Elektron Musical Instruments

> I seem to be having latency issues even when the SID is plugged 
> directly into a midi
> keyboard. Is this part of the SID's "charm" or can it be rectified? I 
> get the impression
> that alot of people sample the output and rather than playing it live.

It is part of the sid charm, but can be rectified :-)
The manual explains how to get rid of latency quite well.
If you're going to use a sequence, that will be easy: check the 
system->sync menu, make sure that source is ExtCl, speed 100hz and cut 
2, then add a negative delay of -20ms in the sequencer. Your sid will 
be synced.

If you want to use it live, then you can try to set hcut to 0 and use 
the "gate" option in the envelope.

The manual will clarify this better than me, look for sync and envelope.

I wouldn't sample the sid, you'd loose its analogue unpredictable 
character