X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Flatency-considerations.html;h=655f1b3a7c1c478ce57089f38a4ea99c44d87f3b;hb=e1beccfbbeaf4966264b6b935df89463fd2dbc36;hp=9d7b74bf24bb42432f68591a75ab3e98e09766c2;hpb=7a4c28bd8605e90876ebee619de364ab7001e405;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/latency-considerations.html b/include/latency-considerations.html index 9d7b74b..655f1b3 100644 --- a/include/latency-considerations.html +++ b/include/latency-considerations.html @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ performed with relays and other analog audio switching devices. Digital recorders have the same feature, but may impart some latency - (delay) between the time you make a noise and the time that you hear it + href="@@latency-and-latency-compensation">latency + (delay) between the time a noise is made and the time that it will come back from the recorder.
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
can have approximately 3 ms of latency, due to the time the sound
takes to travel from the instrument to the musician's ears. Latency below
5 ms should be suitable for a professional recording setup. Because
- 2 ms are already used in the A/D/A process, you must use extremely low
- buffer sizes in your workstation I/O
+ 2 ms are already used in the A/D/A process, extremely low
+ buffer sizes must be used in the workstation I/O
setup to keep the overall latency below 5ms. Not all
computer audio systems
are able to work reliably at such low buffer sizes.
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
through an external mixing console while recording, an approach taken by
most if not all professional recording studios. Many computer I/O devices
have a hardware mixer built in which can route the monitor signal "around"
- the computer, avoiding the systemlatency.
- In either case, the monitoring hardware may be digital or analog. And in
- the digital case you will still have the A-D-A conversion latency of
+ the computer, avoiding the system latency.
+
+ In either case, the monitoring hardware may be digital or analog. And in + the digital case there will still be the A-D-A conversion latency of 1–2 ms.