{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/supercollider/supercollider/issues/1314","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/supercollider/supercollider/issues/1314/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/supercollider/supercollider/issues/1314/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/supercollider/supercollider/issues/1314/events","html_url":"https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/issues/1314","id":57970024,"number":1314,"title":"blocksize and latency in scsynth and supernova","user":{"login":"sonoro1234","id":1795930,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1795930?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234","html_url":"https://github.com/sonoro1234","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sonoro1234/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-02-17T19:30:36Z","updated_at":"2015-03-03T09:44:15Z","closed_at":"2015-03-03T09:44:15Z","body":"Hello,\r\n\r\nCurrently scsynth and supernova portaudio behaves this way (may be also \r\nother audio drivers)\r\n\r\nBoth scsynth and supernova get the blocksize from -z option\r\n\r\nBut for latency:\r\n\r\nscsynth uses -Z value if given or defaults to defaultLowOutputLatency (the \r\nlowest posible on portaudio)\r\nsupernova dont care about -Z and always uses defaultHighOutputLatency (the \r\nhighest posible on portaudio)\r\n\r\nthe reason for using defaultHighOutputLatency is that is less error prone \r\n(which is a good reason)\r\nthe reason for using defaultLowOutputLatency is for having a responsive \r\nhardware in order to live-play music (another good reason)\r\n\r\nI could change supernova behaviour to let it use -Z value but perhaps also \r\nadd two negative values (ex: -1 and -2) one for defaultLowOutputLatency and \r\nthe other for defaultHighOutputLatency.\r\n\r\nSimilar changes shoud be done in other drivers (which I dont know at all)\r\n\r\nAny thoughts?\r\nvictor \r\n"}}