Re: SV: Ableton LIVE's ability to loop in real time

[SoundFNR@aol.com]

> > for latencies I don't understand the big deal, just got the=20
>  > programma ASIO driver for my M-Box, this happily runs at 7ms,=20
>  
>  ...and when it comes to looping, latency is hardly an issue since any
>  recorded sound won't have to be played back until on the next loop
>  round. That is if as long as you do not glitch 7 ms loops ;-)
>  

Depends on the effect you want to achieve though.
With the EDP playback starts as soon as record ends,
which means that the loop starts out precisely in time.
This is essential  if live-syncing to other musicians, if there's
any noticeable latency then the loop starts out behind the beat.
The same applies when going straight into overdub from record
when you want the timing to be accurate.
It doesn't matter to everybody, but those who worry about such
things will complain quite loudly.

Also, the Overdubs generally need to be latency compensated to get
them in the right place. 

As Per points out, quite often the latency won't matter
to people, and in a lot of situations no-one 
would notice.


I would have thought any live looping program would
want to eliminate latency as much as possible though,
it would be really nice if the program could 
"play" a test pulse which could be routed out
of the soundcard , and then back in again and recorded.
The value obtained could then be used to make everything line up.

andy butler