Latency Fixer By ElisabethHomeland - MaxForLive pack for Ableton Live.

Latency Fixer & Latency Free Recorder By ElisabethHomeland - MaxForLive pack for Ableton Live.

This is a MaxForLive device, so it only works in Live Suite or Live Standard with MaxForLive.

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Elisabeth Homeland

Latency Fixer & Latency Free Recorder

Name: Latency Fixer & Latency Free Recorder
Brand: Elisabeth Homeland
SKU: LatencyFixRec
Price: 14.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$14.00

In this pack, there are two Max for Live 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 is applied to the recorded takes.
This results in the take being delayed compared to a recording with monitoring disabled.

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 uses a brief 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 latency during monitoring.
You will still hear latency if the track’s monitoring is set to In or Auto.
However, this latency will not be baked into the recorded takes.
You don’t need these devices if you’re using Live 12.
Live 12 includes a built-in solution:
there’s a new option in the track settings called “Keep Latency”. If you disable it, Live will not bake latency into the recorded takes.

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Max for Live devices by Elisabeth Homeland

Compatibility:

Ableton	Live 11
System	Mac, Windows,

After

Before

--- 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:

Select the track (or tracks) you want to record to.
Press your assigned shortcut.
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:

Arm the track you want to record and enable monitoring.
Start recording your take.
After recording, select the recorded clip on the track.
Press the "Nudge" button on the Latency Fixer device (You can, of course, MIDI or Key map this button for easy access).
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 device or 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 finds 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 other things, like the latency of the plug-ins in your project, are 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’ll need to repeat this process.
If you change these values frequently, I’d advise saving a few presets of the device into your User Library 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 as well!
And if you don’t use it, turn this option off in the device.

Version 1.5 - 2026.04.24.

Stability improvements.
Due to a change on the website previous versions can no longer check for new updates. - This version solves the issue.

Version 1.4 - 2026.01.11.

Modernized-Updated interface.
Updated User manual.

Version 1.3 - 2025.07.02.

The UI has been widened to match the new minimum device width introduced in Live 12.2.
Based on recurring feedback, I’ve made my logo significantly smaller.

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.