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Originally Posted by
bmanic
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It's because 99.9999999% of all reviewers do not understand the concept of mixing latency. It's EXTREMELY rare that somebody does a thorough review of a sound interface. In fact, I think very few people in general understand how big of a difference a good driver has on overall CPU load + low latency performance.
It used to be a big topic about a decade ago, when ASIO drivers were first introduced but for some reason it isn't any more. It was also one of the major benefits of all DSP plugin platforms like UAD/PT hardware.
Computers have gotten so powerful that even if you only get "usable range" from about 50% of your CPU usage it means you can probably run hundreds of plugins.
The real issues start appearing with all the latest thorough emulations of analogue hardware that naturally require quite a bit more CPU cycles, so it's very possible to run into latency related crackling at quite a low plugin count.
The annoying part here is that once you've worked with a system that doesn't require you to disable a bunch of plugins and runs flawlessly on 64 sample buffers, it's very hard to go back to "normal".
Unfortunately very few companies have any interest in low latency either, that is why RME and so on are still very stand out and nobody is catching them at all, see the response above from the Audient rep, for the exact reply you will get from any company, because the average user does not care or even know what low latency is.
I would recommend an RME interface from ten years ago over near enough anything else still today.