firepod and "latency free" monitor

[bean 123]

i am considering buying the firepod. I was reading the manual online and it stated that the monitor outs occur before the audio goes in the computer. I want to plug in a guitar, use amplitube, and be able to hear the amplitube on the guitar while i play it. does this mean the firepod won't work? it sounds as if the signal coming from the computer(amplitube) may have latency thru the monitors. I would also like to use the virtual instruments in cubase and reason with my keyboard triggering them and hear them in realtime thru the monitors. Will this work?

 

[guhlenn]

it will work but since you'll be processing in the comp you'll have (some ) latency...

 

[bean 123]

i wonder how much latency... i've noticed that around 40 ms and less in pretty much still playable....

 

[guhlenn]

Depending on comp you can get down to about 2 ms, early reports say 4 ms is actually realistic.

 

[bean 123]

weel that sounds totally acceptable to me! thanks for the replies!