[RWP] Midi Sync for Compensating Hardware Latency

[Indigo]

There are midi input and output offset settings just at the end of 
record settings, but I don't know if these are the sync settings 
referred to.
Still looking. for something specifically called sync offset.

On 8/19/2011 5:31 AM, Indigo wrote:
> I think this forum post might have exactly what's needed for your
> hardware latency problem.
>
> Quote:
> Reaper midi sync latency compensation setting
>
> Question: I recently scored a tr-727 so I synced it up to my TC konnekt
> 8, which I ran
> "midiTest" on, (if you don't know what it is google it... pretty
> interesting!) and
> it says my midi 'send' time is less than a millisecond.
> I then routed the output of the 727 into a channel running 44.1 with 2.6
> ms latency.
> When I try to sync the output of the 727 to the click in reaper it is
> off by a considerable
> amount ... I was wondering where the setting is to compensate for the
> latency? My
> immediate fix was to nudge everything else in the project over to sync
> with it, but I know there must be a better way.
> otherwise it syncs rock solid as long as I start from the very beginning
> of the track!
> Answer: There's 'MIDI output offset' for every single MIDI output. A
> positive value delays
> the MIDI stream by X milliseconds, whereas a negative value makes the
> MIDI to play
> X milliseconds ahead.
> I believe a negative value is the most usable, external gear usually has
> some latency
> which you want to compensate for - the MIDI stream needs to play a
> little bit ahead
> of main audio output to actually play in sync with it.
> However, there's a limitation in 'MIDI output offset'. A negative offset
> of about
> 20 milliseconds seems to be the maximum negative offset.
> If more than 20 ms negative offset is needed, it's possible to use
> ReaInsert and
> it's plugin delay compensation. This is what I do. It's possible to have
> a negative
> offset of several seconds.
>
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