What I think should not be forgotten is systems are not systems unless their timing is accurate and any form of “compensation” in the record path is an indication that something is not right somewhere.
There are many examples of hardware, in particular USB type interfaces that have tried to overcome the inherint timing innacuracies of the USB (buss) but with limited success.
For example terratec, lexicon have both done this but for my purposes I simply tolerate what latency my system produces or use something else and sometimes the old way is the best way and herin lies the answer.