I'm never clear as to what others are reporting. Are people looking at what I'm looking at which is Sonars reported round trip latency??
I know a faster computer might help but I'd have to set the Mix Control setting at 2ms to get around 10ms RTL. On my system this will stop the audio engine dead in it's tracks..
I've no problem recording soft synths. I do not hear any delay when playing my controller driving any soft synths. And yes I always bypass all bins when recording midi otherwise I wail hear delay.
I think mid is a totally different kettle of fish. In my case I'm not even sure it has anything to do with the Scarlett drivers at all.
I'm either using a Roland USB keyboard controller or my Yamaha digital drums which are also USB.They both require installing their own drivers. There is a noticeable delay with the Yamaha drums so I direct monitor the brain while tracking. But I spend days and days working with my Roland controller / keyboard and it responds instantly.
If I turn on input echo for an audio track I can most certainly hear a slap back echo.
I just tried a few different sample rates
I can get as low as 3.4 ms if I set it at 2 ms = 89 samples and 96hz. But of course that's not going to get any work done.
At 48 and 5ms I only get a little better than 44.1. @ 21ms rtl
88.2 gives me 12ms rtl at the 5 ms buffer.