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ProKeys Sono 61 User Guide

In a typical Direct Monitor scenario, plug your microphone into the Microphone input and guitar into the Instrument input on the

rear panel. Conﬁgure a mono track to record from input channel one, and a second mono track to record from input channel two.

Arm (record enable) both mono tracks in your audio software and set their recording levels using the gain controls on ProKeys

Sono. Next, set the Direct Monitor Level and you are ready to record. If you are recording your mic and guitar while listening to

tracks already recorded in your computer, you might want to listen once before starting the actual recording in order to set your

Direct Monitor Level relative to the tracks playing from your computer.

➜ IMPORTANT: The Direct Monitor knob enables monitoring of all audio signals that

enter any of the ProKeys Sono audio inputs. However, the ProKeys Sono outputs must

be selected within your recording software in order to hear sounds created by virtual

(computer software-based) MIDI instruments. Be sure “ProKeys Sono 61” or “USB

Audio Device” is selected as the audio output device within your recording software, and

that you have headphones connected to the headphone outputs on the front of ProKeys

Sono or ampliﬁed speakers connected to the 1/4” outputs on the back of ProKeys Sono.

The Mono Button

When the Mono button is pressed, the Microphone input sends its signal to both

the left and right outputs, and the Instrument input also sends its signal to both the

left and right outputs. This means that you will hear these input signals centered

between both speakers (or your headphones). When this button is not pressed,

the Microphone input will be sent to the Left Output and the Instrument input will be

sent to the Right Output. This means that the microphone input will be panned hard

left (i.e., heard only on the left speaker or headphone) while your instrument input will

be panned hard right when you listen back using Direct Monitor.

In its default state, the Mono button only affects how you hear signals from the

Microphone and Instrument inputs, but does not affect how these signals are

recorded. When recording to a stereo track, signal from the Microphone input will

appear as input channel one (referred to as the “left input” in certain applications)

whereas the instrument input appears as input channel two (the “right input”).

These signals can be recorded together on to a stereo track, but it is recommended

that you record the inputs on two separate mono tracks (since this will give you

more control over each individual track).

Tip: ProKeys Sono can be

conﬁgured so that signals from the

Microphone and Instrument inputs

are recorded exactly as heard when

monitoring in Mono. Enable the

MONO Input Record function in Edit

mode to use this feature. Once this

setting has been made, the Mono

button will not only affect the way

you hear yourself while recording

(monitoring), but also how the signal

is recorded by your computer. In

this scenario, if the Mono button

is active and you are recording to

a stereo track in your sequencing

software, any mono source (such

as a Microphone or a connected

instrument) will be recorded to both

channels of the stereo track (left

and right). As a result, both, the

microphone and instrument signals

will appear centered between both

speakers – essentially creating a

two-channel mono recording. See

the “Mono Input Record Key” portion

of the “Advanced ProKeys Sono

Functions in Edit Mode” chapter for

additional information on this.