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

[Patrice Colet]

  Hi,

Joe Newlin a écrit :
> 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~.
> 

  The minimum asio buffer size of your firewire device needs to have 
half of the value in Puredata audio setting.

> I'll try the linux suggestions next...

  Linux will certainly make easier to try all features of PureData
> 
> 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
>>
> 
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