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Is latency an issue?

joeel84 6y ago
Yes.
mhh__ 6y ago
Latency can be an issue if you are playing through a desktop computer or laptop, but its very manageable (for the most part) if you set up your buffers right. I have never ever noticed any latency issues with any physical hardware, even for equipment from years ago.
- o-__-o 6y ago
  A lot of hardware audio interfaces were usb2 which demands cpu time as the system has to poll the usb device rather than act on an interrupt. This caused very low latencies to basically never work without dropouts. I can distinguish a 20-30ms latency and above that it becomes too difficult to ply anything meaningful. Even my semi-pro tascam interface could only sample between 11-14ms. Faster cpus over the last 5 years and ultimately Usb3 solved the polling problem but is just now picking up traction in newer devices due to the usb-c connector.
  - klodolph 6y ago
    The complaint about CPU time is interesting—surely the whole point is that you want to spend CPU time more often? Then again, it’s been a long time (15 years?) since I’ve seen dropouts, and I’m definitely using USB2 (not USB3) and low buffer sizes (more like 10-15ms, not 20-30ms).
  - MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
    Interesting, I thought in general polling was lower-latency at the cost of higher CPU utilization. But maybe its not really true for USB.
keyth72 6y ago
Second Yes. I would not play this at a live gig myself, but it does run fine on my Acer laptop with i5 processor, which is not meant for serious audio processing. If you try it and are getting latency issues, try adjusting the sample rate. Also the stand alone app seems to run much slower than the VST plugin, but most people interested in this I expect would use the plugin anyway.
- o-__-o 6y ago
  Get a usb3/usb-c audio interface. Focusrite or presonus are the current favorites. Usb3 does not have the polling problem which cactuses dropouts. Another simple fix is switching to a real-time kernel when using jack (big assumption you are using Linux heh)
hannasanarion 6y ago
For purpose-made hardware, basically never. If you're doing all of the emulation and signal processing on a general-purpose computer, then sure, you often run into latency problems, and part of the set up process for those software tools is latency calibration. The one that I use when at my desktop, Guitarix, is very conservative with its latency, defaulting to like 500 milliseconds, I turn it down to 20-30 or so and it still functions on my hardware and you can't tell the difference: it's the same time delay as playing through a speaker 20 feet away.

Yes.

Latency can be an issue if you are playing through a desktop computer or laptop, but its very manageable (for the most part) if you set up your buffers right. I have never ever noticed any latency issues with any physical hardware, even for equipment from years ago.

o-__-o 6y ago
A lot of hardware audio interfaces were usb2 which demands cpu time as the system has to poll the usb device rather than act on an interrupt. This caused very low latencies to basically never work without dropouts. I can distinguish a 20-30ms latency and above that it becomes too difficult to ply anything meaningful. Even my semi-pro tascam interface could only sample between 11-14ms. Faster cpus over the last 5 years and ultimately Usb3 solved the polling problem but is just now picking up traction in newer devices due to the usb-c connector.
- klodolph 6y ago
  The complaint about CPU time is interesting—surely the whole point is that you want to spend CPU time more often? Then again, it’s been a long time (15 years?) since I’ve seen dropouts, and I’m definitely using USB2 (not USB3) and low buffer sizes (more like 10-15ms, not 20-30ms).
- MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
  Interesting, I thought in general polling was lower-latency at the cost of higher CPU utilization. But maybe its not really true for USB.

keyth72 6y ago

Second Yes. I would not play this at a live gig myself, but it does run fine on my Acer laptop with i5 processor, which is not meant for serious audio processing. If you try it and are getting latency issues, try adjusting the sample rate. Also the stand alone app seems to run much slower than the VST plugin, but most people interested in this I expect would use the plugin anyway.

o-__-o 6y ago
Get a usb3/usb-c audio interface. Focusrite or presonus are the current favorites. Usb3 does not have the polling problem which cactuses dropouts. Another simple fix is switching to a real-time kernel when using jack (big assumption you are using Linux heh)

hannasanarion 6y ago

For purpose-made hardware, basically never. If you're doing all of the emulation and signal processing on a general-purpose computer, then sure, you often run into latency problems, and part of the set up process for those software tools is latency calibration. The one that I use when at my desktop, Guitarix, is very conservative with its latency, defaulting to like 500 milliseconds, I turn it down to 20-30 or so and it still functions on my hardware and you can't tell the difference: it's the same time delay as playing through a speaker 20 feet away.