[LAD] Re: Admissable clock inaccuracy for MIDI

Hi Jeanette,

On 2/21/2023 12:36 AM, Jeanette C. wrote:

[...]

> With the standard chrono and thread library my ticks are usually out by
> anything between 150.000 to 290.000 nanoseconds. Using boost a tick is
> out anything between 110.000 to 124.000 nanoseconds. Yes, much better.
> But, assuming that I correct the drift, does it make a difference for
> MIDI instruments?
>
> I know one of my MIDI instruments with a clock sync'able delay can be
> rather touchy with MIDI clocks, but are there good estimated guidelines
> experience values how precise ticks should be?

the kind of precision required for timers depends very much on what
precisely you are trying to do. Are you trying to implement MIDI Time
Code (MTC) or MIDI Clock (MC)? Are you trying to implement changing the
timing of incoming MIDI events? Or something else completely?

Kind regards,
FPS

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