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You can lower latency to around 3ms in ideal circumstances.
Hardware monitoring is a much better solution if you re not prepared to go for Pro Tools HDX.
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Hardwar3 monitoring sounds ideal, how do I achieve this?
I ticked the monitoring option, is there something I’m missing?
That lasted an hour.
Instead, I followed advice from the forum and went with Garageband: super easy (though I don't understand why keyboard instruments are not included in the list of Real Instruments) and got the very basics down quite quickly.
Reaper will be a future purchase for me no doubt.
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In front of the DAW:
This is done inside your audio interface. As well as hearing the other tracks you've already recorded, you can turn a control knob of the interface to bring up the sound of your live playing as it goes into the computer. Or it might be a switch. My PreSonus iTwo has a control knob to blend between 100% playback (what's already been recorded) and 100% input (what I'm playing right now). When I'm just listening to playback from the computer I have it at 100% Playback, when I'm tracking I'll usually have it at 50-50 so I can hear what I'm doing. For vocals, I don't bother because I can hear myself inside my head. When tracking, there is no latency. But, if you're processing your raw guitar signal inside the DAW with a software amp or some effects, you won't hear them because the signal you're hearing hasn't gotten to the computer yet.
Inside the DAW:
This is done in the computer. The DAW will have a tickbox (or similar) to tell the DAW to send your processed track sound (including all plugins) back as part of the playback sound. This is what you'll need if you're using software amps in the DAW rather than sending a finished signal from your Helix (or whatever). This approach can suffer from latency depending on the amount of processing you're doing inside the computer (number of tracks and plugins) and the amount of processing power you have.
That's what you meant by "ticking the monitoring option", yes?
Buffer sizes:
For playback. it is suggested you have large buffers for your processing so the computer can stack them up and send you the audio in a smooth uninterrupted signal. For recording, it is suggested you use small buffers, so the computer is always sending you audio (and writing it) in small frequent chunks. Latency can be created if you're tracking a new part but have a big buffer. The computer waits until the buffer is full before sending it to you - which may be more milliseconds later than you'd like. A DAW usually has a parameter you can change to alter the buffer sizes if that's a problem.
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The Line 6 UX2 has its own built in sounds, so in effect provides hardware monitoring. You need to monitor using those built in sounds, which will give extremely low latency. There's still some latency owning to the A/D and D/A conversion within the unit (roughly equivalent to what you might get with a Pod) but it's not noticable.
You won't get low enough latency with a UX2 for "through DAW monitoring". I know this because I've previously used a Pod XT and currently use a Line 6 GX as a part of my portable recording set up for holidays etc.
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