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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 48 - Using UAD Powered Plug-Ins
• Cakewalk Sonar, Sony applications, Mackie Tracktion: Automatic.
(No preference for enabling/disabling other than turning off or removing plu-
gins that require delay compensation.
• Samplitude: Options Menu>Project Properties>Mixer Setup...
(Project independent; session file must be open to configure)
• Ableton Live: Options>Delay Compensation
UAD Delay Compensator plugin
DelayComp
Overview
The UAD Delay Compensator (DelayComp for short) is a simple plugin which
can be used to synchronize unprocessed tracks with those that are processed
by UAD Powered Plug-Ins. It provides a mechanism of delay compensation for
situations when the host application does not implement automatic plugin la-
tency compensation, such as on sends, groups, and buses (see Table 2 on
page 46).
The UAD Delay Compensator acts as a dummy UAD Powered Plug-In, auto-
matically introducing the necessary amount of latency for tracks which are
NOT processed by UAD Powered Plug-Ins. It requires no DSP from the host
CPU or the UAD card and allows you specify the number of UAD Powered
Plug-Ins instances you wish to compensate.
When to use
DelayComp
UAD DelayComp should be used whenever unprocessed audio tracks are
played alongside audio tracks that are assigned to a send/group/bus that is
using a UAD plugin(s). In this scenario, inserting a UAD DelayComp plugin
on the UNPROCESSED track(s) will automatically re-synchronize the audio.
VSTi Cubase and Nuendo currently do not automatically compensate for latency
on MIDI virtual instrument (VSTi) tracks. Therefore, UAD DelayComp should
also be used on non-VSTi tracks when VSTi’s are in use.
Note: Check out our UAD DelayComp Examples on the UAD Powered Plug-
Ins CD-ROM (or download them from our website) for “real-world” examples
formatted for several popular host applications.
Figure 13. The UAD Delay Compensator plugin window