Delay Compensation

For more information, see the following topics:

Enabling Delay Compensation

Configuring Delay Compensation Engine

Delay Compensation Time Mode

Delay Compensation Limit

System Delay

Delay Compensation View

Delay Compensation View Indicators and Field

Delay that Exceeds the Compensation Limit

Low Latency Monitoring During Recording

Overriding Low Latency Monitoring During Recording

Delay Compensation on Auxiliary Inputs

Delay Compensation for MIDI

Low-Latency Recording with Virtual MIDI Instruments and Delay Compensation

Configuring Cue Mixes with Delay Compensation

Setting a Hardware Insert Delay Offset

Determining Your Hardware’s Insert Delay

Pro Tools provides automatic Delay Compensation for managing DSP and host-based delays from plug-in inserts, and mixer routing (bussing and sends). With Delay Compensation enabled, Pro Tools maintains phase coherent time alignment between tracks that have plug-ins with differing delays, tracks with different mixing paths, tracks that are split off and recombined within the mixer, and tracks with hardware inserts.

To maintain phase coherent time alignment, Delay Compensation should always be enabled during playback and mixing. Delay Compensation should also be used in most recording situations.