> However, things have changed quite a lot since Be first got things > together - > systems like ASIO provide 1ms latency easily enough, and there are > numerous > soundcards that support this. > > Most latency is necessary due to the soundcards themselves; size of > buffers etc, but what is the theoretical minimum latency we can > achieve > with the current media kit=3D3F It's mostly the kernel, not the media kit which is responsible for low latency. Due to their design, latency is still a problem with most modern OS. Adios... Axel.