Originally Posted By: will
Thanks Simon. I'm slowly getting it :-)


You're welcome Will!


Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Indeed... some good advice.

My suggestion is that if you are serious about making music using BB & RB and perhaps a DAW like Sonar or something else, you will of course want to get an external, USB connected interface that uses ASIO native drivers. The vast majority of folks here are using this or a very similar method because it works flawlessly and your latency numbers are usually in the 10ms or less range. Most folks can't hear a 10ms delay. 200ms as you indicated is very noticeable and nearly impossible to play with.

Bit depth is not as critical as sample rates. 16 or 24 with samples at 44.1k are standard. The only reason you might consider something else is if you are writing for film and they will sometimes request a higher sample rate. 48k I believe. For music listening.... 16/44.1 is default.


If sound is only ever coming out of your computer, an audio interface isn't necessary. It's only really when audio is going into your computer that it becomes a requirement - exactly for the reasons you mentioned.

I personally find Bit Depth to be much more important than sample rates, since bit depth adds dynamic range which is usually easy to hear depending on musical genre.

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