Latency in Logic Pro (Please read before responding)

I run a recording studio and record off of an M2 Pro Mac Mini, 32GB Memory on Ventura 13.6.1 in Logic Pro 10.8.1 Rosetta. I record through a UAD apollo solo. As of about last week, I noticed I was getting completely unavoidable latency in Logic. To test out how I could fix it, opened up a blank project and sure enough I am still getting a noticeable amount of latency, probably 20-30ms. I have been recording in my studio and off this exact mac mini m2 pro for about 2 years now with no issues until now, with what I at least think is a beyond beginner level of how to run my devices but I am completely lost at how to fix this, as well are my other buddies who have more experience than me.


Before you respond, I am aware it is not due to the usual culprits like Low Latency Mode or I/O buffer size. As mentioned before, I am in a blank session with a single audio track with the input monitoring on, low latency mode enabled, and buffer size set to 128 which Logic claims will result in 13.0ms roundtrip (3.5ms output). I have tried disabling and re-enabling core audio, uninstalling the UAD console and reinstalling, changing I/O buffer speeds, recording delay adjustments, latency compensation inside of general audio, processing buffer range speeds. I went through my entire computer and cleaned all of the extra files and storage because I thought that could be what was slowing it down (it wasn't, but cool more storage). Nothing has worked besides one day when my brother was messing around and it magically fixed itself. Unfortunately just 2 days later it's back again and we have no idea how we fixed it.


My UAD console picks up no latency but it seems like as soon as it hits logic something is slowing down the signal, at least that's my theory because Logic isn't reporting the latency below I/O buffer size like it typically does if there's an issue. Adding any amount of plugins onto this of course makes the problem much, much worse and of course clients prefer to track through the plugin chains (which for me typically work fine) inside of logic rather than a blank DI, and I prefer not having to shift regions over before quantizing every single time I record.


I'm losing hope at this point. About to just trash the entire computer and buy a new one because this is so frustrating, and every single article/video I find is just another guy talking about how to put on low latency mode or mess with buffer size. Please help!

MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Apr 15, 2024 08:12 PM

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Posted on Apr 16, 2024 10:22 AM

Have you tried running Logic without Rosetta? At least to see how it responds when opening a blank project and recording some audio.


Also, could you give some detail what you are doing and experiencing when the latency occurs. Such as I open a new project with and audio channel. I use my UAO to record a voice, guitar, ....... and then i notice......

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Apr 16, 2024 10:22 AM in response to aaroncar4

Have you tried running Logic without Rosetta? At least to see how it responds when opening a blank project and recording some audio.


Also, could you give some detail what you are doing and experiencing when the latency occurs. Such as I open a new project with and audio channel. I use my UAO to record a voice, guitar, ....... and then i notice......

Jun 24, 2024 03:01 PM in response to aaroncar4

I have been experiencing the same problem on Monterey, OS 12.7.5, and Logic 10.7.9.. I believe this is the result of a recent OS update, as my Logic sessions prior to June or May did not result in what I've been noticing recently.

I bounced a stereo track with a loud click and brought the stem back into a new Logic session. Ive attempted to record to the stem click and recording, matching the tempo, as I presume in monitoring the playback, and playing along. When I play back the new pristine recording with the previous recorded stem, the new track is completely out of sync. I then dragged the stereo stem into GarageBand, and was more successful at matching the tempo. And I brought the stem recorded in Logic 10.7.9 into a 10.4.8 Logic (Mac OS 10.13.6) version and was more successful at adjusting buffers or otherwise to meet and match the tempo beat when listening back on playback. I just spent $ 450 on a pedal steel session last week, and did not realize the drift had gone so far out, until getting back to it, and matching newly recorded audio tracks that involved live percussion instruments. Then I noticed a little too late and thought I cd clean up in post production, but thats messy. The sessions are useless and will have re-record when resolving the prob. Such a shame.

Jun 24, 2024 04:00 PM in response to aaroncar4

Wow, I really feel your pain, especially as you are running a recording studio.


The obvious question, because it is the one thing you did not write about, is if there were any updates to a) the system b) Logic c) the drivers, and in extension, if any of these three update in the background, for example the UAD drivers.


Apart from that you are very probably connected to USB, Thunderbolt or LAN without a hub to reduce latency, so that couldn't be a problem.


It is imaginable that any other device on the same internal bus chip, e.g. another USB- or Thunderbolt-device like an external SSD on a different USB- or Thunderbolt-port, is failing, therefore constantly renegotiating some handshake via the same chip and overloading it. I actually had exactly that with a Samsung T5 SSD.


Perhaps try and switch ports, and cables, while you're at it.


Those are the only things I can think of.

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