Specifications

6BUsing the AES16
7.2.3 Using Direct Monitoring in an ASIO Application
The Direct Monitoring (sometimes referred to as “hardware monitoring”) feature offered in many popular third party
applications provides a means to enable low-latency monitoring supported by the AES16’s on-board digital mixer.
Instead of using the Lynx Mixer to manually enable monitoring as discussed in the previous section, controls within
the application provide convenient access to this functionality.
Additionally, some applications offer “tape type” monitoring whereby inputs are monitored only when recording is
taking place. When utilizing Direct Monitoring from a recording application, it is preferable to NOT make
alterations to the Lynx mixer directly, as these changes may cause Direct Monitoring to produce unexpected results.
When Direct Monitoring is enabled in an application, Output Monitor Source Buttons C and
D are automatically assigned monitor sources.
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Since panning of mono input sources is available with Direct Monitoring,
even though pan controls are not a feature of the Lynx mixer, each mono
source is assigned to both the left and right channels of an output channel
strip. When a mono signal is panned from within the host application, the
level sliders under each instance of the monitor source will move accordingly.
As an example: If Digital In 1 Left is being monitored on Digital Out 1 Left &
Right, when you pan the input signal to the left the Monitor Source Volume
for Digital Out 1 Left increases and the Monitor Source Volume for Digital
Out 1 Right decreases.
Since this feature relies upon code within a third party application to operate,
different software versions may behave differently than described.
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