LATENCY, mostly TOTAL LATENCY

[Hans Peter Augustesen]

A safe path to the lowest possible TOTAL LATENCY - to me, as an easy example:

Use Behringer UMC 404 (or 204HD, 404HD) - ASIO driver - buffer size = 8 samples

Result = good sound and low latency, 4.2 milliseconds

Use the best internet provider out there.
Upload is more important than download.
5-6 Mbps (about 0.4 Mbps per person*) upload is needed for a session with 8. Video excluded.
Very crucial is the so called PING ("answer time" from computer to internet provider and back - the expression comes from the world of submarines and the SONAR, I believe)

If possible, use a provider that has direct access to Stofanet, a company in Denmark, IP.

X Move to Holte town in North Zealand, Denmark. Within 5 miles of me.
Result: about 15 milliseconds

Y Come visit and use my other computer
Result: 12 milliseconds

Z Move in as my neighbor. Maybe we can connect directly to each other with a smart cable
Result: maybe 9 or 8.6 - and extremely stable

* In session look on the stats by hover over the dots in the tracks - and see data for audio transmission; in/out