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Pro Tools Reference Guide 658
Plug-in Delay (dly) Indicator
The Plug-in Delay (dly) indicator shows the total
plug-in and hardware insert delay on the track.
This delay total is used by Pro Tools to calculate
the delay applied to other tracks to keep them
time-aligned. The track with the highest plug-in
and insert delay displays delay information in
orange.
The delay information for a track is displayed in
red if the track delay exceeds the compensation
limit. For more information, see “Delay that Ex-
ceeds the Compensation Limit” on page 658.
User Offset (+/–) Field
This field lets you adjust track delays manually
while Delay Compensation is enabled. This is
useful for the following cases:
• For time-aligning a track in a plug-in is in-
correctly reporting its delay.
• For adjusting the timing “feel” of a track.
To change track delay using the User Offset field:
1
In the Delay Compensation View, click in the
User Offset edit field.
2
To set your delay value (in samples or millisec-
onds depending on your current preferences),
do one of the following:
• Enter a positive number (with or without
the “+” modifier) for a positive delay or
negative number (with the “–” modifier)
for a negative delay.
• Control-drag (Windows) or Command-
drag (Mac) in the User Offset field to scroll
to a new value.
• Press the Up and Down Arrow keys to in-
crease or decrease the numerical values.
3
Press Enter.
To bypass the user delay:
■
Start-Control-click (Windows) or Command-
Control-click (Mac) the User Offset field. The
user defined delay will appear greyed out, and it
will no longer be applied to the track.
Track Compensation (cmp) Indicator
This indicator shows the amount of compensa-
tion Pro Tools applies to each track.
Delay that Exceeds the Compensation
Limit
When the total delay on a track causes the Sys-
tem Delay amount (shown in the Session Setup
window) to exceed the amount allowable for the
selected Delay Engine (in the Playback Engine
dialog), data on that track will no longer be
properly time-aligned.
Both the Plug-in Delay indicator and Track
Compensation indicator turn red to indicate
that the track delay exceeds the Delay Compen-
sation limit.
To compensate for delay that exceeds the
compensation limit:
1
Bypass the “report” for the track by Start-Con-
trol-clicking (Windows) or Command-Control-
clicking (Mac) the Plug-in Delay indicator.
The track information is greyed out once it is by-
passed.
2
Manually slide the audio data on that track
earlier by the number of samples displayed in
the Plug-in Delay field.