Delta 44/66 vs Audiophile 2496 for Midi latency

Obviously not your spec but I get 6.7mS with a delta 192 on 256 samples 24bit @44.1KHz on a Intel Core2 @ 1.86Ghz. Before I put the card in I got about 35-45mS with Asio4all using the onboard HiDef audio chipset.

I'm using an Audiophile 192 as well but the thing to remember is, the 44/66 and the 2496 and the 192 all use the same delta drivers. Latency is nice and low and very stable. If the number of outputs is enough for you then one of those cards will be just fine.

i can get down to 128 buffer @ 44khz on a delta 66, i5 system on windows 7 - as long as i don't run too many plugins.

Rossh and dub300, what does that equate to in ms?

With a Delta 66 Windows 7 x64 and an i7 950 I get 2.0ms/2.4ms with Reaper at 64 samples. using the M-Audio drivers.

Delta 66 with latest driver on a Q6600 quad cpu and v4 alphas of Reaper I get to .8 ms at 64 samples. I think the motherboard is the biggest factor in this tho.

As a consequence, the often cited distance equivalent (11ft distance for 10ms) needs to be put in proper relation as well - you don't want to be farther apart from any sound source in RL either, not only if that's your instrument's speaker and I strongly believe that'ts why bad or missing monitoring can mess up a band's performance and self-perception big time. If you put the drummer and the bassman 30ft apart, they will become enemies for life. There is a reason why orchestras have a guy waving about in front of them. :)

Yes, a typo 1.8 ms haha. I can play at 12 ms but it does take focus and then usually some snap to grid adjustments is involved afterward.