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Originally Posted by
Reesnat
Then you have much better ears than I do Sir, or for that matter most people as its common belief that less than 10ms is not discernable by most people.
Then "most people" must live with different ears than the ones I've got.
Low latency and stability is consistently the most important aspect of conversion for me. Why manufacturers continue to ignore this aspect of their product is beyond me.
In any event, round trip latency begins to bother me at about 7ms and steadily becomes a problem above that. This becomes even more problematic if you want to overdub VST's with a larger project that is already pushing the boundaries. There is simply no reason for the lazy drivers that are produced by most companies to accompany their otherwise well designed products.
It's frustrating because the problem has grown steadily worse, not better, as time goes on. Ever since manufacturers started designing for the least common denominator for typical I/O the products have become dual purpose for laptop and desktop use. That's the crux of the issue. There are a few that have explored PCIe, Ethernet based protocols (AVB/DAnte), and others but the majority are still putting out crappy drivers for USB 2.0, etc.
We have been, by and large, moving backwards on this topic instead of forward as I would expect given the bandwidth of later communication types.
Latency matters to some of us. If it doesn't matter to you that's great. I've heard that argument before - usually from a manufacturer. It continues to outline the fact that they just don't get it...