[sdiy] Atari latency, was:Camel*ont* soft Da synth!

[Ingo Debus]

Am 04.05.2006 um 19:00 schrieb elmacaco:

> Yes, the Atari Machines are known for both their tight timing and  
> low midi
> latency, I rarely hear about the midi latency because it seems non  
> existent.
>

Hm, what *is* latency here? How is it defined?

On a (hardware or software) synth, latency is the time between the  
arrival of the MIDI message and the actual starting of the sound. But  
we're talking about the Atari ST, thus certainly not about a soft  
synth, correct? What does latency mean for a MIDI sequencer? The  
difference between the time stamp value recorded along with a MIDI  
event and the actual time when this event occurred? As long as this  
'latency' is constant, it could easily be compensated by the  
sequencer program.
And even if it couldn't, what's the difference between "tight timing"  
and "low MIDI latency" then?

Ingo