Windows latency checkers

Started by shawnb, May 25, 2015, 01:08:23 PM

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shawnb

These are discussed elsewhere, but I thought it might be helpful to have this info in one place.   It's easy to get so much stuff running on your Windows PC that bad things happen to your audio or MIDI.  Very easy.   

A couple of freebie latency checkers are out there for Windows. These will tell you if your system is being overworked:

DPC Latency checker
This tool provides a quick yes or no - are you going to have issues:
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

LatencyMon
This tool provides much more depth, and even helps you ID drivers & conflicts that may be causing issues on your system:
http://www.resplendence.com/latencymon

LatencyMon comes with plenty of help & recommendations.  LatencyMon pointed out to me that my biggest issues were (a) wireless drivers and (b) network drivers. 

If you see a bunch of red on either of these tools, you need to look closely at what else is running on your system.  Or, depending on how old your system is, consider an upgrade. 


Another helpful tool, Audiotester, is described by Elantric over here.  This doesn't help you diagnose issues or determining system readiness.  Its purpose is to measure end-to-end latency on your system. 
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=11498.0
Address the process rather than the outcome.  Then, the outcome becomes more likely.   - Fripp

Chumly

May I use this monitor as the reason delaying taking out the garbage when my wife...

In truth I have used the LatencyMon to confirm things like Bluetooth, SkyDrive, Wi-Fi, auto-updates, etc, causing mayhem.
I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. - Richard P. Feynman

GuitarBuilder

Are there any Mac OS latency monitors?
"There's no-one left alive, it must be a draw"  Peter Gabriel 1973

Elantric

QuoteAre there any Mac OS latency monitors?

Apple OSX  Logic: About I/O buffer size and monitoring latency
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201530