[LAU] Testing sync with 2 sound cards

Fons Adriaensen fons at kokkinizita.net
Mon Mar 3 13:59:42 EST 2008


On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 10:54:25AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:

> I think this sounds like a better solution. I would personally look
> for a way to treat the audio information as data, calculate the the
> expected data from each card and then do a comparison of input and
> output data mathematically. I would not personally want to trust
> either my eyes or ears in this area. Let the operation of the hardware
> speak for itself.

One way to test for exact sync is to use jdelay, with an analog
loopback from an output on card A to an input on card B.
Let it run as long as you can and verify if the delay is stable. 

Ciao,

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FA

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