[PD-ot] how low (latency) can you go?

[Kyle Klipowicz]

Now that Apple went Intel, why not just get one and partition the drive to
run OS X, GNU/Linux, and (God forbid) Windows?  You'd be unstoppable.

~Kyle


On 12/15/06, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:
>
>
> Apple puts good audio hardware in their laptops.  I can get 14ms of
> latency on Mac OS X with Pd without really trying (I just set it to
> 14ms).  I can get down to 11ms if I don't mind clicks when I operate
> the menus and switch to other applications.
>
> I think that if you really want to get down to something like 2-3ms,
> then you'll have to work at it, and you'll probably be better of with
> a Debian-based system or maybe PlanetCCRMA.
>
> .hc
>
> On Dec 15, 2006, at 2:18 PM, Bryan Jurish wrote:
>
> > ... or: "the power of the darkside"
> > ... or: "how i hope to learn to stop clicking and love live
> > processing"
> > ... or: "yet another frequently annoying question"
> >
> > morning all,
> >
> > my burning questions, to any and all mobile pd users who feel
> > inclined to respond, are:
> >
> > (A) what is the lowest (stable) latency you can achieve with pd and
> > the laptop of your choice?
> >
> > and
> >
> > (B) is the onboard soundcard on said laptop tolerable (A/D-D/A
> > sync, general quality, etc.)?  [i realize it probably won't be
> > great; i just can't afford a hammerfall, my quattro is basically
> > crap, and the adc on my terratec usb is thoroughly unsatisfying]
> >
> > Motivation: as avid readers of pd-dev may recall, my trusty old
> > laptop was stolen last week (*schneef*), which is all very annoying
> > etc. (fingerprint powder is a right $/%&! to clean off of a white
> > windowsill), but does at least give me the chance to improve on
> > some of its less desirable qualities when choosing its replacement,
> > so yes, this is one of those "what's the best laptop for running
> > pd" mails (profuse apologies; feel free to flame me, but we haven't
> > had one on the list in at least a month now ;-)
> >
> > so far, my favorite linux candidates are ibm(lenovo) [older T or
> > newer R] or dell, but upon consideration, i realize that the dark
> > side of the force (Apple MacBook(intel)/OS-X) does indeed have a
> > certain allure. the specs are pretty much identical, but the dark
> > side does have a growing attraction as i become older and lazier...
> > so: anyone out there with direct experience of both mactel & linux
> > willing to commit on the issue of audio performance?
> >
> > marmosets,
> >       Bryan
> >
> > --
> > Bryan Jurish                           "There is *always* one more
> > bug."
> > jurish at ling.uni-potsdam.de      -Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic
> > Entomology
> >
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