Output Control And Level Meter; Direct Monitor Button - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Studio 4th Gen User Manual

Output Control and Level Meter

The Output control and Output level meter are related to the signals going to Outputs 1 and 2 on
the back of your Scarlett 2i2, the outputs you'd most often connect to monitor speakers.
The Output control sets the level at the outputs from nothing (fully anti-clockwise) to full-scale
output (fully clockwise).
The Output Level meter around the Output level control is a pre-fade meter (it is not affected by
the control's position) showing you the signal level coming from your computer.
Note
On some occasions you may still hear sound from your monitors when the Output
control is fully anti-clockwise, you can adjust your monitor levels to resolve this:
1. Turn down your interface's Output control and your monitors' level control.
2. Turn the Output control to maximum (or just below maximum).
3. Play sound from your system.
4. Turn up your monitors' level controls until the level is the loudest you need.
You should no longer hear sound when the Output control is at its minimum. You also
have more control over the level with the full range of the Output control. By setting it
at just below the maximum, you also have a little extra volume if you need it, or want to
listen to sounds at a louder-than-normal level.
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Direct Monitor Button

Direct Monitor
them going through your computer. This means you hear the inputs without any latency and
without effects.
You might want to use Direct Monitoring for two reasons:
1. You're experiencing latency or a delay between making a sound and hearing it back
from your software. By muting your software inputs and turning on Direct Monitor, you
no longer hear latency.
2. You want to hear the clean unaffected signal going into your Scarlett, instead of
listening to the software output, which may have effects and plugins changing the way
your source sounds.
When Direct Monitor is off, the
Monitor settings, mono, and stereo, to enable Direct Monitor:
• Press the
input 2 will both be in the centre of the stereo image. This is useful for recording two
mono sources, for example, a guitar and a voice.
• Press the
input 2 is panned right. This is useful for recording a stereo device, for example, a stereo
microphone pair, a stereo synthesiser, or a keyboard.
Note
If you're hearing your signal twice or getting a doubling or slightly phased sound, it's
likely you've got Direct Monitor switched on, and you're hearing the sound back from
software. You can either:
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allows you to hear the signals coming into your interface's inputs without
icon lights white. The Scarlett 2i2 has two different Direct
button once for mono direct monitoring, signals present at input 1 and
button for a second time for stereo direct monitoring, input 1 is panned left,
• Mute the track you're recording to in your DAW software.
• Turn off Direct Monitor and only listen to the sound coming from your DAW
software.