Help! Latency issue

[Dowi]

Guys, i can't seem to solve the problem of latency on my portable pc.

At this point i think the problem is processing power because the pc it's 8 years old now, but i could be totally wrong.

I use Ableton Live 9 and a Scarlett 2i2. Tried all kinds of buffer size settings but the closer i get is 98ms. I Tried to plug in the Boss Katana too, and use it to record directly from the USB, but had the same problem.

I am quite ignorant about using DAWs for recording, i always used Ableton to write things directly in it, and occasionally used to record things on my other PC without any problem, so there's a chance i'm doing something wrong.

Thanks!

[chromandre]

Latency isn’t a show stopper , 98ms seems like a lot but it doesn’t matter , I’m pretty sure even in the best case scenario there’s always some latency.

1)You ought to be able to configure your DAW to monitor the input analog , latency free (this means you can’t process your incoming signal until after it’s recorded). It might be a setting in “Scarlett mix control”

2) figure out exactly what the latency amount is by sending a click track out and back into the input round trip. The you nudge the recordings so they match, use the difference so you can nudge every track you record

[Dowi]

Thanks, just tried it and i solved the big part of the problem.
I set the recording tracks to compensate the latency after i measured it with the click track as you said, don't know why i never thought to do this before. I won't be able to use Ableton in a live situation, or to hear the actual sound while recording, but at least i monitor it directly and now i can record without any problem.