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06-04-2009, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Highlander
Results on Line 6 Toneport Ux 2 with 3.4.3.6 Driver:
@44.100 hz,32 bit
stable 1024/23.22 ms
stable 512/11.61 ms
stable 256/5.8 ms
stable 128/2.90 ms
But in Reaper I get different latencies, for example at 256 samples I Have 17ms of output latency... What are the right values?
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This is why I put the caveat on the line6 results at the top of the post.there is some sort of thruput happening even with no cables connected. Waiting on an email from line6
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06-04-2009, 09:56 PM
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i'm starting to doubt that this programm is working as it should. i just managed to get results @ 192KHz eventhough my soundcard is only capable of doing 96KHz .. that sure is strange.
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06-05-2009, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by hannebambel
i'm starting to doubt that this programm is working as it should. i just managed to get results @ 192KHz eventhough my soundcard is only capable of doing 96KHz .. that sure is strange.
cheers,
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What, how dare you suspect a piece of measuring software from someone who is trying to sell you drivers to reduce said measurement!
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06-06-2009, 01:10 AM
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What, how dare you suspect a piece of measuring software from someone who is trying to sell you drivers to reduce said measurement!
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i did get an email response from an interface manufacturer saying that they don't trust the centrance latency test thing. when i asked why, they never responded back. who knows.
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06-06-2009, 03:43 AM
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Well Im open to suggestions
I sure wish Jim would weigh in on this thread
Should we all PM him at once?
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06-06-2009, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by brainwreck
i did get an email response from an interface manufacturer saying that they don't trust the centrance latency test thing. when i asked why, they never responded back. who knows.
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I'm skeptical, but I personally won't discount it wholly. The warning signs to me are that there are no real reviews outside what's on their site - I bet at least one person who bought the driver would say something, good or bad, about it on a blog somewhere. SOMEwhere. SOMEthing.
That said, I know my soundcard isn't the most leet, and I know windows is full of holes big enough to drive a truck through, so I don't doubt someone has found a way to improve firewire audio performance. What would engender a positive response from me would be a demo I could try for myself, then buy if it works well. That's how the internet works, after all....
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06-10-2009, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by brainwreck
i did get an email response from an interface manufacturer saying that they don't trust the centrance latency test thing. when i asked why, they never responded back. who knows.
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the problem is the same round trip latency measurement puts the soundcards in the same relative order regardless which measuring tool you use
Motu always comes out on top, followed by rme, followed by the rest followed by the dice 2 cards. Ask this same naufacturer how they would like you to measure it and watch how the motu beats it
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06-23-2009, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Steindork
You are maybe confusing DPC latency with audio latency. There is only a faint connection between these two as in "raising ASIO buffers may or may not help avoiding dropouts due to DPC related usurpation of the CPU".
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"Thesycon's DPC Latency Checker is a Windows tool that analyses the capabilities of a computer system to handle real-time data streams properly. It -MAY- help to find the cause for interruptions in real-time audio and video streams, also known as drop-outs."
If you are using a laptop, there will be a battery monitoring service (acpi battery method.) As for my own laptop (dell inspiron 1720,) and for another friend who has a gateway laptop, the infamous (and MADDENING!!) dropouts and gaps in firewire audio completely disappear as a direct result of disabling this service. That evil service can cause giant spikes in latency every 20 or 30 seconds. Also, disabling the wifi brought our numbers even lower. Hope this helps someone with the same problem.
i didnt know there was a difference between one stream of data or another, as far as a computer is concerned. if you feel like explaining that, i am all ears. well, uh, eyes.
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07-11-2009, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by heaths
I was having this same problem until today. I thought that was the issue, then I found this post - sure enough it works now.
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dropouts on your laptop?
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08-10-2009, 12:11 PM
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Measurement Setup?
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Originally Posted by beatbybit
RME FF800, analog
(Gigabyte EP45-DQ6 MoBo FW)
@ 32 : N/A
@ 64 : 6.10 (269 samples)
@128 : 9.00 (397 samples)
@256 : 14.81 (653 samples)
exactly the same results everytime i press "Measure!"
