Another View Of Direct Monitoring - E-Mu 404 Owner's Manual

6 - Tutorials: Recording and Mixing
Direct Monitoring

Another view of Direct Monitoring

Input
ASIO
Direct Pan
Monitor
Volume
Send
Return
Panning
Fader
Aux 1 Bus
Aux 2 Bus
Main Output Bus
Pan and Volume are also controlled by your recording application via the Direct Monitor Send.
These controls come before the volume and pan controls in the channel strip.
Add a Direct Monitor Insert to an Input Strip:
Create a new strip from a physical source such as PCI Card In L.
1.
Next, right-click on the insert chain and select the Insert ASIO Direct Monitor
2.
option.
Choose an available ASIO Input and Output pair. Normally, you should use the
3.
same ASIO pair for the input and output.
The PCI Card In L input should now be available to record in your ASIO appli-
4.
cation.
In Cubase, ASIO Direct Monitor needs to be On (checked). (Options, Audio Setup,
5.
System.)
In Cubase, the VST Channel Mixer input channel must be routed to a Master Mixer
6.
Bus and the output of this Bus must be routed to the PatchMix input strip
containing the ASIO Direct Monitor send. This routing is shown in the diagram on
the following page.
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Recording
Software
(recording)
Control
ASIO
Direct
Monitor
Send
Return
Input
Recording
Software
(playback)
Control
Panning
Fader
Aux 1 Bus
Aux 2 Bus
Main Output Bus
If the Direct Monitor
f
Send/Return comes after
an effect, the effect will
be recorded. See
Recording & Monitoring
with Effects.
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