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Live audio latency

The time delay introduced as sound passes through conversion, processing, networking, and loudspeaker paths.

Reviewed

Setup

  • Budget total latency, align zones and sources, and test performer monitoring separately from audience coverage.

Venue contexts

  • Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable

Signal flow

  • Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.

In practice

Budget total latency, align zones and sources, and test performer monitoring separately from audience coverage.

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