hi, can anyone help. Maybe I’m missing a setting but when I’m trying to to mix the track from the headphones is out of sync with the main outputs. When it comes to mixing im quite old skool in the sense I mix using ears and not just looking at bpm. Anyway I’ve noticed the prime 4 when I’ve matched the beat via sound with headphones and output and it sounds match when I go to the cueing track in the the live mix the sound is out and the new track I just put into the mix although beat matches is slightly behind and tho the is a slight delay from headphone to master out.
I’m using Standered Phillips headphones with the 3.5mm jack and xlr to rca into my stereo. I vae tried on both master out and booth and the delay is still there so I’m not sure what it is. Can anyone help please is I dont understand it
And don’t forget that distance from speaker to ear = latency. And this starts to be an issue sooner than you think. It’s why DJ’s use booth monitors or in-headphone mixing.
My speakers are at my feet but I still find tiny little beat of beat latency. I thought it was just me, but there is definitely latency when there shouldn’t be. I use xlr straight into denon sm speakers.
At about 6 ft height, delay from the floor would be somewhere in the 5,5 to 6 ms range. Typically that should not be audible if your mix sounds right. What you can do is go to split cue, line up the mix, then take off your headphones and see if it also comes out of your speakers correct.
I mean it’s not a HUGE issue I’ve played live in clubs I can work with what I’ve got. I only mentioned it to confirm what that other person was saying.
I’d change the headphones to any other wired headphones (not Bluetooth or wireless)
And change the speaker / hifi that you’re using OMG to listen to the main output. As someone else said above, the hifi might be adding some delay because due to a DSP chip for spatial or loudness or some such other reason
Also having this issue. I have no settings like loudness or surround sound or anything like that on my stereo but the sound coming from the stereo is about half a second delayed from what’s coming from the headphones. I have to start my mix in my earphones then take them completely off and finish it on the speakers.
Its really winding me up cos my headphones are dennon hp1100 and my stereo is a Samsung. Of which I have used many different mixers on and never had that problem but yet the prime 4 as this weird delay thing and my stereo have no presets turned on and the speakers are no more the 2ft away from my face. I just dont get where the latency is coming from other than maybe a software issue. And if it is the god knows when the next prime 4 update is??? By the way I’m running update 1.4.1
Is there a delay or echo etc that could be left on by a user.
It would actually need £circuitry do add a delay to the main output.
Are you passing the sound out via a commercial hifi , Bluetooth speaker , Sound bar , smart speakers etc -? All those things and More can add delay to audio
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