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Alan Kay once said something like "There should no more be a delay between pressing a key and something happening on a computer than on a piano."


Beautiful back-on-the-envelope exposition on the latency of playing the piano: http://northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php/37769-Acousti...


Church organs, on the other hand, take some getting used to.

Even for solo performance, but especially when performing with an ensemble or choir.

https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/30454/how-does-a-p...


That I can get behind, even if it is just a busy icon showing.




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