Limiter, (dynamics or scriptnode) causes delay when rendering audio

[BWSounds]

Anyone know why, or have a solution?
when I turn limiter off the rendered audio is fine.

[HISEnberg]

@BWSounds The (design of the) limiter introduces latency. Not really a HISE issue, it's just the nature of the algorithm (even though the latency is absurdly large).

There is a way to test latenct in HISE: Tools > Check Latency of Signal.

You can use Engine.setLatency to report this to the DAW and correct the latency introduced.

[resonant]

@BWSounds Yes, as @HISEnberg said, this is inherent in the limiter itself. This is because it's a lookahead limiter. If I remember correctly, as the attack value changes, the latency also changes.

[griffinboy]

@BWSounds

I think I posted a c++ scriptnode limiter on the forum a while ago which has less latency. Although the latency changes for longer attack settings, so you will not get perfect compensation I'm afraid.

Maybe I'll fix it later

[HISEnberg]

@BWSounds This was my go to alternative for a while (if you have Faust enabled):
https://faustlibraries.grame.fr/libs/compressors/#colimiter_1176_r4_stereo