# Waves Setup Decisions

**URL:** <https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-setup-decisions/6466>\
**Category:** Live Sound & Broadcast\
**Created:** [January 2, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-setup-decisions/6466 "2023-01-02T19:56:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![lilnick2117](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/lilnick2117/32/1310_2.png) [@lilnick2117](https://forum.waves.com/u/lilnick2117)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-setup-decisions/6466/1 "2023-01-02T19:56:29Z")

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Midas M32 - Concern here in general is latency with it because its not a true insert even If I get a server etc is that gonna still be a big factor - wanna make this work with the m32 because if waves crashes I have a board with eq and compression etc and a stagebox that just makes it easy. Although im contemplating moving up to a SQ or LV1 Setup but please advise on the following with a m32. M32 is also used because we run two , one for FOH, one for Monitors.

what the best to go with

1. Proton Duo

2. Mac 64 GB Ram as Server - PC as Native with I7 and 16gb Ram - my confusion is that far surpasses all yalls specs on servers and computers but apparently doesn’t do as good?

3. Waves Server with Native Computer as my Mac or PC

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**Author:** ![dagroch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dagroch](https://forum.waves.com/u/dagroch)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-setup-decisions/6466/2 "2023-01-03T11:53:43Z")

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If latency is your main concern then you should go with 1) or 3).  
Any processing done natively inside a MacOS or Win always has a higher latency because of the operating system, which is not tuned for super-low-latency I/O. Whereas the reduced and shrunken Linux on a SGS is.

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**Author:** ![Adi.Waves](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/adi.waves/32/998_2.png) [@Adi.Waves](https://forum.waves.com/u/Adi.Waves)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-setup-decisions/6466/3 "2023-01-16T08:20:53Z")

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Hi @lilnick2117,

Welcome to the Waves Forum.

To mix, and record with near-to-zero latency you will require a Waves I/O as well as a Waves Soundgrid Server.

If you are already using an SG setup that includes a dedicated Waves I/O and server but still experience issues with excessive latency our [Live Support specialists](https://www.waves.com/contact-support) will be able to provide you assistance in making sure everything is set up correctly.

Have a great day.