Appendix; Technical Specifications; About Latency And Buffers - Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 Instruction Manual

10 Appendix

10.1 Technical Specifications
Output (D/A)
Channels
Sampling Rate
Bit Resolution
Converter
Spec
Cross Talk
Impedance
Maximum Output Level
THD + N
SNR
Frequency Response

10.2 About Latency and Buffers

When converting audio information to digital and vice versa, the audio driver needs to store
the data in buffer packages (audio buffers) which are then sent to and processed by the CPU
of your computer. The higher the buffer size, the longer it takes for a signal to finally arrive
at the output as audio. You might experience this as late response between hitting a key on
a controller which controls music software on your computer, and hearing the sound at the
output. Fortunately, with today's computers and low-latency sound card drivers, this delay
is usually very low (e.g., three milliseconds is about the same delay caused by fingers snap-
ping one meter away from your ears). Latency must be kept at a minimum in order to make
software instruments and DJ applications playable.
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44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz
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Cirrus Logic
Line
-87 dBu
100 Ohms unbalanced 200
Ohms balanced
9.6 dBu
0.007 %
101 dB (A-weighted)
10 - 40 kHz±0.5 dB
Headphone
-87 dBu
8... 600 Ohms (Load)
9.3 dBu 4.26 V rms, 100 mW
@ 100 Ohms
0.012 %
95 dB (A-weighted)
10 - 40 kHz±0.5 dB
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