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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 68229" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: How to do an analog insert?Given that the metronome sound quality is of no great importance, you could output the metronome thru the computer soundcard and cable it to one of the AUX inputs. There will be some latency, but that can easily be compensated for(having a reference click track for the recorded material, and one advance click track that makes the round trip to align with the reference track)As for input monitoring, why bother except for initially verifying that recording is ok? Once everything is set up and relative levels between the daw and the X32 are set, you are better off monitoring straight thru the desk while recording. When you are dubbing, something that might not be a great idea with usb, you need to align the new tracks post recording anyway, so monitoring a mix of playback tracks and live via the daw is just going to be messy at the best of times. Remember the old multitrack reel-to-reel machines, one would use the recording head for dubbing playback, and only use the dedicated playback head for mixdown, a compromize, but a lot less messy than having offset tracks and realigning the heads for each take. Actually, not monitoring through the daw is probably not a compromize at all, because I can&#039;t see what is to be gained by doing it. In the old days a tech might monitor the playback heads to keep tabs on the saturation etc. but that tech would not be concerned with any timing issues between live and playback, because he would only listen to playback and be concerned with the sound, not the timing and musicality of the take. Recording to daw, there shouldn&#039;t be any considerations regarding the quality of the actual recording process, and thus no need to monitor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 68229, member: 1285"] Re: How to do an analog insert? Given that the metronome sound quality is of no great importance, you could output the metronome thru the computer soundcard and cable it to one of the AUX inputs. There will be some latency, but that can easily be compensated for(having a reference click track for the recorded material, and one advance click track that makes the round trip to align with the reference track) As for input monitoring, why bother except for initially verifying that recording is ok? Once everything is set up and relative levels between the daw and the X32 are set, you are better off monitoring straight thru the desk while recording. When you are dubbing, something that might not be a great idea with usb, you need to align the new tracks post recording anyway, so monitoring a mix of playback tracks and live via the daw is just going to be messy at the best of times. Remember the old multitrack reel-to-reel machines, one would use the recording head for dubbing playback, and only use the dedicated playback head for mixdown, a compromize, but a lot less messy than having offset tracks and realigning the heads for each take. Actually, not monitoring through the daw is probably not a compromize at all, because I can't see what is to be gained by doing it. In the old days a tech might monitor the playback heads to keep tabs on the saturation etc. but that tech would not be concerned with any timing issues between live and playback, because he would only listen to playback and be concerned with the sound, not the timing and musicality of the take. Recording to daw, there shouldn't be any considerations regarding the quality of the actual recording process, and thus no need to monitor. [/QUOTE]

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