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It is important if you are driving hardware synths and samplers through midi. Otherwise latency is not really a problem.

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• wdfx 2y ago
  > Otherwise latency is not really a problem This is absolutely not true. Latency in audio systems is important in almost every aspect of using a DAW
• jcelerier 2y ago
  it's pretty hard for me as a musician to record guitar tracks in sync if I'm not getting the lowest latency through my computer (since I try to use e.g. software amp sims & pedals, etc.). Past ~8ms I feel it when I play, past 15ms I can hear the less accurate playing in the recorded tracks.
  • Aldipower 2y ago
    Use direct monitoring of your interface or an mixer in front of your interface. Then you can get away with 0ms (an analog mixer) or 2-4ms (interface direct monitor). Your DAW will latency compensate the "record head". It is just a matter of signal routing. It took me 20 years to get to this simple solution. :-D
    • jcelerier 2y ago
      > Use direct monitoring of your interface but that doesn't allow me to have my (software) effects chain when I record ? for a guitar solo where i'm going to play with say, delays and whammys that's a no-go