[ddots-l] Re: question about monitoring
- From: "Craig Spencer" <craigspencer2.0@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:03:29 -0500
i USE IT AS ASTAND- ALONE.
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From: Omar Binno
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:18 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about monitoring
Oh okay. Do you use it as a stand-alone unit, or do you use a mixer with it?
Omar Binno
AIM: LOD1116
Skype: obinno1
Website: www.omarbinno.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Spencer
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:59 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about monitoring
Yes I use the 400
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From: Omar Binno
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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:06 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about monitoring
Okay, got it. Craig, are you using the fireface?
Omar Binno
AIM: LOD1116
Skype: obinno1
Website: www.omarbinno.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Spencer
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:59 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about monitoring
If you have the audio already recorded, then you will here the effects
because it is playing back through Sonar.
What you may want to do is have different mixer set ups in the fireface
for different applications.
However, you would need sighted assistance to do this.
----- Original Message -----
From: Omar Binno
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:45 AM
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
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-----
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[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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