Line 6 POD2.0 causes latency

I'm overdubbing guitar parts with a Line 6 POD 2.0. The song's tempo is upbeat (100 bpm) and it's really difficult to nail the 16th notes because of latency. Anybody know: - where this latency is coming from? - what I can do to get rid of it?

make sure in Protools you have Low Latency Monitoring selected. (operations menu) I run my Pod Pro via the balanced OP direct into channels 3 and 4 of the 001....no problem....no latency.....

yeah, I do seem to have that When I'm playing through the Line 6 POD (without recording) I notice a small latency that is a little annoying, but not too bad. However, when I start recording things in PT, the latency gets unacceptable. So it seems like the delays are somehow being compounded. I guess that's what I'm wondering about. I'll give the low-latency monitoring a shot and see if that clears things up. Thanks guys.

That's weird, I've never suffered from latency problems with my POD Pro.

me either!!

.....or.........neither.........

I was deeply in love with my little red kidney bean,,we were inseperable,,we went every were together,,people stared,,but we were obliviouce.I noticed no latecy,it was as though we were in perfect sync. Then one day i was invited to go out and play and the gig called for me to use my SALDANO,and i gotta tell ya,after two years with the bean i noticed first how slopy my technique had become but also how fast my amp responded.So i bought a PALMER ADIG-LB. At first it took a bit of working with,,bit like a guitar amp realy,,but now i get great tones,,unbelievable. So the other day i pulled the old bean out and put them side by side,,and i gotta tell ya,,it was latency up the yaya,,not much,,but enough that it was a little off puting,,like an out of tempo pre delay on a reverb,, So,anyway,thats my story,,and i couldn't be happier,, Just my 2cents,,

There seems to be a small amount of latency 'built' into the POD even before you hit PT, it surely feels that way, someone might have a technical explanation? Even with the smallest buffer setting there will be latency in recording into PT so naturally this adds up.... I love the POD, its a great tool but especially with very rhythmic/fast stuff the latency issue can be a problem, even in Low Latency mode. IMHO, POD and PTLE are both great but the latency issue, while 'acceptable', is the thing I hope can be fixed in the future, I know that a certain amount of latency always will be present in a host based system, anything under 128 should be o.k, though ....I think this is way more important than unlimited track count or 100 instances of reverb plug-ins........ It's a bit like the whole CD issue, after the initial marketing-driven euphoria people started to realize that CDs, while being an improvement over vinyl in a lot of regards, lack a few very 'basic' things you just took for granted with vinyl: air, warmth, range. SACD and DVD finally bring this back, it's about time.... I feel the same way about PT and digital recording in general. I would never go back to analog, the pros of PT outweight the cons by far...but a very 'basic' thing, recording without latency, is still missing and a big problem to anybody dealing with real instruments. It's not just a issue with PTLE, (plug-in) latency is also still a problem with HD systems.... Andi

If anyone wants to measure and post this latency, I outline how in this thread: The short explanation is: 1) Using PT 6.0, record the "Click" plug-in using a bus to a second track. You can also use a snare hit or something, but a click is easier and cleaner. 2) Send this track out an Analog output into the input of your Pod. 3) Connect the Pod's output (either s/pdif or analog) to the input of LE, and record. 4) The two tracks (the one recorded from the bus, and the one sent through the pod), will be off by a certain number of samples. Record your results and post on my thread AND back here! The amount of recording latency (which is different than monitoring latency) you have depends on your hardware (001,002, or mbox), your connection method (analog, s/pdif, optical), and the latency of your pod. To find the latency of your pod, simply do the same experiment without it by patching your analog out directly to your analog/spdif in (whichever one you measured before.) The latency will be slightly less. That difference is your pod's latency.