Apogee Duet 3 User’s Guide
Direct Monitoring
Direct Monitoring, aka Low Latency Mixing - When the processing demands of your session
require a higher Buffer setting that causes disruptive latency, Direct monitoring lets performers hear
themselves through a separate mixer running on hardware DSP and controlled in Apogee Control 2
software. The Direct mixer avoids the latency-inducing round trip through the DAW. To avoid double
monitoring, the DAW must be configured so incoming audio to be recorded is NOT monitored through
the DAW.
● Pros - Low latency and maximum plugin power - the DAW IO Buffer may be set to its
maximum value for the greatest number of native plugins without an effect on latency. Latency
remains virtually non-existent through the direct monitoring mixer.
● Cons - Direct monitoring can be more complicated, as there are two separate signal paths to
manage, one from your DAW, the other in Apogee Control 2.
To configure your system for direct monitoring:
4. In Apogee Control 2, set the Speaker and HP outputs to Mixer 1.
5. Set the Analog In 1 Mixer fader to 0 dB, panned to the center of the stereo field. Set the
Playback Mixer fader and Mixer Master Fader to 0 dB.
6. Configure your DAW for direct monitoring, as described here.
7. Set up a DAW channel for recording.
8. Create a mix of playback tracks using the DAW mixer, then adjust the mix between Analog In
1 (the signal being recorded) with Playback 1-2 (playback) in the Apogee Control 2 mixer.
9. For consistency, set the DAW recording channel fader to the same fader and pan setting as
Apogee Control 2. When the recorded signal is played back, the level should remain the
same.
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