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[FR]: Add a zero-latency path to MIDI synth tracks

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Since Sep 17, 2026.

  • #431 by @drowaudio — open

Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp

Research direction

The issue names no file or entry point, so start from the engine's plugin-delay-compensation (PDC) machinery and the path that carries a synth track's output through the graph after MIDI input. Note that an open pull request (#431) already targets this issue, so read it and coordinate before starting. Done looks like MIDI notes and synth output no longer delayed by the total PDC amount when monitoring live input.

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Description

claude-dispatched claude-local claude-started enhancement

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
If an Edit has plugins with latency, that latency will always be heard. That makes it difficult to monitor MIDI keyboard input.
It should be possible to directly output synth notes as soon as possible without having to go through the entire graph.

Describe the solution you'd like
MIDI notes and synth output don't get delayed the total PDC amount.

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