by gakto2009 on 14 Jan 2009, 08:39
Hi Hector,
Welcome to Mixvibes!
Determining your lowest latency can be very much trial and error as it very much depends on circumstances such as installed hardware, software, audio encoding and ultimately, your audio device and how it is connected to your computer. There is no way for anyone to accurately predict what setting you should use and what your lowest latency should or could be.
For example, my laptop that i use to play in pubs and clubs is only a P4, 1.1 GHz mobile Centrino but together with an Edirol FA-101 which connects via firewire i can achieve a latency of 3ms with no issues at all. However, i also have a DELL Optiplex which is a P4, 2.7 GHz but with the Edirol connected via firewire i can only get the latency as low as 4ms before i notice glitches. The Optiplex is one of DELL’s budget computers and when it comes to audio, it really shows... yet for other uses it is perfectly fine.
The best thing to do is start with a “middle of the road” sample rate such as 48 kHz, then set your buffer size to 512 and work your way down until you start to notice interruptions in your audio... bear in mind it’s always a good idea to have a proper mess around on each buffer setting to ensure that you’re not going to experience any drop outs while playing 2 song concurrently at a higher level of encoding such as 320 kbps, or using your media base and other features.
Also, another thing to note, if you are using Cd timecode control with a DVS system, Cd decks with scratch features also have their own latency, so adding their latency to the latency of your DVS system can become a bit of a pain. Some Denons are really bad for it!
I hope this helps answer some of your questions, but if you do choose to stick with Mixvibes i believe you won’t be disappointed.
Regards,
Bryan
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