Thread: Why People Aren't Buying iPads Anymore
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Old 07-30-2014, 08:44 PM   #135
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Originally Posted by twowheels View Post
That ad is great because it showcases a very real strength that iOS has over Android. While Android has much improved, the sound subsystem in Android has a very high latency and non constant response time (jitter). (Last I saw measured it was around 200 ms, but I've seen reports that it is much improved, but still in the triple digits). The iOS sound system runs at "realtime" priority and has latencies of about 20 ms, which makes it far superior for music apps. When I use my Android tablet with my MIDI piano I can hear the delay... with my old iPad 2 it feels instant (both with iOS6 and iOS7).
To a musician, those numbers are critical. I can hook my Carbon 49 keyboard to my PUC wireless WIFI interface and hear the results coming out of my iPad's speakers with no discernible latency. That impressed the hell out of me, and is a big reason why so many musicians are starting to consider the iPad a serious tool in their arsenal.
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