Reducing Monitoring Latency - MOTU 828 Mk III Hybrid User Manual

MONITORING LIVE INPUT
There are two ways to monitor live audio input
with an 828mk3: 1) through the computer or 2) via
the 82mk3 CueMix FX hardware mixer. Figure 8-1
shows method 1, which allows you to apply host-
based effects processing via plug-ins in your audio
software. See the next section, "Adjusting the audio
I/O buffer" for details about how to reduce — and
possibly eliminate — the audible monitoring delay
that the computer introduces.
Figure 8-2 shows how to use CueMix FX hardware-
based monitoring, which lets you hear what you are
recording with no monitoring delay and no
computer-based effects processing. Instead, input
is routed directly to an output, either with or
without 828mk3-based effects processing (EQ,
2. Mic signal goes immedi-
ately to the computer.
Figure 8-1: There are two ways to monitor live audio inputs with an 828mk3: 1) through the computer or 2) via CueMix FX hardware monitor-
ing. This diagram shows method 1 (through the computer). When using this method, use your host software's buffer setting to reduce the
slight delay you hear when monitoring the live input, but don't lower it too much, or your computer might get sluggish.
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1. Live input (from mic, guitar, etc.)
enters the MOTU interface.
PC
compression or reverb). See "CueMix FX hardware
monitoring" later in this chapter for details on how
to use CueMix FX with your audio software, or
with the included CueMix FX software.
If the material you are recording is suitable, there is
a third way to monitor live input: use both methods
(Figure 8-1 and Figure 8-2) at the same time. For
example, you could route guitar to both the
computer (for an amp model effect) and mix that
processed signal on the main outs with dry guitar
from CueMix FX — or perhaps with a touch of
828mk3 Classic Reverb.
3. Mic signal is
'patched thru' back to
the audio interface
with host-based
plug-in effects, if any.
4. Mic signal (with plug-in
processing, if any) is routed
to the main outs (or other
outputs that you've specified
in the software).
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