Re: R: opinions on analog - USB converters

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kflint@inkra.com writes:

>That has nothing to do with whether it works well for audio or not.
>Audio over USB has always been considered tricky. It just wasn't
>designed to do that. I think you will find that people either used a
>clever and rather expensive method that works ok, or they use a lot of
>buffering to make up for the problems at the expense of latency. I
>imagine you will find some proprietary implementations that are pretty
>good, and plenty of cheap ones that are awful. So far as I know, none of
>them have been good enough to get a dolby logo approval or anything like
>that.
right:
i was only talking about midi functions; insofar as i understand, usb is 
fine 
for midi comm., so long as the usb bus isn't clogged w/devices.
no?
best,
dt / PHLaTTeRTiRe