<p>Well from a musicians point of view (me) everything above 8ms is not very playable. This is obvioulsy only true if the generated sound has instant attack, otherwise latency does not really matter :-)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 27, 2012 2:30 PM, "Charles Henry" <<a href="mailto:czhenry@gmail.com">czhenry@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Tyler Leavitt <<a href="mailto:thecryoflove@gmail.com">thecryoflove@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> 10ms is around the human-ear latency, so anything at that level or below<br>
> should be good enough for guitar/drumming (this is anectodtal... Iḿ not sure<br>
> the exact science behind it). Ive never had a problem with my friends older<br>
> 13" MacBook Pro used as a guitar FX box.<br>
><br>
> Tyler<br>
<br>
I believe the phenomenon you're describing is called "loudness<br>
integration." However, I can't find any good citations available on<br>
the internet to back it up--here's something that *might* be<br>
applicable:<br>
Plack, C. J., & Moore, B. C. J. (1990). Temporal window shape as a<br>
function of frequency and level. Journal of the Acoustical Society of<br>
America, 87, 2178–2187.<br>
<br>
The basic idea is that the cochlea is fed a series of waves and a<br>
particular place on the basilar membrane resonates most for a given<br>
frequency. The instantaneous power delivered is low, so the power<br>
needs to accumulate before the stimulus is strong enough to be<br>
perceived.<br>
<br>
As I recall, it takes about 20 ms to reach a steady state, but it's<br>
been a while since I've read anything about it.<br>
<br>
Chuck<br>
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