Re: [linux-audio-dev] RFC: API for audio across network - inter-host audio routing

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] RFC: API for audio across network - inter-host audio routing
From: xk (xk_AT_myrealbox.com)
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 20:15:05 EEST


> There's a psychoacoustic phenomenon known as the Haas effect which states
> that a direct sound and it reflections (echos) are percieved as a single
> sound by the brain, where the time difference between the two is less than
> about 30ms. So if the brain can't distinguish between sounds at this level
I
> think you'd get away with a 10ms delay in your instrument without the rest
of
> the band calling you names :-)

How about the 1.0-1.5 ms latencies that everbody tries to obtain (or already
has) in both Linux/Win world? That always made me wonder if this isn't just
hype like the 192 kHz issue.

I'm not a professional musician, but a 25 ms latency makes me more than
happy.


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