[LAU] PS: [OT] Kernel 2.6.39.1

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Tue Jun 7 23:03:24 UTC 2011


On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 18:38 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> 
> > Some people might be unable to hear 1ms jitter, but it's a PITA for me
> > and my freakiness isn't limited to MIDI jitter or music. But I'm unable
> > to draw from memory :D, although gifted for drawing and other things.
> 
> I suggest that if you're up for reading a long article, you read all of this:
> 
>    http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/25/110425fa_fact_bilger?currentPage=all
> 
> If you're up fo reading a shorter text, you read the last 1/3 of it,
> starting after a paragraph that begins with "I joined Eagleman in
> London".
> 
> If you really don't want to read ... yeah, some of the world's best
> rock drummers are sensitive to 2-6msec, but of lag, not jitter, and
> when playing, the best was within 10msec.
> 
> If you believe that your sense of timing is better than the guys
> mentioned there, get in touch with Eno. Also, we'll start a collection
> to buy you a drum kit.
> 
> --p

60,000/120BPM=500ms 1/4 --> 31.3 1/64 --> 15.6ms 1/128 musicians are
within a 1/128, I often synced MIDI events to recordings of musicians,
e.g. my own guitar playing, but again don't compare fruits with
minerals.





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