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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 91 - Chapter 9: UAD Delay Compensation
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 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 plug-in(s). In this scenario, inserting a UAD DelayComp plug-in
on the UNPROCESSED track(s) will automatically re-synchronize the audio.
Virtual
Instruments
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.
Plugs Parameter The DelayComp Plugs parameter value to be used on an unprocessed track or
tracks is simply the number of UAD Powered Plug-Ins that are being used in se-
quence on the send, group, or bus.
For example, if three separate sends are used and each send has one in-
stance of UAD plug-ins, the Delay Compensator Plugs value for the unproc-
essed tracks would be one. However, if one send/group/bus is used that has
three instances of UAD Powered Plug-Ins stacked up, the Delay Compensator
Plugs value for the dry tracks would be three.
Note: The Delay Compensator “Plugs” value matches the total of UAD Pow-
ered Plug-Ins used serially (stacked one above another in series), NOT the to-
tal number of UAD Powered Plug-Ins used.
Samples
parameter
The Samples parameter shifts the audio with single-sample accuracy in either
direction. It is provided mainly for compensation of the upsampled UAD plug-
ins (see “Compensating Upsampled Plug-Ins” on page 95). However, it can
be used anytime minute shifting of audio is desired. Audio can be shifted up
to 128 samples in either direction.
The keyboard shortcuts PageUp/PageDown and Shift+Arrow automatically
add shift the Samples value in 13-sample increments.