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Hi All,
I did a search of the forum to see if this had been covered, but I didn't find a thread on it. Apologies if it's already been covered. I'm using DP 4.61 on a Powerbook G4 1.67, and I'm not able to get plug-in delay compensation working. To test this I've set up two adjacent tracks with click tracks that are perfectly lined up with eachother. I tried putting a Waves LinEQ, on one of the tracks. Whether I render the plug-in offline (i.e. bounce in place on the soundbite in the track), or bouncing real-time with the plug-in on an insert, the affected track is shifted forward. I've checked in the Configure Audio System dialog and auto-delay compensation is turned on. I've read page 26 in the getting started guide and it goes over delay compensation, but basically it just says turn it on and everything should "just work". I know this is something that should be brain-dead simple, but that's never stopped me from getting stumped before.

Any help would be appreciated.

Just checked on my G4 Powerbook. Running DP 4.61 and Waves v4 I put a LinEQ on a track. I bussed the track to a second audio track and recorded. Sample accurate.
I then bounced the original track and imported to sequence. Sample accurate.

Are you running any other plug-ins beside the Wave Lin EQ on this track? Do you get the same result with the MOTU para EQ?

Magic Dave

Thank you for checking that out. My session doesn't have anything else in it except the two click tracks and the Waves LinEQ. The session was just for testing this delay compensation thing.

I'll need to correct what I stated in my original post. Delay compensation is working if the LinEQ is on an insert as a real-time plug-in. I'm only having issues if I use any Waves plugs that have latency as an offline plug-in from the Audio menu. The ParaEQ worked great in offline mode. I am using Waves v5.2. Maybe there is an issue there? You mentioned you were using v4. Can anyone confirm that delay compensation is working for them when using Waves v5.2 as a non real-time plug-in from the Audio menu?

Again, thanks for the response magicd.