Reduce your guitar Amp Sim's latency with these tips

Latency - the delay between playing a note and hearing it - can be very frustrating when using amp sims. Try these tips to reduce the latency to the point where it is no longer even noticeable.

Check out the companion article on the Home Music Creator website for more detail:

00:00 Intro
00:23 What is latency?
00:55 The 4 factors affecting latency
01:27 Your audio interface hardware
02:18 Audio drivers
03:16 How to select audio driver
04:04 Buffer size
04:59 How to set buffer size
06:28 Computing resources available
08:08 Companion article on the Home Music Creator website

[waywardanarchist]

thanks dude...i followed your advice and downloaded new drivers and fixed the buffer size and low and behold zero latency..it was driving me mad there for a bit...much appreciated

[codysinclair]

Just started using plug ins for the first time, very informative and help with my latency problem

[tashsquad]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I just got myself the BIAS FX 2 application for my PC and it has been everything I could've imagined except for one thing - the delay. And it was driving me mad not knowing what I could do about it. Thankfully, I found your video and when I changed the Audio Settings from "Windows Audio" to "ASIO" as you said, the sound IMMEDIATELY came parallel to my playing. Thank you very much for your generous help. I gotta go now, I have to forget the time whilst exploring the beautiful sound possibilities of BIAS FX 2 ! Cheers!

[nickfill]

Thank you so much! I have Bias FX2 and a Scarlett Solo AI and I was minutes away from smashing my computer out of frustration from not being able to get rid of the latency lol. This was very clear and to the point and now everything works as it should!!!!

[ProphetsofProfit]

This video made me realize I had ASIO the whole time and just never selected that option because I didn’t know what it was… should have seen my face, THANK YOU

[yazanmukattash]

Love ur channel man ur helping guirarists all over the world
Lovee from Jordan <3

[linavabai]

Changing to ASIO fixed my latency. Thanks!

[animeh_mshr]

This is a wonderful video for a beginner like me. Thank you so much!

[justinTime]

Thank you so much. Saved my guitar playing life.

[sub-jec-tiv]

I use both a PC and a Mac. The Mac has low-latency plug & play drivers built-in, which work with most recent interfaces. Some may require a separate download. Depends on the interface.

[andrewblackard]

Thanks for the hints. I am having problems but almost randomly. I suspect my AV software may be to blame and thinks my PC is idle when its only running my DAW and may be starting AV checking. For example my output latency suddenly jumped from 3-5ms to 90ms yesterday and dropped back today. I used to have a Win7 app for gamers to shut down all unnecessary apps and free memory that was great. Do you know of anything like that for Windows 11? Thanks.

[finger]

I had latency issues when I was trying to listen through my PC.
I didn't realize the amp sim could be routed through the interface headphone output with zero lag 🤓

[cookingwithbrady]

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but when I click ASIO it sets my input and output device to generic low latency ASIO driver and not the interface what do I do

[rainbowtechmedia]

I'm using guitar rig through a device called guitar USB link.. I'm seriously experiencing latency

[Unibrio]

I wanted to ask if you're suppose to be playing on a specific sample rate when using amped roots?
I've just been playing along to backtracks on youtube while playing my guitar, but then audio drops or glitches would start happening. Idk if 44100 Hz is good or 48000 Hz is better

[itsyaboymac]

I have 5$ audio interface call v8 i know its not for guitar but thats only my budget for it how can i remove the latency anyone pls help me i want to try some expensive tone😌

[trendkill]

i fixed the latency issue but i now have this annoying clicking sound when playing overdriven tones

[kaushalbhavsarrocks]

IMO, try to target less than 20ms of latency in total. That is the max after which you "feel" a delay

[brucefinney]

I was about to ask for a refund on my audio interface. Thanks.

[AnthonyRodriguez-cg]

Bro ubtalk way to michbjist explain it already damn