Recording equipment help! (singer, guitarist, microphone, tracks, Guitars)

jdm11b · 02-25-2009, 01:40 PM

buffer size/latency is the time between you do something and when you actually hear the sound. If you set it too low and your soundcard can't handle it, the sound will be distorted or drop out. If you set it too high, they dela will make it difficult to record.

I had the Mbox 2 and it was easy to lower the buffer size when recording one instrument, then raise it back up when mixing/editing many tracks together. Having a fast computer isn't enough if your sound card has high latency- and most do.

02-25-2009, 01:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
jdm11b Groupie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 23	buffer size/latency is the time between you do something and when you actually hear the sound. If you set it too low and your soundcard can't handle it, the sound will be distorted or drop out. If you set it too high, they dela will make it difficult to record. I had the Mbox 2 and it was easy to lower the buffer size when recording one instrument, then raise it back up when mixing/editing many tracks together. Having a fast computer isn't enough if your sound card has high latency- and most do.