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

[rude66]

the way i always understood it, is this: in the atari, midi is built into
the OS, it's all there right from the beginning. on a pc, midi is not a
native part of the os or the hardware, it always has to be translated via
usb/pci/ whatever. i have no idea about the technical or programming side of
things when it comes to this though.

however, i have to say that on my atari (a mega ste) i never ever ever had
timing problems. rock solid. on every damn pc i had, even though both
hardware and software were supposed to be about 1000 x more superior to the
st hardware/software, i've ran into all kinds of crap. especially when
syncing 3 drum machines and arpeggiators via midi clock, it can be an
absolute nightmare. my hardware is fine, because when i use the good old
alesis mmt8 as a clock master, everything is supertight.

and i'm not the only one who experiences this: i know guys who have super
pro studios but still use the ST for midi sequencing.

r./



On 5/6/06, Ingo Debus <debus at cityweb.de> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
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