Latency/ Sound Quality

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MrFigg
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31 Jul 2018

I’m guessing this is a yes/ no answer but I don’t know if it’s yes or no :). When recording audio does using a lower latency result in any decrease in recording quality? I’m recording guitar and vocals at 64 without any crackling or popping and was just wondering. Thanks in advance for any help.
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31 Jul 2018

The answer is no :D

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aeox wrote:
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The answer is no :D
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31 Jul 2018

In Reason it's no because all plugins always run at 64 samples internally. In other DAWs you *can* actually get sound differences with different buffer sizes because the algorithms simply might have to do things differently with less data at once. It's almost always corner cases though.

But no differences at all when just recording and not processing.

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MrFigg wrote:
31 Jul 2018
I’m guessing this is a yes/ no answer but I don’t know if it’s yes or no :). When recording audio does using a lower latency result in any decrease in recording quality? I’m recording guitar and vocals at 64 without any crackling or popping and was just wondering. Thanks in advance for any help.
No.

That said using a lower latency increases chance of pops and clicks and can affect your DSP usage.

But if you aren't hearing any pops and clicks, you are at a good latency for recording.

Also if you don't need low latency, you are better off at something like 512 buffers or 1024. Your DSP meter will thank you.

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Thanks for the answers. Yeah...I’m recording guitar so if I use a higher buffer size and play to a click when listening back I notice a delay. So 64 it is :). Thanks again.
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