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When playing software instruments with latency, most people say the threshold for percieving the latency is between 10-30ms

• bsder 8y ago
  > When playing software instruments with latency, most people say the threshold for percieving the latency is between 10-30ms I really challenge the lower end of this. Sound travels about a foot per millisecond. Bands regularly play at 10ft distances. The problem is that 10ms latency on a digital audio workstation generally isn't if you start measuring with an oscilloscope.
  • panic 8y ago
    There’s a huge difference between the feedback loop of playing an instrument and the one-way experience of listening to a band, though.
  • klank 8y ago
    Bands typically are using in-ear or floor monitors. Main PA latency won't affect their playing because it's not what they're paying attention to.