[LAU] realtime kernel

[Paul Winkler]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 03:02:58PM +0200, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2007 3:39 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> > To my ears it makes a great difference in MIDI, so if MIDI's on your
> > table set that timer to 1000.
> 
> Is there any downside to 1000 Hz?  I don't use MIDI very often, so if
> there is a tradeoff I'm thinking maybe I could compile a separate
> low-res kernel for non-MIDI use?
> Does the timer resolution affect OSC the same way as MIDI?

I vaguely recall that increasing Hz decreases battery life somewhat on
laptops. But I never tried to measure that myself.

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