Re: [LAU] realtime kernel

From: Paul Winkler <pw_lists@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sun Nov 18 2007 - 22:02:31 EET

On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 03:02:58PM +0200, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2007 3:39 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > To my ears it makes a great difference in MIDI, so if MIDI's on your
> > table set that timer to 1000.
>
> Is there any downside to 1000 Hz? I don't use MIDI very often, so if
> there is a tradeoff I'm thinking maybe I could compile a separate
> low-res kernel for non-MIDI use?
> Does the timer resolution affect OSC the same way as MIDI?

I vaguely recall that increasing Hz decreases battery life somewhat on
laptops. But I never tried to measure that myself.

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