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I'm thinking of setups which often have some absolute minimum buffer size, maybe due more to the protocol (e.g. ASIO) than the converter design; my RME Digiface
by jaylevitt 15y ago
I'm thinking of setups which often have some absolute minimum buffer size, maybe due more to the protocol (e.g. ASIO) than the converter design; my RME Digiface setup can't work below 56 samples, no matter what the sample rate.
- klodolph 15y agoDon't forget that the air between you and the speakers is another buffer, holding about 150 samples at 44.1 kHz, assuming near field monitors.
- jaylevitt 15y agoYep, which is why it's so amazing that bands play to a beat that doesn't really exist - it's an agreed-upon moment in time that we pretend is the same for all of us, but when you're standing 20 or 30 feet apart, it isn't. But latency is critical for tracking through headphones, especially singers; a little bit of latency can screw up your pitch perception as well as your timing.
- klodolph 15y agoWell, that's why we have hardware monitoring. You only really need the low latency stuff for recording software synthesizers / samplers or if you have a virtual amp, etc.