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LATENCY

• experienced as a delay between an action and its effect
  • press a key, hear a note
  • drag mouse, volume changes
• latency is a central issue when using general purpose CPUs for audio work (no per-sample processing)
• latency above 3ms makes it hard for musicians and audio engineers to work
• no need to get too concerned - typical distances from a loudspeaker cause 3ms latencies
• when recording with headphone monitoring, or mixing with nearfield monitors, its critical