Hardware:

PC: Windows 10 64 bit, CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8 core) 3.60 GHz, RAM: 32 GB, GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

Audio: Focusrite Scarlett 18i8, Audio-Technica AT2020 XLR, M-AUDIO AV32 speakers, Audio-Technica ATH-M40X phones.

Video: Canon EOS M50 (switching to a Canon EOS M200 for clean hdmi).

Proposed (and owned/ licensed) software: VoiceMeeter Potato, Virtual Audio Cable, VB Cable A B pack, VB Cable C D pack, Reaper, Xsplit.

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So let's start with - and not for the first time - I'm an Idiot (blush). Which is not (er - I hope (blushes again)) to say I know nothing, but is definitely to say if I thought I knew the answers I wouldn't be asking the questions. So - the question.

Latency.

OK. Two questions - latency and 'is this actually a really dumb approach' :-).

I know. The standard approach recommended for audio improvement is to forget about the tech until you've improved the room. Well I can't do much more than I've already done for that until I retire. Which means for now I'm working skills and tech. And I'm an author, so the use case involves both live streaming (book readings?) and recording. Which are going to include things like live mic, background music, pre-recorded voice - so multiple channels. And I don't want (or I don't think I want - that whole Idiot thing) to apply the same sound conditioning to, for example, my live mic as to some (licensed, royalty free :-) ) background music coming from say Spotify. My mic channel may want high and low pass, compression, background noise suppression, and the Spotify feed want none of it.

My (conceptual) chain is to use Potato and VAC to split channels for mic, Spotify etc, feed them into Reaper and condition each channel as required, then feed those channels (or new VAC lines) to Xsplit - on to record or Skype or wherever. But my head says that long a software chain might induce evil latency/ lag times for live activity (pre-recorded I guess I could could re-sync audio with a little preparation) - or just be flat-out impossible/ impractical. Which brings me to you, elders and wise. Taking the tech list waaaaaay up there at the top into account - comments? Thoughts?