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Testing a real-time kernel using PatchBox OS

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

I re-ran some tests today using the latest PatchBox OS, which features a real-time kernel (4.19.71-rt24-v7l+) and other audio related optimizations. The results were not at all what I was expecting. First, here is a comparison of device latencies using […]

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Improved Jack Latency Testing with jack_delay

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

The Audacity loopback method I have been using seemed rather laborious and not as scientific as it could be. I discovered a little tool called jack_delay, written by Fons Adriaensen. A lot of great information about latency and how to […]

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HiFiBerry DAC+ ADC Pro

May 31, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

I received my first shipment from HiFiBerry this weekend: two DAC+ ADC Pro boards. I ordered these on May 14th and Modul 9 shipped them from Switzerland the next day, so it took roughly two weeks for them to travel […]

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Breaking the 25ms Barrier with Audio Injector Stereo

May 30, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

I received a few Audio Injector Stereo boards this week and started testing I received a few Audio Injector Stereo boards this week from Amazon. Today, I plugged them into two Raspberry Pi model 4’s running the same Raspbian image […]

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Raspberry Pi Latency Tests using JackTrip

May 26, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

I ran some tests today using JackTrip, and the results are far more promising than yesterday’s Mumble tests. The current 1.1 release of JackTrip was crashing for me every time a client connected to it. I was able to work […]

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Raspberry Pi Latency Tests using Mumble

May 25, 2020May 26, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

I ran some more Audacity latency tests today, this time using two Raspberry Pi 4s with the latest Raspbian (no tuning). Long story short is the results were not much different from OSX: Device Minimum Latency Focusrite 2i2 gen2 7ms […]

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More USB audio measurements

May 23, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

My previous Audacity tests used the default latency offset of -130, resulting in measurements that were 130ms lower than they should have been. I decided to re-test the devices while also making adjustments to the latency buffer sizes, to see […]

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What does 25ms sound like?

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

Building upon my initial tests, I wanted to find a better way to measure the latency of audio devices, and what this actually sounded like. As described in this article, an easy way to do this is by performing a […]

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Open to contributors

May 16, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

This project is open to all contributors. If you’d like to help, please sign up for a wordpress.com account and send us a message using the contact form.

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Some early testing

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 mikedickeyUncategorized

Mumble is an open source software application typically used for audio communications, in particular for online gaming. It an interesting option because it is free & open source, easy to host your own server (called Murmur) anywhere, clients are easily […]

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