Desired latency in miliseconds will be used to determine the size of the driver buffers as a function of sampling frequency. 

Windows OS specific: When Exclusive mode is enabled (Exclusive property is True) this value can also be set to zero. The driver will always use the minimum required. If the buffer size exceeds certain size this can cause breaks and clicks in the audio. 

When using shared mode (Exclusive property is False), the value is ignored and the component always uses the same buffer size as Windows internal audio processing. This can be close or equal to minimum allowed by hardware. 

Call GetDriverLatency to get latency as reported by the driver. Read ActualLatency property to get latency calculated from the size of the buffer.

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