posted 22 May 2002 13:23            

I searched through the manual and the forums on this subject but found no answer, so here I am asking. Is there a way to measure within KYMA what latency a specific patch might render in the chain? Anyone who has built something? Or is there a list somewhere on how much time specific prototypes take for rendering whatever it is they do?

Thanks

posted 23 May 2002 09:41            

The time it takes for the audio input to reach the audio output is a constant that you can set using the Overall System Delay option in the Performance Preferences and can be from 3 to 20 milliseconds.

There is another, related time: the time it takes MIDI input to change the parameters of a patch and for the changed signal to reach the audio output. This time is variable but always less than the time set in the Overall System Delay preference.

* * * Both of these times are completely independent of the actual patch (including the number and type of modules) you are using. * * *

Some algorithms introduce delay as part of the algorithm (and others do not). For example, mixing and level changes require NO delay. However, a DelayWithFeedback object does introduce delay from input to output, the delay being equal to the setting you have in the delay module.

This algorithm-dependent time is also the trickiest to figure out since the delay through many of the modules depend on the settings of the parameters, and some of the modules have frequency-dependent delays (for example, the all-pass filter module).