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Just curious, how did you guys set up your Fireface(s) to measure this? Did you use a cable, or the internal routing matrix?
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08-14-2009, 12:13 AM
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TC Electronic Konnekt Live
44100Hz
@128s = 496 samples / 11.25 ms
@256s = 752 samples / 17.05 ms
@512s = 1265 samples / 28.68 ms
@1024s = 2895 samples / 65.65 ms
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02-09-2010, 11:56 PM
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presonus firebox - unstable. provided latencies are worst case out of five rounds for each buffer size. sorry, the firebox buffer sizes aren't standard.
buffer size setting in samples - 88/132/176/264
actual latency in ms (unstable, worst case) - 14.44/15.92/18.46/22.27
presonus control panel setting in ms - 2/3/4/6
can you say 'bah!'? noisy, not very low and unstable latency
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Originally Posted by reapercurious
if you are using a laptop, run your latency checking program (such as dcplat.exe) and go into your devices and disable acpi battery method and study the difference.
this may not work for everyone, but give it a try if you haven't already.
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nice! firebox is stable with acpi disabled, at least without restarting centrance ltu. here are the stable numbers:
buffer size setting in samples - 88/132/176/264
actual latency in ms - 13.74/15.71/17.71/21.70
presonus control panel latency setting in ms - 2/3/4/6
now what about that damned noise? https://stash.reaper.fm/oldsb/279948/firebox-noise.wav
edit 2: don't buy one of these pieces of crap.
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03-02-2010, 09:27 PM
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Echo Gina 3G
44100Hz - All results stable
@32s = 153 samples / 3.47 ms
@64s = 217 samples / 4.92 ms
@128s = 345 samples / 7.82 ms
@256s = 601 samples / 13.63 ms
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03-02-2010, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bugg
Echo Gina 3G
44100Hz - All results stable
@32s = 153 samples / 3.47 ms
@64s = 217 samples / 4.92 ms
@128s = 345 samples / 7.82 ms
@256s = 601 samples / 13.63 ms
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man, that thing gets good latency. what's the lowest buffer setting that you can use it at for tracking, and is the cpu use very high at low buffer settings? the adat i/o is 8 channel? if you get a chance, could you report on how the mic preamps are with an sm57? sorry for all the questions, but i got crappy interface recently.
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03-03-2010, 07:17 PM
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I was able to record a lead guitar part over a rhythm track at 32 samples (lowest setting), rhythm track dry, lead processed by GR4, no noticable clicks/stutters/pops. CPU usage sat around 10%.
Yep, the specs say 8 channel adat i/o.
I don't have an SM57 handy to test the preamps, and honestly, I wouldn't know a good (or bad) mic preamp if it hit me in the face, so I'm surely not the one to ask in that area.
And no problem about the questions, glad to be of any assistance. =P
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03-12-2010, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by themensch
What, how dare you suspect a piece of measuring software from someone who is trying to sell you drivers to reduce said measurement!
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Can you link me to these drivers they are trying to sell ?
NAS
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03-12-2010, 10:05 PM
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Can you link me to these drivers they are trying to sell ?
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they don't sell them anymore, as far as i know. i'm guessing that one or more of the audio interface companies bought their work.
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03-12-2010, 10:09 PM
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Weird i have never seen drivers for sale on their site
I know of other companies that do but can't find info about the centrance drivers
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03-12-2010, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by NAS
Weird i have never seen drivers for sale on their site
I know of other companies that do but can't find info about the centrance drivers
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it was called 'universal audio driver' or something like that. i never tried it, but i remember the latency specs for echo and presonus interfaces looking quite a bit better on paper with the universal driver.
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03-12-2010, 10:28 PM
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looks like the universal driver is only for centrance products now, but their work has been put use by a company or two: http://centrance.com/licensing/
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03-14-2010, 05:58 PM
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M-Audio Fast Track Pro
LTU results(in msec) @44.1khz
128/256/512 sample buffer size
10.88/16.98/28.62 ms
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03-17-2010, 08:26 AM
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"Can not measure the latency.
