what is latency
 

Hi guys

I have a Athlon 64 3000+ system with 512 RAM and a 7200rpm HDD. I
Ordered a M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 to setup recording via Behringer
mixer.

One thing that stumps me is the latency. I read quite a lot about how to
avoid latency or how to keep it down. But what latency are we talking about!

Is it the interval beteen starting a recording software/command to the
commencement of recording itself. If so I can start recording a moment
before and chop off unnecessary bit later.

If it is not can someone enlighten me about this please! :-(

Ta
Sreekant

what is latency
 

"sreekant" wrote in message
...
Hi guys

I have a Athlon 64 3000+ system with 512 RAM and a 7200rpm HDD. I
Ordered a M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 to setup recording via
Behringer
mixer.

One thing that stumps me is the latency. I read quite a lot about
how to
avoid latency or how to keep it down. But what latency are we
talking about!

Is it the interval beteen starting a recording software/command to
the
commencement of recording itself. If so I can start recording a
moment
before and chop off unnecessary bit later.

If it is not can someone enlighten me about this please! :-(

Ta
Sreekant

Try

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/l/latency.html


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Woody

harrogate2 at ntlworld dot com

what is latency
 

"sreekant" wrote in message
...
Hi guys

I have a Athlon 64 3000+ system with 512 RAM and a 7200rpm HDD. I Ordered
a M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 to setup recording via Behringer mixer.

One thing that stumps me is the latency. I read quite a lot about how to
avoid latency or how to keep it down. But what latency are we talking
about!

Is it the interval beteen starting a recording software/command to the
commencement of recording itself. If so I can start recording a moment
before and chop off unnecessary bit later.

If it is not can someone enlighten me about this please! :-(

Ta
Sreekant

I am not familiar with the Athlon system, though I do use hard disk based
systems (Studer Dyaxis, Pro-Disc and ProTools) on a regular basis. All of
these allow you to "top and tail" your recording after completion, and
insert
silent "leaders" between titles.

Hope this helps.

Iain

what is latency
 

sreekant wrote:

Hi guys

I have a Athlon 64 3000+ system with 512 RAM and a 7200rpm HDD. I
Ordered a M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 to setup recording via Behringer
mixer.

One thing that stumps me is the latency. I read quite a lot about how to
avoid latency or how to keep it down. But what latency are we talking about!

Is it the interval beteen starting a recording software/command to the
commencement of recording itself. If so I can start recording a moment
before and chop off unnecessary bit later.

If it is not can someone enlighten me about this please! :-(

Ta
Sreekant

It depends on the exact application but normally, with sound cards, it
is used to describe how long it takes for the audio data to pass through
the sound card driver and digital to analogue convertor stages (or vice
versa if you are recording). This is important if you are using a
software synthesiser where the delay between pressing a note on the
keyboard and hearing the sound is important.

Audio processing software also takes a little time to carry out the
necessary calculations and, if you are trying to work in real time, you
will hear a slight delay from input to output.

Good software will compensate for system latencies but it is surprising
how much widely used software doesn't compensate properly.

Cheers.

James.