How to deal with audio lag when playing through PC and audio interface

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Hi what do you guys do to deal with the half second lag when you monitor your playing? Thanks!

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I don’t know about you but I adjust buffer sizes so I don’t have a half second lag.

Many interfaces will also allow direct monitoring; remember that the audio interface is not just for input, you should hang your speakers off it too and use it for sound output. Then, on many interfaes you an adjust the monitor blend to get zero lag for the raw bass tone.

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If you are using Windows, one thing that has bitten me more than once is if Windows and your audio interface driver are set to different sample rates (e.g., Windows set to 44.1 KHz and your ASIO driver set to 48 Khz). I always run at 48K, but every once in awhile, a standalone audio app that doesn’t support ASIO will reset my Windows audio setting from 48K to 44.1K. That’s when bad latency and audio glitches appear.

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thanks boys!