Re: [linux-audio-user] Delta 1010

> On Wednesday 01 June 2005 14:46, Florian Schmidt wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:32:10 +0200
>> > And, what are the minimum period sizes for both cards?
>> > 64 for the RME afaik, does the Delta manage 32?

Joachim Schiele <joachim@email-addr-hidden-sequencer.org> writes:
>> my delta 66 handles 32 frames just fine :) I can even go down to 8 [just
>> running jack though. haven't used it for anything serious, as the idle
>> cycle load is already at 20% with this on my 1.2 ghz athlon :). no xruns
>> though]
>>
>> As the delta 1010 is basically the same chip afaik, it should give
>> identical results..

It does.

However, I find that latency below 64 frames is nice for testing
purposes but makes no noticeable difference when making music.

> So one question still remains: what advantage(s) would a RME card have
> compared to M-Audio?

You get more channels for more money. I believe they are both good
products and well-supported under Linux.

-- 
  joq