Re: AW: Low Lantecy Soundcard for Laptop Gig

["L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

damn i should have kept my multiface!
Luis

--- Jeffrey Larson <jeff@zonemobius.com> wrote:

>  >    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) -  
> 132Mbps
> 
> We've probably beaten this horse enough already, but
> just to make sure,
> you can't predict what the latency of these devices
> will be by looking
> at their maximum bandwidth.  A FireWire 800
> interface will not  
> necessarily
> give you lower latency than a USB 2.0 interface. 
> Depending on other  
> factors,
> it may be slightly better but it certainly won't be
> twice as fast.
> 
> The only reason you might need FireWire 800 rather
> than 400 is if you
> are doing massive multitracking.  A solo performer
> looping a single
> stereo 44.1 Kbps signal will never get anywhere near
> the bandwidth
> limit of USB 1.0 let alone Firewire 400.
> 
> That isn't to say that all USB 1.0 interfaces work
> as well as an RME
> 400.  There are other important considerations like
> how well the OS
> handles USB and firewire devices and especially how
> well the device
> drivers are written.
> 
> USB 1.0 devices have a spotty history.  They are
> generally best
> avoided though I have an M-Audio Black Box that
> works just fine at 5ms
> latency.  It's a crap shoot, though certain brands
> do tend to work
> more consistently than others.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 


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