Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt - Resolving Latency with Apogee Control; Apogee Control Mixer Usage

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Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt | User’s Guide
How does Apogee Control resolve latency?
By routing the hardware input directly to the hardware output and mixing in playback as shown in Figure B, it’s
possible to create a headphone listening signal with a much shorter delay�
First, the signal being recorded (in this case, a vocal mic) is split in the hardware interface and routed to both the
software application for recording and directly back to the hardware outputs without going through the latency-
inducing software; this creates a low latency path from mic to headphones� Next, a stereo mix of playback tracks
is routed to the low latency mixer and combined with the hardware input(s)� This allows the performer to hear
both himself without a confusing delay plus the playback needed for overdubbing�
Note that the software application’s mixer is used to set a stereo mix of playback tracks while the low latency
mixer is used to set the balance between the stereo playback mix and the hardware inputs�
Do I need the Apogee Control Mixers?
The mixers in Apogee Control serves to provide a low latency listening mix while recording� Therefore if you’re
using Ensemble to listen to iTunes or audio from another program, there’s no need to use the mixer�
It’s also possible that the latency of your particular recording system is low enough to be unnoticeable by you
or other performers, especially since Ensemble uses the very ecient Thunderbolt™ 2 Technology. If you’ve set
your audio software’s input/output buers according to the guidelines below and latency doesn’t bother you or
other performers, there’s no need to use the Apogee Control mixer