Answers.Body: <p>Go to Preferences, the click on the MIDI/Sync tab.</p>
  
  <p>Open up one of your MIDI ports, and you will see the MIDI Clock Sync Delay.</p>
  
  <p>Mess with that.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2Zx85.png" alt="Ableton MIDI settings"></p>
  
  <p>If that doesn't do it, then Driver Error Compensation, under Latency in the Audio tab.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/hpga7.png" alt="Ableton Audio settings"></p>
  
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Body: <p>When tapping a simple beat on my MPD24 controller in Ableton Live on a Macbook, the notes sound fine when I play them, but as the clip repeats, they seem to play too early. I must admit I am an utter amateur, but it seems like Ableton has moved the notes a bit earlier (to compensate for latency?). </p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4hEjt.png" alt="Notes just before the beat"></p>
  
  <p>Perhaps there is something wrong with my brain, but I really think I am playing these notes on the beat, not before. There is also a notable difference between when I play them and when the clip repeats after that.</p>
  
  <p>What setting controls this behavior? Is there a MIDI latency setup step that I skipped?</p>
  
Tags: <ableton-live><latency>
Title: Setting up (negative?) midi delay in ableton
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ThreadText: # Setting up (negative?) midi delay in ableton
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-29)
  
  When tapping a simple beat on my MPD24 controller in Ableton Live on a Macbook, the notes sound fine when I play them, but as the clip repeats, they seem to play too early. I must admit I am an utter amateur, but it seems like Ableton has moved the notes a bit earlier (to compensate for latency?).
  
  ![Notes just before the beat](https://i.sstatic.net/4hEjt.png)
  
  Perhaps there is something wrong with my brain, but I really think I am playing these notes on the beat, not before. There is also a notable difference between when I play them and when the clip repeats after that.
  
  What setting controls this behavior? Is there a MIDI latency setup step that I skipped?
  
  **Tags:** ableton-live, latency
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-29. Score: 1
  
  Go to Preferences, the click on the MIDI/Sync tab.
  
  Open up one of your MIDI ports, and you will see the MIDI Clock Sync Delay.
  
  Mess with that.
  
  ![Ableton MIDI settings](https://i.sstatic.net/2Zx85.png)
  
  If that doesn't do it, then Driver Error Compensation, under Latency in the Audio tab.
  
  ![Ableton Audio settings](https://i.sstatic.net/hpga7.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Just to verify that this *is* the switch; if I set the MIDI clock sync delay to some ridiculous value, my notes should be way off, no? This doesn't happen.  
  
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