Latency Questions for MOTU 896HD

I took the dimmer out this morning and replaced it with a regular decor switch and two 25W bulbs… Still noisy so I guess the problem in some where else but I’m checking everything

Problem is, now that I actually have a small handle on what I can do with midi and Cubase and my own desire to record, I have a greater interest in getting things set up properly instead of just plugged in. It looks better too.

I have a 2tb hard drive installed and 2 - 500 gb drives as well and there is plenty of extra space available… I am going to start experimenting with 96kHz

Right now …nothing is a very important recording. My CPU load tests were me reciting a rhythmic Mary had a little lamb for the vocals over midi tracks and audio tracks even instrument tracks over my jazz rendition of How High the Moon…I am not a singer. What makes it terrible is hearing your own voice on playback . That makes me think its even worse