-<p>Audio recorders typically have the ability to "monitor" (i.e. listen to) the tracks that are armed for recording, while playing back the tracks that aren't. In the days of analog tape recording, this was performed with relays and other analog audio switching devices. Digital recorders have the same feature, but may impart some "latency" (delay) between the time you make a noise and the time that you hear it come back from the recorder.</p>
-<p>The latency of <strong>any</strong> conversion from analog to digital and back to analog is about 1.5-2 milliseconds. Despite common listening conditions creating 3 millisecond delays, some musicians claim that even the basic A/D/A conversion time is objectionable. However it is commonly believed that a latency below 5 milliseconds is suitable for a professional recording setup. Because 2 milliseconds have already been used in the A/D/A process, you must use extremely low "buffer sizes" in your workstation I/O setup to keep the overall latency below 5ms. Not all <a href="/setting-up-your-system/the-right-computer-system-for-digital-audio">computer audio systems</a> are able to work reliably at such low buffer sizes.</p>
+<p>Audio recorders typically have the ability to "monitor" (i.e. listen to) the tracks that are armed for recording, while playing back the tracks that aren't. In the days of analog tape recording, this was performed with relays and other analog audio switching devices. Digital recorders have the same feature, but may impart some <a href="/synchronization/latency-and-latency-compensation/">latency</a> (delay) between the time you make a noise and the time that you hear it come back from the recorder.</p>
+<p>The latency of <strong>any</strong> conversion from analog to digital and back to analog is about 1.5-2 milliseconds. Some musicians claim that even the basic <abbr title="Analog to Digital to Analog">A/D/A</abbr> conversion time is objectionable. However even acoustic instruments such as the piano can have approximately 3<abbr title="milliseconds">ms</abbr> of latency, due to the time it takes sound to travel from the instrument to the musician's ears. Latency below 5ms should be suitable for a professional recording setup. Because 2ms are already used in the A/D/A process, you must use extremely low "buffer sizes" in your workstation <abbr title="Input/Output">I/O</abbr> setup to keep the overall latency below 5ms. Not all <a href="/setting-up-your-system/the-right-computer-system-for-digital-audio">computer audio systems</a> are able to work reliably at such low buffer sizes.</p>