Delta 1010 & zero latency monitoring

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How would I achieve zero latency monitoring with the Delta 1010? Also, is it really needed? I know what zero latency monitoring is but as long as it's not bad, is there a true need for it? Of course, it's quite nice to have...

Anyway, discuss.
 
there should be an option for input monitoring in your recording software, you could also use a patchbay and monitor the input that way.
 
I get by with my DElta 1010's 2ms latency, it's inaudable to the human ear but using an outboard mixer as i do there's no monitoring latency anyway

It'll depend on the spec of you PC also
 
How do I check the latency of my Delta 1010? (yeah, stupid question...but I've never needed to know until now)

Also, how would I use a patchbay to monitor the input and get zero latency monitoring? How would I monitor the mix at the exact same time? For example, while I tracking vocals, I want zero latency on my vocals but I also want to hear the mix coming from my DAW.

One more question...wouldn't using a patchbay degrade the signal going into the input of my Delta?
 
Myriad_Rocker said:
How do I check the latency of my Delta 1010? (yeah, stupid question...but I've never needed to know until now)

Also, how would I use a patchbay to monitor the input and get zero latency monitoring? How would I monitor the mix at the exact same time? For example, while I tracking vocals, I want zero latency on my vocals but I also want to hear the mix coming from my DAW.

One more question...wouldn't using a patchbay degrade the signal going into the input of my Delta?
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I can tell you what I do when tracking vocals.

Since the 1010 does not have a headphone out I’m not sure you could achieve zero latency monitoring. Your signal is going to travel through the 1010’s A/D converter and you will probably be using a recording tool like Cubase or whatever. Inside your software you can select input monitoring but you will not get zero latency. Depending on your buffer settings you should be able to get your latency low enough to where it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. But I have had some problems with using input monitoring in my DAW so when I track vocals I use an output from my preamp and run that directly into an aux on my mixer, and I connect my phones to the mixers headphone output. This method works best for me and I don’t “notice” any latency. Not all preamps have two outputs on them.

I’m not using a patchbay but I wouldn’t think that would degrade the signal.
 
Since the 1010 does not have a headphone out I’m not sure you could achieve zero latency monitoring.
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You don't need a headphone output, you just need the ability to route the inputs to the output.
 
Okay...so...I have a headphone amp. How would I set it up so that I monitor the input AND the music from the DAW at the same time so that I can track vocals with zero latency?
 
therage! said:
But I have had some problems with using input monitoring in my DAW so when I track vocals I use an output from my preamp and run that directly into an aux on my mixer, and I connect my phones to the mixers headphone output.
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That's what zero latency always meant to me, bypass the interface althogether! That's why preamps with more than 1 output are such a blessing.
 
Looking at my pre (VTB-1), I think I can pull it off. It says that you can use the insert jack to send a signal without the tube blend to where ever and as long as you use a TRS cable, you can still get signal in the line outs. In this case, I want to use an insert cable so it will split off into two so I can combine them with the two outputs from my soundcard with some sort of coupler going to TRS on both ends and then just input into my headphone amp. :D

So....will it work? Is it crude? Is there a better way? Might this really make the monitoring through the headphones crappy?

Also, besides using the insert jack, does anyone know if both of the line outs on the VTB-1 function at the same time? Probably not since in the diagrams it says "OR".

FYI, my headphone only has one set of inputs and that's the mains inputs.

I have attached the PDF I am looking at.
 
I don't understand at all. Why don't you just go from the line out of the vtb-1 to the input on your headphone amp? Both outputs put out a signal simultaneously.

Or am I missing something? :confused:
 
Kevin DeSchwazi said:
I don't understand at all. Why don't you just go from the line out of the vtb-1 to the input on your headphone amp? Both outputs put out a signal simultaneously.

Or am I missing something? :confused:
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The reason I don't do that is because I want to be able to hear the music coming from my DAW as well. Hence the couplers that combine the signal from one of the outputs on my soundcard to one of the outputs on the VTB-1.

Make sense?
 
Myriad_Rocker said:
The reason I don't do that is because I want to be able to hear the music coming from my DAW as well. Hence the couplers that combine the signal from one of the outputs on my soundcard to one of the outputs on the VTB-1.

Make sense?
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Ah, I missed the part about only having one input on the amp. :o

Makes perfect sense now.
 
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