On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Brent Busby<brent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ...does latency even matter? Is there any reason I need to shoot for > low latency at all if the card is providing its own monitoring functions > in hardware? Is there any other benefit in Ardour, Linuxsampler, or > anywhere else really, to having <5ms latency in Jack? Just > wondering...I've been seeing a lot of posts online implying that it's > just a matter of making laying down new tracks over existing material > seem less lagged. If you are recording software instruments played live, or you need to hear any in-line software effects on your live playing while monitoring, those are the kinds of situations where running with small buffers (low-latency) is really needed. So if you are playing LinuxSampler live from a keyboard when recording, you will probably start feeling uncomfortable with high latency, but it all depends on the instrument, style and person where the breaking point is. If you're recording from mics, hardware instruments, etc, then by all means lighten the CPU load by cranking up your buffer sizes. Most good recording software (including Ardour) does proper latency compensation to get your tracks lined up correctly regardless of your buffer sizes. You can even get away with using SW reverb added to the monitoring mix since latency isn't as big deal for such an effect (with the proper settings). jlc _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
