12 Feb
2008
12 Feb
'08
3:58 a.m.
Malte Steiner wrote:
eva sjuve wrote:
Actually I have to revise the opinion I expressed at the LAC talk. There
are scenario's where firewire might even provide better latency than
PCI. I think the lowest latency achievable (at the interface side) is
approx 32 frames (i.e. 2x16) which is quite comparable to PCI I guess.
The problem is the extra latency added by the device. This can be high,
but for some it is very low (e.g. 16 frames).
To summarize: a total roundtrip latency (jdelay) of less than 100 frames
is achievable with firewire. A delta1010 has approx 180 frames (if I
remember correctly), so I guess firewire can be competitive.
Greets,
Pieter
hi all
is anyone using this? I'm considering new hardware, but want to find out
first if there are drivers available?
The fireface uses a custom protocol over firewire which RME dont want to
give out, hence no drivers.
In general, when I remember the freebob lecture on last years LAC
correctly, Firewire is not capable to be driven with a really small
latency.