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Recording
Monitoring
2. Open the Auto Monitoring pop-up menu and select Manual.
3. Deactivate Monitor in Cubase.
4. On your mixing desk or mixer application for your audio hardware, activate the Thru or
Direct Thru mode to send the input audio back out again.
ASIO Direct Monitoring
If your audio hardware is ASIO 2.0 compatible, it may support ASIO Direct Monitoring. This
feature may also be available for audio hardware with macOS drivers. In ASIO Direct Monitoring
mode, the monitoring is done in the audio hardware, and monitoring is controlled from Cubase.
The latency value of the audio hardware configuration does not affect the monitor signal when
using ASIO Direct Monitoring.
PROCEDURE
1. In the track list, activate Monitor.
2. Select Studio> Studio Setup.
3. In the Devices list, select your audio hardware driver, and activate Direct Monitoring.
If the checkbox is grayed out, your audio hardware (or its driver) does not support ASIO
Direct Monitoring. Consult the audio hardware manufacturer for details.
4. In the Preferences dialog, select VST.
5. Open the Auto Monitoring pop-up menu and select a monitoring mode.
6. In the MixConsole, adjust the monitoring level and panning.
Depending on the audio hardware, this might not be possible.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
You can monitor the input levels of audio tracks, that is, you can map the input bus metering to
monitor-enabled audio tracks and watch the input levels of your audio tracks when working in
the Project window.
Activate Map Input Bus Metering to Audio Track (in Direct Monitoring) in the
Preferences dialog (Metering page).
As the tracks are mirroring the input bus signal you will see the same signal in both places.
When using mapped metering, any functions that you apply to the audio track are not
reflected in its meters.
NOTE
When using Steinberg hardware (MR816 series) in combination with ASIO Direct Monitoring,
monitoring will be virtually latency-free. If you are using RME Audio Hammerfall DSP audio
hardware, make sure that the pan law is set to -3 dB in the card’s preferences.
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