Re: [LAU] Basic question about use of a lowlatency kernel

From: Tim Goetze <tim@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Feb 20 2013 - 09:39:16 EET

[Len Ovens]
>On Tue, February 19, 2013 11:25 am, Jeff Sandys wrote:
>> - Sound travels ~1 foot per millisecond, 8 feet from the speaker =
>> 8ms latency
>
>latency as listed by qjackctl (for example) is one way from the card's
>buffer to jack. Double that by the time it gets back to the card. Cards
>typically add 1ms each way. So with 64f/p at 48khz the one way latency is
>2.67 + 1ms from the analog input. This is already pretty close to that
>8ms... and I haven't done anything with the audio yet. Add eq, tube
>emulation, box emulation, reverb, etc. and they all add more delay to the
>signal.

If they're well-engineered, latency from the digital effects listed
will amount to well under half a millisecond.

Tim
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