MIR & Latency - full orchestra mock-up

[Leif Erikson Sundstrup]

I would like to know what difference the latency makes on MIR performance. For example, if I double the latency, will I be able to use double the instruments in MIR? I have a modest computer (standalone): 2 x 2.8MHz Xeon CPUs with 32 gigs RAM (supermicro superserver) - No i7!!!

I am not fussed with latency as I perform my scores with Sibelius. What is the max latency available using MIR (on top of the soundcard)? Can I expect a rendering of a full orchestral score (3333-4331-perc-hp-strings) if I am not concerned with latency (don't care if it take a minute!).

Cheers

Leif

[DG]

 Your best bet is to download the demo and try for yourself, as all machines throw up different issues.

From memory the maximum latency is x16, I think.

DG

[Sergino Futurino]

 This is a test I made I think 2 years ago with half the RAM you have.

Now I think I could make better:

Latency	Buffer multiplier	MAX instruments	Max CPU usage
64	1	0	0
128	1	2	12%
128	8	2	12%
256	1	7	17%
256	4	7	15%
256	16	7	15%
512	2	27	75%
512	4	27	72%
512	8	26	72%
512	16	24	69%
1024	1	35	91%
1024	2	35	90%
1024	4	32	79%
2048	1	47	88%
2048	2	48	91%
2048	4	48	90%
2048	8	47	90%