11Dreams
I'm not asking to be a Butt head but I have never got why latency is of any consequence.
I don't have any issue with latency, I have none.
Why is it to others?
Sorry to open an old thread but I thought your question deserves an answer.
If all you are doing is recording and playback latency has no impact at all. Who cares if you have to wait a quarter second for the wheels to start rolling? Stability is more important than latency.
But if you are using virtual instruments then it is super important. The timing of the performance suffers. A latency of 20 milliseconds is like having a speaker 20 feet from the player. A 200 millisecond latency is like having your guitar amp 200 feet from you. Sound travels at roughly 1000 feet per second.