Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] RTC Rate on Slower Machines
From: Billy Biggs (bbiggs_AT_DIV8.NET)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 23:51:44 EET
David Olofson (david_AT_gardena.net):
> > Do you think 1024hz is a more reasonable default, and then require
> > the user to have at least a decent pentium?
>
> Well, Windows doesn't deal with anything smaller than a ms, so (older)
> MIDI sequencers usually set a multimedia timer up at 1000 Hz or lower.
> Newer applications use the new buffered/timestamped MIDI API, but I
> doubt the internal Windows timing accuracy is any better than the old
> 1 ms. Not sure, though, but I never noticed any difference, except
> that the newer API slightly reduces the number of noticable MIDI
> latency peaks.
Ok, so, I'll just default to 1024Hz.
Thanks alot for your detailed analysis. I just want to make sure that
the notes get sent out ASAP, since by the time my code gets called,
we're already late. :)
-- Billy Biggs bbiggs_AT_dumbterm.net http://www.billybiggs.com/ wbiggs_AT_uwaterloo.ca
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