checked
checked
! If you check this box and there
! If you check this box and there
are no problems, keep it checked for better performance!
are no problems, keep it checked for better performance!
7. Kernel Buffers/Buffer Offset
If hardware buffering is disabled, this control lets you add up to two more buffers to be queued for audio
output. Each additional buffer increases the output latency of the device by the time it takes to play one
buffer. Therefore, the initial setting of “2” should only be changed on less powerful machines, where
reasonably small ASIO buffer sizes cannot be achieved with the default setting.
If hardware buffering is enabled, this control determines the amount of clearance (in ms) between where
ASIO4ALL will insert data into/read data from the hardware buffer, and the position where ASIO4ALL
currently thinks the hardware read/write position is. Sound complicated already? You haven't even seen
the code that calculates this...
As a general rule: Higher settings increase latencies and stability, lower settings have the adverse effect.
You should, however, be able to achieve a setting that is very close to zero (“4ms” would still be
considered “very close to zero”, while “10ms”, the default, would indicate that there is room for
improvement.)
With Envy24-based PCI-sound cards, there may be an option in your sound card control panel that reads
“DMA Buffer Transfer Latency” (Seen with Terratec products) or similar. You should set this to the
lowest possible value, e.g. “1ms” for best results.
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