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Setting Up Your System
Optimizing Audio Performance
Optimizing Audio Performance
This section gives you some hints and tips on how to get the most out of your Sequel
system in terms of audio performance.
Two Aspects of Performance
There are two distinct aspects of performance in respect to Sequel:
Tracks and Effects
Simply put: the faster your computer, the more tracks, effects, and EQ you can play.
Short Response Times (Latency)
Another aspect of performance is response time. The term latency refers to the
buffering, or temporary storing, of small chunks of audio data during various steps of
the recording and playback process on a computer. The more and larger those
chunks, the higher the latency.
High latency is most irritating when using software instruments and when monitoring
through the computer, that is, when listening to a live audio source via the Sequel
mixer and effects. However, very long latency times (several hundred milliseconds)
can also affect other processes like mixing, for example, when the effect of a fader
movement is heard only after a noticeable delay.
A system that responds fast is always more convenient to work with.
Depending on your audio hardware, it may be possible to trim your latency times,
usually by lowering the size and the number of buffers.