pa->setInputChannelCount(inputChannels);           // stereo input
         pa->setInputSampleFormat(PA_SAMPLE_TYPE);
         pa->setInputLatency(pa->getInputDefaultLowLatency());
+        fprintf(stderr,"PA in; low: %f high: %f\n", pa->getInputDefaultLowLatency(), pa->getInputDefaultHighLatency());
         pa->setInputHostApiStreamInfo(NULL);
     }
 
         pa->setOutputChannelCount(2);                      // stereo output
         pa->setOutputSampleFormat(PA_SAMPLE_TYPE);
         pa->setOutputLatency(pa->getOutputDefaultLowLatency());
+        fprintf(stderr,"PA out; low: %f high: %f\n", pa->getOutputDefaultLowLatency(), pa->getOutputDefaultHighLatency());
         pa->setOutputHostApiStreamInfo(NULL);
     }
 
       On Linux, setting this to wxGetApp().m_framesPerBuffer caused
       intermittant break up on the audio from my IC7200 on Ubuntu 14.
       After a day of bug hunting I found that 0, as recommended by the
-      PortAudio docunmentation, fixed the problem.
+      PortAudio documentation, fixed the problem.
     */
 
     //pa->setFramesPerBuffer(wxGetApp().m_framesPerBuffer);
 
     return Pa_GetDeviceInfo(m_inputBuffer.device)->defaultLowInputLatency;
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+// getInputDefaultHighLatency()
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+PaTime  PortAudioWrap::getInputDefaultHighLatency()
+{
+    return Pa_GetDeviceInfo(m_inputBuffer.device)->defaultHighInputLatency;
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
 // setOutputChannelCount()
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
     return Pa_GetDeviceInfo(m_outputBuffer.device)->defaultLowOutputLatency;
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+// getOutputDefaultHighLatency()
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+PaTime  PortAudioWrap::getOutputDefaultHighLatency()
+{
+    return Pa_GetDeviceInfo(m_outputBuffer.device)->defaultHighOutputLatency;
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
 // setFramesPerBuffer()
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
 
         PaError             setInputLatency(PaTime latency);
         void                setInputHostApiStreamInfo(void *info = NULL);
         PaTime              getInputDefaultLowLatency();
+        PaTime              getInputDefaultHighLatency();
         const char          *getDeviceName(PaDeviceIndex dev);
 
         PaError             setOutputDevice(PaDeviceIndex dev);
         PaError             setOutputLatency(PaTime latency);
         void                setOutputHostApiStreamInfo(void *info = NULL);
         PaTime              getOutputDefaultLowLatency();
+        PaTime              getOutputDefaultHighLatency();
 
         void                setFdmdvState(FDMDV* fdmdv_state)                       {this->m_pFDMDV_state = fdmdv_state;}
         void                setOutputBuffer(const PaStreamParameters& outputBuffer) {this->m_outputBuffer = outputBuffer;}