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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 108855" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: X32 DiscussionIn general, it is best to create the monitoring mix on the performer side of the interface, since there will not be any real latency issues.Any new takes will have a delay compared to the takes used for monitoring off, this delay will be equal to the round trip time. A trick that works all the time to establish the round trip time is to run a recorded click-track into the singers headphones, and put the headphones over the mike to record some clicks. From this recording it is easy to establish how much latency there is by comparing the recorded track with the original track. Once the latency is established, it is a matter of post take shifting every new track by the established amount. There are no practical issues with having a fairly long latency as long as round-trip monitoring is avoided.It doesn&#039;t really matter where you create the mix off the recorded material, doing it in DAW will save some channels on the interface and on the mixer and is often the preferred way for small studio/home studio setups where some resources are limited.I don&#039;t know ProTools, but I would be surprised if there wasn&#039;t a way to set it to do automatic post-take-alignment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 108855, member: 1285"] Re: X32 Discussion In general, it is best to create the monitoring mix on the performer side of the interface, since there will not be any real latency issues. Any new takes will have a delay compared to the takes used for monitoring off, this delay will be equal to the round trip time. A trick that works all the time to establish the round trip time is to run a recorded click-track into the singers headphones, and put the headphones over the mike to record some clicks. From this recording it is easy to establish how much latency there is by comparing the recorded track with the original track. Once the latency is established, it is a matter of post take shifting every new track by the established amount. There are no practical issues with having a fairly long latency as long as round-trip monitoring is avoided. It doesn't really matter where you create the mix off the recorded material, doing it in DAW will save some channels on the interface and on the mixer and is often the preferred way for small studio/home studio setups where some resources are limited. I don't know ProTools, but I would be surprised if there wasn't a way to set it to do automatic post-take-alignment. [/QUOTE]

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