10-28-2015, 07:03 AM
(10-28-2015, 06:17 AM)Oinkus Wrote: I read that too , but WTH do you expect from a $99 interface ?
Actually, that's a Good Thing.
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Analog-to-digital conversion requires hardware that samples a waveform and produces a buffer of memory containing numbers that represent the shape of that waveform. Waveforms are processed in chunks, for convenience and efficiency. Since the hardware has to wait for the entire next memory buffer before it can do anything with the sound in that time region, this creates a delay. The processor has to wait for, say, a full 1/4 second of audio to come in before it can do anything with it. And if you want it to then send that same audio back out to a "live" monitor, you will endure another ~1/4 second of buffering on the way back out. So the "live" monitors would be 1/2 second behind what you just played if they go through an A/D conversion. Digital systems try to minimize the size of the buffers in order to shorten this delay, but it is always there.
With an all-analog mixer, they can echo the recorded audio back out with (virtually) no conversion delay. This means that you can actually use it for live monitoring.
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Someone should put that in their signature…