Logic Pro 11 Recording Delay: Is This a Known Issue?

Hi everyone,
I’ve run into a strange problem in Logic Pro 11 and I’m hoping someone can help me understand what’s going on.
I noticed that whenever I record anything in Logic, the timing feels off — but I know my playing isn’t that bad. To double-check, I ran the same test in Pro Tools, and the results were noticeably more accurate.

I set up a test.
- Created a track with recorded click
- routed the click track to line out
- physically plugged the line out back into input 1
- recorded the signal

In Logic, the recorded click lands late — in some sessions even by 187 samples at 48kHz, which is roughly 3–4ms.

In comparison, Pro Tools recorded the same test perfectly aligned every time, even in large sessions full of plugins.

In logic:
- no plugins on the master
- low latency monitoring enabled
- tried different buffer sizes and different versions of logic (11.2 and 11.2.2
- signal always records late

Anyone stumbled onto this problem?

Thank you all in advance

Screenshots:

LOGIC: https://imgur.com/a/lgicrcrdslate-CEXqOwl

PRO TOOLS: https://imgur.com/a/QLXuBOV

a little bit more info please ....

Q: what version of pro tools ??? ultimate with Automatic compensation for roundtrip audio (D/A to A/D) ??? OR regular old pro tools ???

what interface are you using ???

LOGIC: did you perform the Ping function to let Logic know what to compensate for ???

cheers john

Hi John

I use pro tools studio version 2024.10.2

My interface is Apollo Twin X.

I didn't perform the Ping function yet. I thought its only for using external hardware.

As I said weird thing is that I dont have any plugins on a master bus in logic and the he signal records late. How late depends on the session, sometimes 187 samples sometimes 31 and sometimes 68.

In pro tools no matter the session size, the signal gets recorded right where it should be.

I can relate. If I have any project with plug-ins enabled. Forget about any overdubbed/added audio lining up. Even turning any and all plug-ins off doesn't fix the issue. Not really an issue for me though because we really don't do overdubs all that much. If we do overdubs, I have work arounds.
There's a "recording delay" slider under the preferences tab that maybe you want to check out.?
Other than that...it's a mystery to me as well. I'm running the latest version of Logic with an M4 Mac and the problem is the same as when I was running an Intel based Mac with older versions of Logic.
Who knows.