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Re:Terminal latency (2017) by johnchristopher on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @02:15PM (#19445114)
> (Organ players have to deal with that kind of latency on their instrument[1], but it's a hard skill to learn, and limits the music that can be performed on the instrument. Say, following a drummer is out of the question.)

I suppose following a metronome instead of the drum isn't practical/possible ?

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Re:Terminal latency (2017) by bluGill on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @02:32PM (#19445317)
No, they have to lead. In some of the worst cases there is more than a full second between pressing a key and hearing a sound. For fast music that can be several beats.

Learning an organ means you need to learn to trust the instrument (not easy when it is a mechanical beast with many parts that can fail) and feel what the music will be not react to what it is.

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