[LAU] Multiple asynchronous JACK chains resampled?

[Len Ovens]

On Tue, 23 Feb 2016, Jonathan Brickman wrote:

> That helped!  I now have to wonder what best to do.  At least in theory, I could
> run the pre-hardware chains at 192K :-)  That could certainly be set up to add
> very little latency to the resampling phase, if it worked!  We will see :-)  I
> almost want to go to non-digital electronic audio for the resample phase; it
> could tend to simplify...it would mean a lot more output hardware...

That is not nessessarily the case. Lets say you have machine A that has a 
midi port with midi in, then you go to midi out and then to midi in on 
Machine B. You have just added twice the latency you have just going into 
one machine (making it 3 times) and the synth is just getting the play 
info. Now the synth makes sound, has latency going out of machine B and 
then going into machine A and then out of Machine A... again 3 times the 
latency... 6 times all together. Better to use a HW through box from the 
keyboard and split it to your various audio boxes... and mix the audio out 
directly in analog. Use the network for control... It may be possible to 
get lower latency with MIDI in/out/in by bypassing jack in some cases. 
(Jack would still be better for recording as the timing is kept)


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Len Ovens
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