Please check your connections and
verify if input/output levels match"
What does this mean?
Also. In the line-6 audio-midi Devices it says that "driver operating at: inactive" ??
And..
Asio client: none ??
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03-17-2010, 08:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by C-J...
"Can not measure the latency.
Please check your connections and
verify if input/output levels match"
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Did you connect one of your outputs to one of your input channels?
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03-19-2010, 03:58 AM
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Did you connect one of your outputs to one of your input channels?
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Hmm...I don't get it, how am I supposed to connect it?
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03-19-2010, 06:08 AM
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Hmm...I don't get it, how am I supposed to connect it?
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A pulse is sent out the output and read in at the input. The time in-between sending out and reading in is measured. That is the latency. So, you need to connect your device output to your device input with a proper cable.
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08-09-2010, 06:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fabian
A pulse is sent out the output and read in at the input. The time in-between sending out and reading in is measured. .
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So it's not taking into account the latency of the DAW, and the related buffer handshaking?
That's a bit odd, as card drivers can react differently with different DAWs. (especially Reaper)
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08-09-2010, 06:40 PM
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yes, these are the values given by the program. In reaper the latencies reported are much larger, maybe these values are much realistic.
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-And there you go. I haven't used it (I do my own latency testing, thank you) but if it runs as I suspect, then it's not a "real world" test.
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08-10-2010, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Cableaddict
So it's not taking into account the latency of the DAW, and the related buffer handshaking?
That's a bit odd, as card drivers can react differently with different DAWs. (especially Reaper)
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We were talking about the CEntrance ASIO Latency Test Utility, right?
No, it does not take into account the latency of the DAW, it cannot as it is a stand-alone app. It only takes into account the driver and device latency (and its own, but that's negligible, I guess).
And yes, you get very different numbers running CEntrance as opposed to doing this through the DAW. I recently put up some numbers from my loop-back testing here http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=62924. Using CEntrance I get very much better numbers for the Lambda ASIO drivers than what I measure from the loop back test.
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08-10-2010, 10:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by d. gauss
yeah, this isn't good. i hooked up a mackie onyx firewire mixer and the results were rock solid (see below). echo hasn't been much help yet. and all this time, i thought the audiofire was stable/reliable?
anybody else have an audiofire 8 or 12 that they've tested?
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I can't get my echo audiofire12 to test right.. probably user error.. but Reaper and the ASIO Driver are always stable for me down to 64 samples (.7 msec) in 96khz for me.
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08-20-2010, 07:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fabian
We were talking about the CEntrance ASIO Latency Test Utility, right?
No, it does not take into account the latency of the DAW, it cannot as it is a stand-alone app. It only takes into account the driver and device latency (and its own, but that's negligible, I guess).
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Talking to myself...
If you want to do a full latency check through Reaper, try my JS FX here: http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=63318
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08-31-2010, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by reapercurious
"Thesycon's DPC Latency Checker is a Windows tool that analyses the capabilities of a computer system to handle real-time data streams properly. It -MAY- help to find the cause for interruptions in real-time audio and video streams, also known as drop-outs."
If you are using a laptop, there will be a battery monitoring service (acpi battery method.) As for my own laptop (dell inspiron 1720,) and for another friend who has a gateway laptop, the infamous (and MADDENING!!) dropouts and gaps in firewire audio completely disappear as a direct result of disabling this service. That evil service can cause giant spikes in latency every 20 or 30 seconds. Also, disabling the wifi brought our numbers even lower. Hope this helps someone with the same problem.
i didnt know there was a difference between one stream of data or another, as far as a computer is concerned. if you feel like explaining that, i am all ears. well, uh, eyes.
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Hope this helps someone....... yes it did yes it did
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01-15-2011, 03:40 PM
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thanks, this is a handy thread. its really a shame that the driver reported latency is always off. for a long time i just thought it was a really shitty drummer since my hits were ALLWAYS off by a bit. then i was manually measuring the delay via a feedback loop on my card and adjusting it each time i recorded (and remembered to do this) somehow it never occurred to me that the values might be the same for each buffer setting! thanks again!
