Block-level set sched ahead time for the current thread

with_sched_ahead_time  time (number)

Specify how many seconds ahead of time the synths should be triggered for the block. See use_sched_ahead_time for further information.

See set_sched_ahead_time! for a global version of this function. Note, with_sched_ahead_time will override any value set with set_sched_ahead_time! for the given block within the current thread.

See with_real_time for a simple way of setting the schedule ahead time to 0.

Introduced in v3.0

Example

with_sched_ahead_time 1 do
  play 70 
end
play 70 

 
# Sound will happen with a latency of 1
 
# Sound will happen with the default latency (0.5s)