[ddots-l] Re: question about monitoring
- From: "Tim Burgess" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:32:54 -0000
When you play the project back the audio is routed exclusively through the
DAW application, so you hear the effects and there's no use for hardware
monitoring, as no signal is coming in on your interface's inputs.
Best wishes.
Tim Burgess
Raised Bar Ltd
Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822
Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at
http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Omar Binno
Sent: 22 January 2009 11:46
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about monitoring
Thanks alot for the detailed explanation, Tim. So while I had everything
plugged into my mixer and not turning on input echo in sonar, the routing
was taking place through the audio interface/mixer, and not through Sonar?
But if that is the case, how come I could still hear effects if I inserted
them on an audio track when playing the project?
Thanks.
Omar Binno
AIM: LOD1116
Skype: obinno1
Website: www.omarbinno.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Burgess <mailto:tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 4:07 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about monitoring
Hi Omar,
OK, here's the deal:
1 - Monitoring via the interface (known as hardware monitoring)
means that
you hear a copy of the signal that's coming into the interface from
a mic,
guitar, or whatever, without it being processed by your software.
The
advantage of this is that there's no appreciable delay between what
you hear
yourself playing/singing and what comes back at you from the
speakers/cans.
The disadvantage is that you won't hear any FX processing that your
DAW
software is adding to the sound (a lot of singers like to ha a bit
of reverb
while they're recording and guitarists often don't find it easy to
play
their part "dry");
2 - Software monitoring (like input echo in Sonar) allows you to
hear the
treated signal, so the guitarist can hear that monster noise from
Amplitube
and the singer can float away into the space created by a reverb
plug-in.
This can sometimes help the creative process, but very often
introduces a
small lag (called latency). On a fast machine with a high-quality
interface
and good drivers it should be possible to reduce this delay to a
point where
nobody notices or, even if you can hear it, it's so small that
nobody cares.
However, if you can't reduce it to this level, for whatever reason,
it can
make tracking very difficult as it starts to affect your timing.
So, there's no right or wrong (as usual), it's just a case of
finding what's
appropriate for the instrument/artist you're dealing with and trying
to tune
your software to provide the necessary. Hope that helps.
Best wishes.
Tim Burgess
Raised Bar Ltd
Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822
Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music
technology at
http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Omar Binno
Sent: 22 January 2009 07:49
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] question about monitoring
Okay, this is a very rudimentary question. Until now, my studio
setup has
included using a mixer and an audio interface with sonar. However,
I'm now
switching to just using an audio interface as a stand-alone, without
a
mixer. I will be using the RME Fireface 800. The question now
arises: should
I do my input monitoring through sonar, or through the audio
interface. My
knowledge is rather foggy as to exactly what monitoring is used for.
So
first, what is monitoring, and second, when using an audio interface
without
a mixer, is it preferable to do the monitoring through the
interface, or
through sonar.
Thank you for any and all input.
Omar Binno
AIM: LOD1116
Skype: obinno1
Website: www.omarbinno.com
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