Audio Latency Questions

[confus-ed]

I googled a review of it AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 Sound Card review ...

$100 looks good for this ...

[Trout]

OK,,,
Heres a quick update,
Its ALL About the sound card,, I would of NEVER beleived it possible,, BUT
The results have proven it .
Latency " 0 " .
The BEST we could acheive with onboard sound was on a stand-alone synthesizer
was 65ms. Any further,it would Click/pop during keyed notes.
When trying to real time edit and add effects,latency was around 150ms.
Now the good part,, We Got THIS Sound card,Stand-alone latency 0,,, On the Fly real time editting with applied effects,latency " 0 ". No POPS,crackles,Just pure clean sound.
Wasnt cheap either,, $145.00+tax.
Imagine,, the sound card costs more than the motherboard~!!
But HEY,, What matters are results,We Got Them,, FINALLY.
BTW,, the tweaks listed on this thread Im Sure are contributing also,And Id like to thank you guys for your help,
Trout

[Platypus]

The Audiophile 2496 is an excellent card, as long as you don't try to run four together under XP...

Glad you've got such a good result. Sounds like you probably don't need any further tweaking, but just to mention, if you're running ASIO drivers, it's helpful to set Services to a high priority, as ASIO drivers run as a Service under XP.

Also when mixing, if you want a lot of plug-in effects (that is, in software not on the card's DSP), soft synths etc running, you can back off on latency to give the CPU more headroom. You want low latency for recording, but for listening to the mix, more latency doesn't matter much and is less demanding on the CPU. Does the card have on-the-fly latency adjustment?

[confus-ed]

'ed smirks to himself & retires to his underground lair muttering about s/w sound cards & latency & 'iffy kit' ...