Amount of time between when a signal is sent and a sound is heard, measured in milliseconds.

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What is “latency” in a digital recording studio?

What is "Latancy" in a digital recording studio? Do I need to be worried about it? What is an "acceptable" level of latency? What's the best way of reducing latency?
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FireWire or USB

Which is better for audio recording? FireWire or USB audio interfaces? I've used USB quite a bit and struggled with a few latency issues (which have since been resolved) but the speeds of FireWire ...
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Eliminating recording latency — what hardware and settings are needed?

I am very new to this field, so please bear with me. When recording MIDI, there are several kinds of annoying delays. I would like to know what can I do to reduce/eliminate this by changing ...