Atkron205
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If it's through the DAW it's almost certainly not direct monitoring. Direct monitoring is controlled by a knob on the interface or by the interface's control panel. The whole point of direct monitoring is to bypass the trip through the computer and the DAW.
I suppose there's a remote chance some DAW can control some interface's DSP direct monitoring arrangement, but if the interface has a simple knob to balance the inputs with the playback there's no way for the DAW to access that feature.
It's a simple choice. If you want the lowest latency (I consider 5ms to be the absolute maximum allowable) and you don't want to lower your buffers to the point where you risk dropouts use direct monitoring and turn off the DAW's input monitoring. If you need to hear inputs after they've been processed by the DAW you've painted yourself into a corner and you have to use the DAW's input monitoring.
I have not found a way to use the 824s direct monitoring feature with Reaper, I will use the monitor feature in Reaper and see how it goes. Thanks