When processing audio on a computer you are using a buffer and everything can be sample accurate during playback. Sample accuracy allows for phase allinging transients something important the ‘modern sound’ e.g. kick design. There is noting ‘real time’ going on. There is always some delay/buffer, that delay/buffer needs to be big enough to allow all the processing to happen.
The threads over here are for the same issue on different pieces of hardware, this has been going on for a while:
To go along with the above threads, and this thread, another test I ran was the DN2 via analog outs into my interface, exact same timing inconsistencies between triggers.
I’m quoting the linked thread. Bare metal does not mean “written in assembly” the context in that thread was that there is no OS between the software and the hardware. Where as the TV uses the Linux audio subsystem because it’s a Linux based platform.