8.7 ms latency good enough?

[Bops2000]

Just askin, I deleted aud.ini files in cakewalk homestudio program files, raised my buffer settings, run at 44.1 kz 16 bits.
M-audio delta, with a sb live/wdm drivers.
Ran a via chipset patch.
Like I said, just curious.

[Alan]

For mixdowns that's ok but for softsynths and live input of plugs it's not too good.I'm regularly at 2.9ms w/M-Audio and can go 1.5ms If I'm willing to take the CPU hit.Sounds like your having pops/clicks problems with a Via chipset.

[Bops2000]

Thats cool , again I was just askin.

I don't have the via kt133, this mobo runs vt8753 north and vt8233 south, I really never had a problem with cracks and pops, just config issues. I am getting 8.7 ms at a 512 sample rate on the card, I should run 128 I guess, figured more sample I have the better the quality (vocals).... I switched m-audio to 128 and sure enough 2.9 at 44 k, 2.7 at 48; (some sort of default ? the Aud.Ini file seems to call for 1 ms).

The soundblaster is flat at 10 ms.
Cakewalk still says 'soundblaster not .. configured for audio or somthing', I disable it but it always shows up on wave profile,
-that will be my next and last issue, as it works but I simply hate 'warnings' from the computers I build.
At any (sample) rate, I thank the folks here and I think maybe sonic needs a bit of thanks, as I understand this whole thing is his responsibility.
(perhaps sonic is stealing my ideas ???? Ack !, Sonic ! don't do it! If you see yourself using 'liquid gold' on that upright piano just before guest's show up .... you know your off the deep end.

all in good fun
Bops

[nakedjackson]

how do you test your latency?

[Bops2000]

hi naked I was just lookin in cakewalk (home studio 2) 'latency' slider thingy.
it's somewhere in the audio settings.
Then again who knows when you add all the pluggins.....
I realize there are other tests out there, but I just a hacker at this stage.