User Manual

OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE
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Record compensates this by moving the recorded audio earlier by the sum of the input+output latencies. This com-
pensation is also done in "Manual Monitoring" mode, if Monitor was Off for the recorded track (when you started re-
cording).
If Monitor is On, there is no Recording Latency Compensation. This is because the monitored sound will also be de-
layed, and numerous tests have shown that the performer will actually play slightly ahead to compensate for this. In
other words, when monitoring through Record, the performer is expected to do the Recording Latency Compensation
himself/herself.
If you are monitoring via an external mixer, and have selected “External” in the Monitoring section on the Audio page
in Preferences, there might be situations where you experience that the recorded audio is generally played back too
early - or too late - in the song. This could be because your audio card doesn’t actually have the latency values it re-
ported to Record.
If you should experience that your audio recordings are played back too early or too late compared to the instrument
tracks in your song, you can adjust this by editing the Recording Latency Compensation parameter:
D Click the Recording Latency Compensation spin controls to compensate for early or late playback of audio
track recordings
If the audio appears too early during playback, adjust to a negative (-) value.
If the audio appears too late during playback, adjust to a positive value.
About External Sync Offset
The External Sync Offset parameter is there to make it possible to compensate for output latency when syncing Re-
cord to a host application. Usually, the External Sync Offset is set to the same value as the Output Latency, but it is
possible to edit it (see “Adjusting for Latency”). Normally however, you shouldn’t need to touch this parameter.
Optimizing your computer system
In this manual we do not have the possibility to give you detailed procedures for optimizing your computer for maxi-
mum power. This is a subject that we could write complete books on. However, there are a couple of very useful
things to check and adjust.
About using Multi-core processors
If you’re using a multi-core processor, such as a dual-core, quad-core or octa-core, Record will take full advantage of
this in a very sophisticated way. Similarly, if your computer has several single-core or multi-core processors, Record
will use the full capacity of these to vastly enhance the performance.
If your computer has a multi-core processor, or multiple processors, Record automatically detects this and automati-
cally enables the “Use MultiCore Audio Rendering” function on the General page in Preferences: