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Re: laptop latency



>>>Just a slightly ot q
>>>has anyone measured the latency in a all tube guitar amp
>>>from guitarstring to speaker ?
>
>On Mar 15, 2005, at 15:44, Matthias Grob wrote:
>>probably very low, its hard to create delay with analog electronics
>
>Latency is actually longer with tube amps than with the transistor 
>based amps. Among metal guitarists this is an well known fact.

so the tube amp freaks actually like latency?
do you know what time range this is in?
arent you talking about a modification in the attack rather?
filters delay some part of the frequency range, usually bass, but 
since we perceive the attack from the treble rather, this is not 
perceived like latency.

>When touring, as an electric guitar player, I have always hated 
>those stages where I have to stand too far from my amp and speaker. 
>Never measured the latency of air but you can definitely feel it.

no need to measure, sound travels at 330m/s which gives you 3ms/m, 
easily worse than the computer...

>And when you know that all gear is closely mic'ed overe the PA you 
>can't adjust your playing to what you hear on stage because the 
>audience will hear all musicians with no latency. If it wasn't for 
>the PA system it's easy to adapt to latency. Some symphonic 
>musicians are very good at that, as you can hear. Thinking about 
>those horns that reflect at the ceiling before heard by the 
>audience. They have to play a little "early" to give the listeners 
>the best musical experience.

this is also due to slow development of the vibration in the horn, right?
different from latency.

I am writing an article to collect all those facts...
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