> High latency feedback forces you to be more methodical in your development and think about the changes you're making. There is also an attitude in computer m

> High latency feedback forces you to be more methodical in your development and think about the changes you're making. There is also an attitude in computer music that low latency audio and realtime systems are simply part of the march of historical progress and ultimately represent a step forward from the days when composers could wait a week to hear 15 seconds of music rendered. I found that I like the think-write-render-listen-repeat loop that comes from a compiled music workflow. (I discovered this when writing a -- initially very slow -- nonrealtime python computer music system which in the early days would sometimes have me waiting a few hours to render a couple minutes of music.) Realtime computer systems enabled all sorts of new forms of live improvisation, interactive algorithmic systems, etc but sometimes it's very nice to have to sit in a quiet room with a text editor or notebook and think your way through the next long render.