Svend-Erik Kjær Madsen wrote: > On tir, 2009-01-27 at 15:03 +0100, Cassiel wrote: > >> 5.3ms latencies: If you can't sense it... you don't need it >> >> r > > > Okay I allways learned that you should't be to proud to admit when your > wrong. > > I just ran a few test with a keyboard playing both the keyboard's > soundmodule and through midi and Qsynth, and I must admit that latency > was down to 1.3 ms before the audible time differece disapeard. to put things in perspective: the speed of sound in air is around 340m/s. that means that in one millisecond, the sound travels about 34 cm. anything under a few ms total systems latency will not be noticeable in a normal listening environment, because you don't stick your head into the speakers. a drummer hitting a crash cymbal will have 3ms latency before the sound reaches his/her ears. a normal, 2m wide stereo triangle will introduce at least 6 ms latency. most jazz players i know are perfectly comfortable playing live on stage while being a few meters apart (true, bass and drums prefer to sit next to each other, but that will still mean 6-12 ms one-way latency). _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
