My deal is just a tad different... I HAD to buy an interface....new Yamaha n8 mixer uses firewire and my notebook has no room for an expansion card to do firewire/usb conversion....so I bought the Steinberg UR22....very sweet little 2 in & 2 out preamp .....the n8 was designed around Cubase so it offers compression, EQ, reverb etc...with these capabilities, I can unload some of the work being asked of Cubase.....I too am recording acoustic piano with 2 mics....I mic into the mixer XLR IN jacks, use CR output to the preamp and then on to Cubase.....the preamp OUT goes to the monitors....QUESTION IS should the preamp OUT go back to the mixer and use the mixer's ST OUT for the monitors?
thanks