David,
Thanks for your advice and it has helped a lot and the delay problem has been taken care of.
4 steps forward and 1 back.

I now have an interesting Metronome issue where only it will only use piano tones for all of the different metronome beats. Only MIDI Channel 2 will allow any sound. Do you want me to start a new thread for this problem?
Sherry,
Your concern about the M-Audio cable was something that I wondered about and decided to order a different brand. While my (old) M-Audio cable appears to be working, it seemed logical to get a new one just in case.
Thanks
--Jerry