording! 
    You will still hear the latency if the track's monitoring is set to In or Auto. 
    But this latency won't get baked into the recorded takes!

  • You don't need these devices if you have Live 12!
    In Live 12 there's a built in solution!
    (There's a new button in the track options panel called  "Keep Latency" and if you disable it Live will not bake the latency into the recorded takes.)

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MaxForLive devices by Elisabeth Homeland

Compatibility:
Ableton Live 11
System Mac, Windows,

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Jacob
Does the Job nicely

I used this for a Drum Recording Session, where I needed to monitor all the Tracks witch FX and so on and it did exactly what the description said. Nice! Some Steps to do to get the Workflow ready, but it's worth it.

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Hank B.
Huge Help!

I've been trying to find a way to nudge clips an exact amount of samples - this does the trick perfectly. Thanks Elisabeth Homeland!

--- check out the User manual for Latency Fixer ---

--- User manual for Latency Free Recorder ---

How it works?

Latency Free Recorder

This device allows you to record with enabled monitoring on any track (Audio or MIDI) without the associated latency side effect. Instead of using the built-in Record function for capturing a take, you can assign a shortcut (or MIDI map) to the device's Record button.

Here's how it works:

  1. Select the track (or tracks) you want to record to.
  2. Press your assigned shortcut.
  3. The device will temporarily disable monitoring just before recording begins and re-enable it when recording starts. This process creates a glitch that allows you to monitor the track without the latency affecting the recorded take.

This approach gives you the freedom to monitor your tracks while ensuring that latency does not impact your recorded material.

How it works?

Latency Fixer

Latency Fixer allows you to record with monitoring enabled on any track (Audio or MIDI) and correct the latency in your recorded takes afterward, even if your project includes numerous latency-heavy plugins.

Here's how to use it:

  1. Arm the track you want to record and enable monitoring.
  2. Start recording your take.
  3. After recording, select the recorded clip on the track.
  4. Press the "Nudge" button on the Latency Fixer device (You can, of course, MIDI or Key map this button for easy access).
  5. You'll see that Latency Fixer will nudge the clip back to its correct position, compensating for the latency.

This tool provides a post-recording solution to correct any latency issues, making it ideal for projects with latency-heavy plugins.

  • Place the devices in your Ableton Live User Library.
  • Default User Library locations:
    • Windows: \USERS\[USERNAME]\DOCUMENTS\ABLETON\USER LIBRARY
    • Mac: MACINTOSH HD/USERS/[USERNAME]/MUSIC/ABLETON/USER LIBRARY
  • Live needs to analyze your User Library after adding devices. This process may take some time. In the meantime, you can drag and drop the devices from your User Library onto your tracks.
  • After Live found them you'll be able to access them from Live's Browser.

 

 

Setup For Latency Fixer:

Latency Free Recorder doesn't need any additional setup, however if you need to use the other device Latency Fixer there's a simple thing you need to do first to ensure accurate latency compensation:
You need to inform Latency Fixer about your overall round-trip latency. (All the other things like the latency of the plugins in your project is calculated automatically by the device.)

  • Open Ableton Live's preferences and navigate to the audio tab.

  • Locate the overall round-trip latency value 

  • note that Live might display a rounded number by default but you can find a more precise value by setting the driver error compensation to the same value as your overall latency (With the same negative number):

  • Add the rounded latency value and the decimal value together.
    (In this case 100 + 0.41 = 100.41)

  • SET YOUR ERROR COMPENSATION BACK TO ZERO!

  • Type the sum into Latency Fixer.

Of course If you change your Sample Rate, or Buffer Size you need to repeat this process.
If you happen to change these values frequently I would advise you to save a few presets into your User Library of the device with the different settings you like to use.

There is a setting in Ableton Live called "Reduce latency when monitoring". If you like to use it make sure you open the Advanced menu of Latency fixer and enable this option in the device too!
And if you don’t use it turn this option off in the device.

 

Version 1.2 - 2025.01.01.

  • New: If there's an update available, you'll see a small message (Update available: *version* ) on top of the ElisabethHomeland logo. If you click on it'll open my website where you can download the latest release. 

Version 1.1 - 2024.02.13.

  • Live 12 support

  • Undo history related fixes.

Version 1.0 - 2023.09.12.

  • Added a new device: Latency free Recorder.

Version 1.0 - 2023.07.04.

  • Latency Fixer initial release.

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