POFFHOTMAIL.COM Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 How are you AW4416 users dealing w/ it's inherent latency? It's not really a problem when tracking, but rears it's ugly head when I want to compress a track (using outboard gear) and then mix that in w/ the original signal. Right now I'm sending the tracks to a Mackie 1402, mixing the compressed w/ the uncompressed, and then sending the resulting mix to two tracks on the hard drive. I've tried to fix the problem using the channel delays but can't seem to get the delay times so that there is absolutely no phasing. Close but no cigar. I really want to bypass the Mackie and the (hopefully)unnecessary D/A conversion of the uncompressed tracks. Any suggestions??? Thanks in advance, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 Jason, I haven't run into this problem myself... I do use outboard gear quite a bit but usually it's as aux sends or directly in the signal path, not the way you're using it. But...why exactly ARE you going through the Mackie? I'm having a hard time figuring out what you're trying to do. Are you sending an already-recorded track out to the compressor and then back during mixdown, or are you trying to do all this as you record? --Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POFFHOTMAIL.COM Posted January 17, 2001 Author Share Posted January 17, 2001 Lee, I'm in the mixing stage and want to mult a compressed stereo overhead drum track w/ the original uncompressed signal (sometimes vocals as well). If I send the stereo track out aux sends, through the compressor and then back to other tracks, there is a latency that makes things very out of phase when I mix that in w/ the original uncompressed tracks. I'm using the mackie to actually split the signal this way: 1. stereo overheads from AW4416 to ch. 1 & 2 of the 1402 2. direct (1st click of insert) out of those two channels into ch 1 & 2 of my comp 3. out of comp to stereo ch. 7/8 of the mackie 4.out of mackie main outs back to two fresh tracks on the AW4416. This way I can mix the uncompressed w/ the compressed signal in the analog world and not have to deal w/ the latency. This works fine. The problem I have is this; I'd rather not have to use the uncompressed tracks that have gone through an unnecessary conversion (to the mackie and back) because they do suffer in sound quality. Hope this helps. Let me know if I am still not clear. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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