routing and monitoring

[san]

hi,

i have a question about monitoring .

this is my set up /
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i have to record voices . i'd like to know how do you proceed for monitoring ...

is it software or direct /

i know the difference but don't know which one is better ...

thank you for your help and advices

[bosone]

i use a second mixer (micromixer) in which i put the output of the main mixer and the recording source to monitor. the micromixer is then connected to the physical output.

i never use software monitoring

[alfonso]

I use the stm2448 Mixer for everything usually. The Control Room output goes to my ADAM Speakers. It receives Asio channels, realtime Scope synths driven by MIDI tracks and also monitors live instruments. You can use the recording bus assignement to go to an ASIO track, but I usually like to connect the converters straight to Asio destinations and record directly and unprocessed. Obviously, as outputs in Scope can be routed to as many inputs you want, The converters (the AES/EBU inputs of the cards, showing as SPDIF modules) are also routed to the stm2448 for monitoring, where any sort of effects can be applied and levels matched without affecting the recording. I only have a phase aligned little stereo switch to switch between the stereo converters and the Mix out of the Scope mixer to record the performance or the mix.

[Terrac]

my setup has evolved over many years, and the current arrangement is very interesting.

physical inputs to a dynamixer, each input is direct out-putted to the ASIO inputs
the mix signal for the dynamixer goes to a stereo pair on a STM48 (or whatever, I just like having a large central mixer)

outside the computer I have a mackie which I monitor the input source through directly, the recorded signal does not play through to monitors