[LAU] Are RT-patches needed anymore? (Was Re: >= 2.6.27 RT ETA?)

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:29:40 +0000
James Stone <jamesmstone at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Raffaele Morelli
> <raffaele.morelli at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think it depends on what kind of audio work you are facing to.
> >
> > But recording a vocal track could be a little drama, because latencies > 5ms
> > are really audible and from the headphones/monitor it sounds like singing
> > within an empty barrel of oil.
> 
> In my setup,  I think I try to avoid feeding back the vocal to the
> headphones whilst recording it at higher latencies (just monitor the
> rest of the track). Not very professional, but perfectly workable.
> 
> James

I do very little microphone recording, but when I do, I send a feed
direct to the headphone amplifer, as well as to the soundcard. To make
the actual recording I use timemachine which, via jack, is the only
thing connected to the soundcard inputs. The outputs from the soundcard
also go to the headphone amp, so I record while playing back all the
synth stuff (and any previous recordings). Finally I use audacity to
line up the vocal with everything else. In actual fact latency is set
to 5.8mS on my machine but I doubt I'd notice anything if it was higher.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk