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REDUCING MONITORING LATENCY

MONITORING LIVE INPUT

There are two ways to monitor live audio input

with an 828x: 1) through the computer or 2) via the

828x CueMix FX hardware mixer. Figure 8-1

shows method 1, which allows you to apply host-

based effects processing via plug-ins in your audio

software. See the next section, “Adjusting the audio

I/O buffer” for details about how to reduce — and

possibly eliminate — the audible monitoring delay

that the computer introduces.

Figure 8-2 shows how to use CueMix FX hardware-

based monitoring, which lets you hear what you are

recording with no monitoring delay and no

computer-based effects processing. Instead, input

is routed directly to an output, either with or

without 828x-based effects processing (EQ,

compression or reverb). See “CueMix FX hardware

monitoring” later in this chapter for details on how

to use CueMix FX with your audio software, or

with the included CueMix FX software.

If the material you are recording is suitable, there is

a third way to monitor live input: use both methods

(Figure 8-1 and Figure 8-2) at the same time. For

example, you could route guitar to both the

computer (for an amp model effect) and mix that

processed signal on the main outs with dry guitar

from CueMix FX — or perhaps with a touch of

828x Classic Reverb.

1. Live input (from mic, guitar, etc.)

enters the MOTU interface.

2. Mic signal goes immedi-

ately to the computer.

3. Mic signal is

‘patched thru’ back to

the audio interface

with host-based

plug-in effects, if any.

Figure 8-1: There are two ways to monitor live audio inputs with an 828x: 1) through the computer or 2) via CueMix FX hardware monitoring.

This diagram shows method 1 (through the computer). When using this method, use your host software’s buffer setting to reduce the slight

delay you hear when monitoring the live input, but don’t lower it too much, or your computer might get sluggish.

4. Mic signal (with plug-in

processing, if any) is routed

to the main outs (or other

outputs that you’ve speciﬁed

in the software).