Re: OT: StringPort for polyphonic guitars

["Ricky Graham" <rock.guitar.guru@btinternet.com>]

http://www.gibson.com/DigitalGuitarNew/gibsonDigital.html

Only heard of this today, I have to admit that it looks great.

Ricky


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "andy butler" <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: OT: StringPort for polyphonic guitars


>>>
>>> That being said, I be very interested to know how the StringPort 
>>> performs
>>> in this respect. If the interface/drivers are specifically designed 
>for 
>>> low latency
>>> it could be impressive.
>>> andy
>
> Matthias Grob wrote:
>> but its designed to run the audio through the computer, as I 
>understand, 
>> so the latency depends mostly on the OS as with most audio interfaces.
>>>
>
> Actually, some of the higher quality A/D converters have a significant
> latency of their own. (yes, I was caught out by this when making
> recordings with Bernhard Wagner, couldn't work out why our timing was
> so off on playback)
>
> Surely some drivers (and hence some devices) perform better than others
> for the OS latency
> Certainly the amount of control given to the user varies, I only
> ever saw one control panel (Focusrite) that allowed the user to
> set the firewire buffers seperately. (only a mS or so, but of
> course it's still significant when added on to the rest).
>
> andy
>
>
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