Re: Low Lantecy Soundcard for Laptop Gig

["Art Simon" <simart@gmail.com>]

Those are interesting numbers, but there might be something else that
effects latency. I could be wrong, but I think there is something
still superior to PCI and PCMCIA interfaces. For instance, the new
WaveRT drivers will (initially at least) only be available to PCI and
PCMCIA interfaces. Maybe somebody more knowledgeable can correct me,
but I think PCI and PCMCIA interfaces will usually give you the lowest
latency.

On 7/29/07, Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Really? Is this because of the speed of firewire?
> >
> > Yes, Kris. PCI and PCMCIA are a little faster than FireWire. Not much
> > though.
>
> That's right. But you mean firewire 400, I take it? I think it is a bit 
>more
> than "a little" right? I'm reading
> that the spec for CardBus is 132 Mbps, vs 393 Mbps of FireWire 400. See
> below. Is anyone making an audio interface that utilizes firewire 800 
>specs?
>
>
> Original USB - 12 Mbps
> USB 2.0  - 480 Mbps
> FireWire 400   - 393.216 Mbps
> FireWire 800 - 786.432 Mbps
> PCMCIA (PC Card) / CardBus, Type I or Type II (32 bit PCMCIA) - 132 Mbps
>
> Kris
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>
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