ASIO Direct Monitoring – all products
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ASIO Direct Monitoring – all products
ASIO Direct Monitoring
Depending on what software you use, you will have different options for
monitoring your audio inputs. The more common type is software
monitoring. With software monitoring, your audio application handles
mixing inputs to outputs internally (i.e., on the PowerPC processor).
Typically, this adds latency, meaning that the audio you hear on the outputs
is delayed from the inputs.
Your Echo hardware has an on-board DSP chip which can also handle
mixing inputs to outputs. Since this is done on the DSP, it lightens the load
on the PowerPC chip and has virtually no latency. This is referred to as
hardware monitoring. Hardware monitors can be controlled from the
Console.
With the advent of ASIO 2.0, software programs can control the hardware
monitors directly. This is called
ASIO Direct Monitoring
. The ASIO
driver for Mia supports Direct Monitoring. However, not all ASIO based
programs support Direct Monitoring. Cubase VST version 4.1 (or higher) is
one program that does support
Direct Monitoring
.
Things can get a little tricky, however, if you try to control your monitors
simultaneously in the console and in your audio software. Your best bet is
to pick one or the other and stick with it. The monitor controls in the
Console and the monitor controls within your audio software can’t
communicate with each other, so your monitors may behave unpredictably if
you switch back and forth during a session.
Here are a few different scenarios for monitoring your inputs:
I want to just listen to my inputs without using any audio software
Run the Console and control your monitors from there.
I want to use Direct Monitoring
