How to Fix Latency in Cakewalk by Bandlab

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In this video we'll be looking at how to fix latency in Cakewalk by Bandlab!

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[skillstacker]

Freezing is great. I got in the habit of freezing pretty much any virtual instrument or tracks with high-latency effects (like amp sims). It's quick and undoable! Right-click the freeze button, choose 'Freeze Options' and you can choose whether to include effects in the freeze. This was not the default behavior when I started using it, not sure about new installations of Cakewalk. Also extend the 'Freeze tail duration' if sounds like crashes ringing out are getting cut off. Thanks Mike!

[marcuscurtismusic]

Disconnect from the internet when you are recording music. Some people don't think about this but there are apps that run in the background that people don't know about. these apps check for newer versions of the software. In the past, I have ruined good recordings simply because the Windows operating system was updating and I was unaware of this going on while I was trying to record music. You can turn off the update feature but the simplest way to fix it is to just disconnect from the internet. While the computer is on the internet the operating system will use system resources that could be used for recording.

Use Task manager to close down programs that run in the background and programs that start when you turn on your computer. You got to be careful here because many of these are needed by the operating system. You can shut things off like google crash handler, Adobe startup apps, update apps, print spooler, and Microsoft office. You will be amazed at what this does for latency. They will all come back when you reboot your computer.

[riffer]

I don't understand people who dislike videos like this. Mike's information is so valuable.

[solomon.powell]

I switched the driver from MME to ASIO and it INSTANTLY fixed latency issues with all my instruments! Thank you Thank you Thank you sir!

[doobiedoghousewilson]

Super helpful. Solved my latency issues. Actually, when it comes to Cakewalk tutorials, yours are the best. Thanks!

[tristanthompson]

Still relatively new to recording and especially using cakewalk and have only encountered these latency issues in the last few weeks, this video has come out at just the right time! Really helpful stuff!!

[jasonhawkins]

Mike, I want to take a minute and thank you for your content. You took me from Lost in the Sauce all the way to Creative Sauce in just a couple of days. I've been pouring over your tutorials, and they helped me more than I can express recording music for my channel. I still have a lot to learn, but you have a lot to teach, so I'm going to keep watching!! Thank you, and CHEERS! 🍻

[chrisknowles]

Yet another great video Mike! Always love when you sneak back into Cakewalk land from StudioOne!! 🤣

[jayz_amv]

dude your a god, i just got my focusrite and it had hella latency and this just fixed everything. Thanks so much man !!!

[JoeGardner-ksui]

LOVE your videos. You have such a great way of explaining things and showing things with just the right amount of "getting to it" but still hitting the supporting information necessary for real understanding.

[VRTemjin]

Thanks for your expertise! It did not mention the issue I had, but it's only made things better after resolving it. Sharing what I learned: I acquired an older laptop that had two video drivers (one intel, one AMD), and anytime I moved the mouse it caused everything to start lagging and audio to start popping. It turns out this a consequence of having two video cards (and not the fact that it's an 8 year old laptop), as this was also an issue for someone else with two contemporary video cards. The quick fix for this issue is to open Device Manager and disable one of the video drivers.

[jeremiahwat]

An additional tip for the latency part. If you apply the delay timing concept here, you will get the same results. Anything above 10 milliseconds will become identifiable by the human ear. Anything that's 10 or fewer milliseconds will not be distinguishable. In essence, all you really need your computer to do is hit 10 milliseconds for latency, and then you're good. Just balance that out with sampling. There's a super old and classic 80's/90's looking video on YouTube called the art of mixing. It teaches this concept along with a lot of other mixing ideas extremely well!

[revisethedream]

In windows you can use the task manager - details tab to set the application priority to high or realtime. This helps alot.

[steveburger]

As always, very informative, well choreographed and extremely well-polished! Thank you for sharing your knowledge...especially using Cakewalk!

[jmwilhoit]

Great video, Mike. I stumbled on another method of removing latency while recording vocals or guitars. I arm a track for recording in Cakewalk with the echo turned off. Then I open up the standalone version of IK Multimedia's Mix Box and load the effects I want to hear. Then I go back to Cakewalk and start recording. I can then hear my Cakewalk tracks and whatever I have going into Mix Box at the same time with zero latency. It is glorious. I wanted to share that with you and your viewers. You might make a video of that process, sometime. Thanks for all you do for us independent music producers! Mike Wilhoit, Dothan, Alabama, USA

[brianarsenault]

An excellent tutorial! I would have been discouraged if I hadn't stumbled across your tutorial to improve cakewalk latency issues. Thank you for your comprehensible instructions, very clear, concise and easily understood. : o )

[LittlestAswell]

I am still so new to using Cakewalk after only using Garageband for so many years. I have been upgrading my computer and peripherals the last few months for better mixing, recording, and video editing. And this week I finally got a new microphone (MOVO vsm-7) and my first ever audio interface (Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen). I've been having trouble setting it up and using it all day lol...but your video was so helpful in better understanding latency. And as I'm an amateur music mixer and still learning cakewalk as I go with each project...wow..I can't believe I did not know what that little snowflake icon was!!! I can't wait to try that tip out! I definitely subscribed, so I can come here for more tips and tricks! Keep up the content!

[Zona_Boy_Records]

Thanks so much! I normally used Soynd Forge and Cool Pro Edit the past decade. It never had latency, but upgraded to Cakewalk amd Pro Tools. I spent hours chopping vocals trying to match rhythm and wondered why it was off tempo. I appreciate it 🙏

[drchrispy]

Glad to see you saying things I have often said: it is helpful to think of the buffer setting as a DYNAMIC setting that changes per project, or at different phases of the project. Recording live guitar DI with FX? Later on when you are editing the parts? Set it higher. It would be helpful to have a dynamic setting on the Console - Feature request?

[TheOptionmentor]

Putting Windows 10 in Airplane Mode also relieves a lot of pressure on the CPU and is easy to go in and out of...