Have you noticed nobody talks about Jitter

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Here's a little from RME's site...

The Fireface 400 is equipped with SteadyClock™, RME's unique sync and clock technology. With this, the device becomes a sync reference for the whole studio. SteadyClock refreshes clock signals, removes jitter, and takes permanent care of optimal conversion quality, thus guarantees a sensational sound quality, completely independent from the reference clock's quality.
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Interesting that when go to MAudio, Mackie, Echo etc etc...they don't talk about jitter at all. But going to RME you will get an education on this important issue with DAWS.

Mackie mentions their 400F has "mastering grade" converters but no talk about jitter. Converters are only part if the picture.

I'm really impressed with RME. I may just buy one of their units.
 
Usually, god convertors have good clocks. It's all part of the same parcel. It really ought NOT to be an issue for discussion. Unfortunately, with some units it is.

Now, the fact that RME calls their clock "mastering grade" really tells us nothing about it's quality I don't think..... I amy be mistaken though.

therage! said:
Here's a little from RME's site...




Interesting that when go to MAudio, Mackie, Echo etc etc...they don't talk about jitter at all. But going to RME you will get an education on this important issue with DAWS.

Mackie mentions their 400F has "mastering grade" converters but no talk about jitter. Converters are only part if the picture.

I'm really impressed with RME. I may just buy one of their units.
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Track Rat said:
I like my GenX6. LOW jitter.
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That just goes to show when you throw names out like Lucid, Apogee, Lynx etc it separates the Pro stuff from Prosumer stuff.

For the price that unit looks nice!
 
I'm kinda jittery if I drink too much coffee and try to sing into an MXL 990. Will the RME help? :rolleyes:
 
RME is very, very impressive. I'd sure like a FireFace. And what a cool name!
 
I have an Hammerfall HDSP 9652. I really don't know what jitter is, outside of too many RedBulls.
 
therage! said:
Interesting that when go to MAudio, Mackie, Echo etc etc...they don't talk about jitter at all.
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Aardvark's website talked about it too. And believe me, I heard a HUGE difference in audio quality when I moved from Terratec to Aardvark. Too bad they went out of business :( I can only imagine what it would sound like moving to Lynx or Prism.
 
Jitter is term that refers to the accuracy/stability of the clock. And the clock is what times the sampling. The more accurate the sample rate, the more accurate the recording and playback.
 
Track Rat said:
Jitter is term that refers to the accuracy/stability of the clock. And the clock is what times the sampling. The more accurate the sample rate, the more accurate the recording and playback.
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i know that. i've read up quite a bit on jitter. i've also read quite a few opinions on the sound of jitter. my question should have been: what does jitter sound like in your experience?
 
In my experience, I don't hear much of a difference on a single track. I do hear a difference on multiple tracks. It's like a vail of fuzz is lifted. The sound feels more focused.
 
^^^ what Track Rat said. Also, the steadier the clock the better the stereo image.
 
Have you noticed nobody talks about jitter? That's because it's a conspiracy. First it was flouride in the water. Then Area 51 and Roswell. But what about JITTER!!!! What about it?!? :eek:
 
I think I'm experiencing jitter at this moment... Metamucil and Triscuits, ya know.
 
track rat and noisewreck, how many tracks would you say it takes for you to start noticing jitter? 4, 8, 12, 24, 48? i'm just wondering if jitter is likely to be an issue for those of us that don't run alot of tracks in a typical home project.

can you actually hear any jitter with only 1 or 2 tracks?
 
unless you have insane perfect pitch you would need atleast 2 track to notice... but then you would still need insane perfect pitch... it is basically like recording two 1k tones... and on playback one is 1.0005k and the other is .9995k ...as that is basically what jitter does... it's the crystal sync not maintaining a steady rate.
 
I really don't think it has anything to do with insane perfect pitch. I'd highly doubt that any human could perceive miniscule variations like that as changes in pitch.

Travis, I was more referring to the following sentences of Track Rat's post:
"It's like a vail of fuzz is lifted. The sound feels more focused."

I really can't say how many tracks it takes me to notice it as I had never paid attention in that regard. I was referring to the overall stereo mix, whatever the state it was in. And I only realised that after I switched to Aardvark Pro Q-10 from a Terratec card.
 
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