thehorse:
there is very little measurable latency in terms of digital I/O and algorithm processing (assuming that complicated pitch shifting likely requires several ms).
True, except that pitch shifting usually has a minimum of about 20mS (it has to buffer a few complete cycles of the audio).
thehorse:
would there be any difference in total digital latency (I/O and processing) between the eclipse and H8000?
There should not be a big difference, but they are different units so will not be exactly the same. Note that any given effect may introduce delays which will appear as latency, and even when the units are running the "same" effect, there may be differences.
