[PD] Best PD+OS/Hardware combinations for low audio latency?

[Joe Newlin]

Thanks for all the replies.

So far, in Windows: I tried setting the priority to Realtime in the
Task Manager and setting the buffer size to "smaller" in the Control
Panel settings for the Edirol soundcard, but could only get the
"delay" in PD's audio settings down to 40 ms. Anything below that
destroys the sound (in a bad way). And that's just for pure computer
music, without even attempting to process a signal from the adc~.

I'll try the linux suggestions next...

JN

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Joe Newlin <jtnewlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want desperately to be able to process guitar in "real time" with PD.
>
>  I have a Sony VAIO laptop and Edirol FA-66 Firewire soundcard.
>
>  It seems that using Windows is not an option, since I get outrageously
>  high audio latency with PD, and a search through the mail list
>  archives suggests that the consensus is that this is unavoidable in
>  Windows.
>
>  I'm trying to get the FA-66 working with Ubuntu, but I'm not quite
>  smart enough to understand how to do this.
>
>  What I'm wondering is:
>
>  1. What OS/hardware combinations have you found to result in low audio
>  latency with PD?
>  2. Isit possible to accomplish this with Ubuntu and the FA-66, or
>  should I give up and try something else?
>  3. If it is possible with Ubuntu, are there other resources for
>  figuring this out, other than stumbling through web forums that assume
>  I understand more than I do?
>
>  Thanks for your help!
>
>  Joe
>