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Re: achieving very low latency
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Re: achieving very low latency


  • Subject: Re: achieving very low latency
  • From: David Reaves <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:19:55 +0200

For some time now, Windows using ASIO has provided users with millisecond-range latency. If by "dedicated hardware" you include a huge number of run-of-the mill PCI audio cards, then you are correct.

Kind Regards,
David Reaves


On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:40:00 Brian Willoughby <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> Dedicated audio hardware has the lowest latency. General purpose
> hardware, such as a Mac running CoreAudio, cannot achieve the same
> low latency as dedicated hardware due to the buffering of multiple
> samples before they are played.
>
> <snip>
> Basically, I hate to say this on the CoreAudio list, but you're
> trying to use the wrong tool for your task.  You need a laboratory
> test equipment setup, not general purpose computing equipment.
>
> Brian Willoughby
> Sound Consulting


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