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Just dropping a link to this old SoundOnSound article: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep0...sician0902.asp
Everyone should read it at some point.
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This thread is inconclusive - it there such a thing as a USB 2 interface that also does MIDI without random timing changes/mis-reported latency?
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Focusrite saffire 6
I'm running the Saffire 6 into Reaper but I'm getting big latency problems.
I get it down to 8x150 (27ms Latency) and thats the lowest I can get
My laptop is high spec as well
I have tried without plugins and straight through a mic
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Originally Posted by ThrustTony
I'm running the Saffire 6 into Reaper but I'm getting big latency problems.
I get it down to 8x150 (27ms Latency) and thats the lowest I can get
My laptop is high spec as well
I have tried without plugins and straight through a mic
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You're not using ASIO, are you?
Install ASIO drivers and you'll certainly get much less latency.
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under WaveOut in audio devices, i am presented with the option 'buffer size' (1024 stays click free for me) and a multiplier (in my case, 8 works best)
what should these settings be? ASIO4all doesnt work for me at all with the soundcard in the machine im configuring, no matter what settings i use. Its a win7 64 machine.
is there a guide for what to put in the blanks for buffer sizes + multipliers in WaveOut?
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03-01-2012, 08:09 PM
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Note that Echo Audio now supply an inbuilt Firewire Analyzer with their Audiofire driver downloads, which can run alongside ASIO compatible software to give instantaneous readouts of buffer time, ASIO wakeup and host time and record/playback buffer times.
It's outlined on page 44-46 of the following manual: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52564666/43/FireWire-Analyzer
I'm not sure how these figures might relate to round-trip latency data..if at all ?
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Thanks for sharing !
No one have a Motu traveller to give ?
By looking at the result, i think that the result is affected by the entire spec, memory, processor, maybe hard drive, usb controller... it can be nice to have a latency analizer, outputing audio interface true latency, and computer latency.
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06-04-2012, 05:01 PM
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Some results
Windows 7 64 bit SP1
Gigabyte X58a-UD3R with i7 930 at 4 ghz
When I have Speedfan running there is a jump in spike in latencies here and there...
M-Audio Delta 66 PCI
buffer size and reported latency / measured
32 : NA
64 1.45ms : 136-7 samples / 3.08 3.11ms - alternates between the two
128 2.90ms : 264-5 samples / 5.99 6.01ms
256 5.8ms : 520-1 samples / 11.79 11.81ms
512 11.61ms : 1032-33 samples / 23.40 23.42 ms
1024 23.22ms: 2056-57 samples / 46.62 46.64 ms
Delta 66 was my old and first card - seems pretty snappy still! I don't use it for it's analog I/O, just the SPDIF input and as a softsynth playback/recording into my main interface. I figured being a PCI system it would be snappy and I was right
Saffire PRO 24 DSP Firewire
buffer size and reported latency / measured
32 : NA
64 1.45ms : 253-4 samples / 5.74 5.76ms - alternates, but mostly stable on lower value
128 2.90ms : 381-2 samples / 8.64 8.66ms
256 5.8ms : 637-8 samples / 14.44 14.47ms
512 11.61ms : 1149-50 samples / 26.05 26.08 ms
1024 23.22ms: 2173 samples / 49.27 ms Stable
My main interface for now... but I am looking to get something with better coverters and more inputs and outputs to replace my mixer.
Sometimes there is a big delay before the test fires - not sure why... maybe just the suck of Firewire...
The test reported the driver requests ASIO reset on every change - the Delta 66 above does not do this. Can be annoying if you switch in and out of audio software a lot... I guess I should make my Delta 66 as the main card and pipe the audio into my Saffire....
Latency not so good, but to be fair when I play soft synths at 256 buffer size, I don't notice major latency. Hardware synths have 4-10+ ms latency in any case!
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