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A note about latency
You will probably have heard the term “latency” used in connection with digital audio systems. In
the case of the DAW recording application described above, latency is the time it takes for your
input signals to pass through your computer and audio software, and back to you. Latency is rapidly
becoming a problem of the past; the Thunderbolt™ interface used by your Clarett 8Pre is much
faster than the USB or FireWire interfaces you may have used previously. As a result, you will nearly
always be able to monitor your recordings through your DAW without noticing latency.
There are two possible exceptions to this: one is when you need to set the recording buffer size
to a high value – this may be necessary when you are recording overdubs on a particularly large
session with many audio channels, software instruments and effects, for example. To overcome
this, Focusrite Control gives you the option of sourcing your monitor feed directly from the Clarett
8Pre’s inputs. Another situation where “Input Monitoring” may need to be selected is when you are
recording several live musicians simultaneously, and they each require their own custom foldback
mix. Focusrite Control lets you dene up to eight separate stereo mixes (or sixteen mono mixes), and
these mixes may include the current input signals as well as previously recorded DAW tracks.
When sourcing monitor mixes from input signals in this way, ensure the DAW channels you are
recording are muted, otherwise the musicians will hear themselves “twice”, with one signal audibly
delayed as an echo.
Please refer to the Focusrite Control User Guide for more details on setting up monitor mixes.
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