[LAU] Thinkpad R60 for Audio Update - Firewire Conflicts with Audio

[Pieter Palmers]

Dmitry Baikov wrote:
> On 4/10/07, Pieter Palmers <pieterp at joow.be> wrote:
>> The newer FireWire devices (based upon DM1500 or certainly DICE) will
>> exhibit much lower latencies. I don't have figures on that yet, I'll try
>> and see if I can get some... I expect something like 50-100 frames of
>> extra latency, for a total of around 150 frames. This is quite
>> comparable to the PCI cards.
> 
> Yay!!! This is MegaCool!
> When/if it become true, I'll switch to Firewire, immediately :)
> Pieter, may be I should join your team to speed up the process?
I would definitely welcome you aboard! And it would certainly speed up 
the process :).

> My (ex) M-Audio Delta66 (PCI) gave 188 frames at 64x2 at 44.1
> MultifaceII (PCMCIA) gives about 200 frames at the same settings  (do
> not remember the exact number).
> 
Let's say that FireWire has the potential to be very comparable to PCI.

Pieter