From jackoverfull@gmail.com Wed Jan 11 01:51:26 2012
Subject:Re: Where is the new NORD going to fit?


Il giorno 11/gen/2012, alle ore 01.18, Frederick Somerville ha scritto:

> One example - Most clones fail short when you start to play percussively on
> them. Latency is issue here. A B3 is instantaneus.
>
> >
> Absolutely not. I've been using VB3 for over 2 years now, often with a very
> > busy computer, and have never experienced latency.
> > When the computer is very busy (eg: playing while doing a 3d rendering in
> > backgroundů) the sound will pop, some signals will get lost (missing or
> > sticky note) but I've never experienced latency with the proper setup.
> > While I was trying to find the right setup on the mojo I found a couple of
> > hosts were you could hear the latency (I've currently settled for cantabile
> > lite, minihost performed quite well too).
> >
> > I will try the cantablite - the transimitting time of Midi is still a
> limitation though.
It's not mainly an host problem, the computer has to be configured for low latency audio. Apart from a couple of the ones I tried most of the hosts ran without a noticeable latency on the Mojo, same on my mac.

> 1 midi message is three bytes 28 bits = 0.007 ms (if i calculated it
> right). Slap a key and you need 1.4 ms to turn it on and off.
> Slap or rake a number or press down 10 keys. Since it is a serial interface
> it has the speed it has.
> I wonder if any one out there measured the latency in a B3 :)
> Rake the keyboard of a midi controlled clone and you need to send lots of
> on and of messages. I doubt it this can keep up with what a B3 does.
>
I don't know, I surely haven't got the speed of Joey DeFrancesco but with my current playing style latency has never been a problem. Rolls and repeating a key very fast surely are doable, I heard Joey playing on a KeyB last year (and the KeyB contains a PC with Linux and a modified version of Beatrix, all triggered via midi), he was able to play _very_ fast anyway.

>
> The good thing about the new Nord with 4 sets of drawbars is that now we
> can play the same way as you do on a B3 you can preplan the next sound on
> the inactive set of drawbars and switch when the time is right. But if
> something is a little off you just correct it very fast having the physical
> thing.
>
> And a 4 drawbarset dual manual organ at 15 kg is the touring organists
> dream. At least those of us that do not have roadies :)
Right!

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