MOTU MicroBook User Manual page 28

MONITORING LIVE INPUT
There are two ways to monitor live audio
input with a MicroBook:
1 Through the computer
2 Via the MicroBook CueMix FX
hardware mixer
Figure 5-11 below shows method #1,
which allows you to apply host-based
effects processing via plug-ins in your
audio software. See the next section,
1. Live input (from mic, guitar,
etc.) enters the MicroBook.
2. Mic signal goes
immediately to
the computer.
Figure 5-11: There are two ways to monitor live audio inputs with a MicroBook: 1)
through the computer or 2) via CueMix FX hardware monitoring. 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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"Adjusting the audio I/O buffer" for
details about how to reduce or eliminate
the audible monitoring delay that the
computer introduces.
Figure 5-12 on page 29 shows method #2.
CueMix FX hardware-based monitoring
lets you hear what you are recording with
no monitoring delay and no computer-
based effects processing. Rather, input is
routed directly to an output, either with
or without MicroBook-based effects
processing (EQ or compression). See
3. Mic signal is 'patched
thru' back to the audio
interface with host-based
plug-in effects, if any.
Computer
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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