[PD] PD ASIO

[Patrick Shirkey]

Thomas Grill wrote:
> Hi all,
> i did some experiments with version 0.36 and i'm a bit disappointed that the
> audio (asio) part hasn't improved yet.
> I don't know if it's a PortAudio issue but i find it quite lame that under
> Windows (with a RME HDSP Multiface, digital loopback) i can't get stable
> audio with effective latencies under 30 ms. That may be ok for just playing
> sounds but it's not for live processing of instruments (for example
> percussion). The other thing is that using 18 in/18 out channels without any
> dsp load costs 16-20% of cpu (PIII 800) - that's just for audio IO!
> Has anyone had more success? How can the situation by improved?
> 

Using Linux we have success reports of stable latency at <3ms with 10 
tracks while using this device. With 24 tracks the latency creeps up to 
<10 ms.

My advice is to learn how to use a Linux machine and then you will have 
the best of both worlds.

-- 
Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
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