Does anybody actually use software input monitoring?

[minofifa]

Im just curious.

Since sonar 3, i can remember there being a "software monitoring" feature that basically lets you monitor yourself in real time when recording. you can put effects on the feed in real time like reverb etc. Personally, i have had nothing but bad experiences with this feature. i have a difficult enough time getting a low latency as it is, and this always pushed my computers beyond theri capabilities. I now use the hardware monitoring on my MOTU and things work in near-real time.

does anybody rely on software monitoring, while still putting a load on theri computers, i.e. recording several tracks at once and having several tracks playing, and having some live effects on the live monitor?

 

[Monkey Allen]

I don't...I record everything with half an ear out of my headphones, so in other words, dry. I might opt to colour whatever tracks are down before recording the next track. Other times I do the whole thing dry then add effects/ tweaking only at the end. By I never real time monitor.

 

[Promythia]

I use it in Sonar 5 Pro, and I don't really ever have problems with it running Guitar Rig 2.