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DSP Delays Incurred by TDM Plug-Ins

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appendix b

DSP Delays Incurred by TDM Plug-Ins

Virtually all TDM plug-ins incur some amount
of signal delay.

If you are working with mono tracks, or are pro-
cessing all channels with the same plug-in, the
signal delays are not long enough to be signifi-
cant and should not be a concern.

This signal delay is significant only if you use a
plug-in on one channel of a stereo or multi-
channel signal but not the others, since this can
cause the channels to be slightly out of phase.

Table 3 shows the delays inherent in each Draw-
mer Dynamics plug-in.

Channel Delay Indicator

The Channel Delay Indicator in the Mix win-
dow displays the total delay, in samples, in-
curred on the track from the use of any TDM
plug-in on that channel.

To see the amount of time delay on a track that
uses plug-in inserts.

In the Mix window, Control-click (Windows)

or Command-click (Macintosh) the track’s Vol-
ume Indicator to toggle between Volume
(“vol”), Peak (“pk”) and Channel Delay (“dly”)
indications.

Compensating For Delays

Automatic Delay Compensation

Pro Tools HD

systems provide automatic Delay Compensa-
tion to compensate for signal processing de-
lays. For details, see the Pro Tools Reference
Guide

.

Manual Delay Compensation

If it becomes neces-

sary to manually compensate for plug-in delay,
use the TimeAdjuster plug-in included with
Pro Tools to offset other tracks, as appropriate.
See the DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide or the Pro Tools
Reference Guide
for more information on Time-
Adjuster.