Well from a musicians point of view (me) everything above 8ms is not very playable. This is obvioulsy only true if the generated sound has instant attack, otherwise latency does not really matter :-) On Jul 27, 2012 2:30 PM, "Charles Henry" <czhe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Tyler Leavitt <thecryofl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 10ms is around the human-ear latency, so anything at that level or below > > should be good enough for guitar/drumming (this is anectodtal... Iḿ not > sure > > the exact science behind it). Ive never had a problem with my friends > older > > 13" MacBook Pro used as a guitar FX box. > > > > Tyler > > I believe the phenomenon you're describing is called "loudness > integration." However, I can't find any good citations available on > the internet to back it up--here's something that *might* be > applicable: > Plack, C. J., & Moore, B. C. J. (1990). Temporal window shape as a > function of frequency and level. Journal of the Acoustical Society of > America, 87, 2178–2187. > > The basic idea is that the cochlea is fed a series of waves and a > particular place on the basilar membrane resonates most for a given > frequency. The instantaneous power delivered is low, so the power > needs to accumulate before the stimulus is strong enough to be > perceived. > > As I recall, it takes about 20 ms to reach a steady state, but it's > been a while since I've read anything about it. > > Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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