Sonar, delta 1010 recording question

[kktk]

Ok here is my setup.

Motif, triton rack etc go into mackie 1642.
direct outs for those channels go into the delta 1010 inputs. Main outs from the mackie's are also connected to the studio monitors. I arm those tracks in sonar, record the audio sound--simple.

My question is about monitoring. If I am already listening to the audio from the mixer direct going into the studio monitors---what's the point, use, intended use etc for the software monitoring? by that i basically mean....

What does the monitor mixer on the detla 1010 do?
What does the input monitoring option on the sonar do?
What should/can i use those functions for?

thanks..

[lomky]

If you want to be able to hear a pre-recorded track and play to it, if I understand your question correctly.

[tmix]

Here is one situation.
Lets say you add a stand alone pre or amp simulator that goes direct to the Delta input 7 / 8 or digital ins and wanted to hear them. You would then need to access the Delta control panel mixer to add those remote inputs back into the delta 1/2 out so you could hear it through your monitors.

Another use is if you want to set up an independant headphone mix and run it to a dedicated headphone amp for the people you are tracking. They can get a different mix than what you are montoring (to a certain degree).

[darnold]

you need asio monitoring if you want to do stuff like that. the monitor mixer on the delta 1010 just lets you hear the signal after its gone through the converters which helps you monitor the signal better.

danny

[dachay2tnr]

Originally posted by kktk
What does the input monitoring option on the sonar do?
thanks..

Input Monitoring in Sonar allows you to hear "software effects" as you are recording. In other words, if you are appying Sonar's FxReverb to a vocal track, and you want to hear the reverb as you record the vocal, you will need to use Input Monitoring.

One word of caution, you need a relatively low latency setting (<5 ms) in order to not hear this as an echo. Low latencies can be quite taxing to the CPU. Unless you've got pretty decent horsepower, you might want to forgo this option.

[darnold]

yah i guess you can do it out of asio, but ive never been successful doing it in WDM. But you can give it a try. Infact i havnt been able to get it below 35ms in WDM. But give it a try..

Danny