Yup, it really is. BTW, my socks were out on the lawn.
I decided I had a few microseconds to spare, so I turned on font smoothing (I really dislike non-anti-aliased fonts) and MSE. Now, with Sonar X1d running, latency is hovering in mid-50s with the occasional spike up over 100, a small (micro?) price to pay.
Can you say: Happy Camper.