diff --git a/content/news/XXXX-XX-XX-jack-zero-latency.md b/content/news/XXXX-XX-XX-jack-zero-latency.md index aca60880..c276b34e 100644 --- a/content/news/XXXX-XX-XX-jack-zero-latency.md +++ b/content/news/XXXX-XX-XX-jack-zero-latency.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ status: draft In regular intervals, we discuss how much latency the [JACK Audio Connection Kit](https://jackaudio.org) introduces when used in Mixxx. That is one of the [Sound APIs](https://manual.mixxx.org/2.3/en/chapters/preferences.html#sound-api) that Mixxx supports on Linux, and it's a layer on top of the [Advances Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)](https://www.alsa-project.org). Unlike analog devices, digital audio devices process audio in time slices of samples stored in memory buffers. These are passed through the various layers. The latency of a digital audio device depends on the number and size of those buffers. -The aim is to minimize the latency, so that pressing a button or turning a knob in Mixxx works without noticeable delay, which would make DJing by ear impossible. +The aim is to minimize the latency, so that the audible result of pressing a button or turning a knob in Mixxx is produced without noticeable delay, in order to allow DJing by ear. The [JACK FAQ](https://jackaudio.org/faq/no_extra_latency.html) state that: > There is **NO** extra latency caused by using JACK for audio input and output. When we say none, we mean absolutely zero.