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VST Instruments
About Latency
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Tail Size
Allows you to set a Tail Size time to let sounds complete their normal release
cycle.
Unload Instrument when Frozen
Activate to unload the instrument after freezing. This makes the RAM available
again.
About Latency
The term latency stands for the time it takes for the instrument to produce a sound
when you press a key on your MIDI controller. It can be an issue when using VST
instruments in realtime. Latency depends on your audio hardware and its ASIO
driver.
In the Device Setup dialog (VST Audio System page), the input and output latency
values should ideally be a few milliseconds.
If the latency is too high to allow comfortable realtime VST instrument playback from
a keyboard, you can use another MIDI sound source for live playback and recording,
and switch to the VST instrument for playback.
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Delay Compensation
During playback Cubase automatically compensates any delay inherent in the VST
plug-ins you use.
You can specify a Delay Compensation Threshold in the Preferences dialog
(VST page) so that only plug-ins with a delay higher than this threshold setting are
affected.
Constrain Delay Compensation
To avoid Cubase to add latency when you play a VST instrument in realtime or
record live audio, you can activate Constrain Delay Compensation. This minimizes
the latency effects of the delay compensation, while maintaining the sound of the
mix as far as possible.
The Constrain Delay Compensation function is available on the toolbar and in the
MixConsole on the Functions menu.