[Ardour-Users] Ardour Monitoring

[Brett Clark]

That worked!   Thanks again, Robin!

--Brett


On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Brett Clark <bclark4444 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Robin!
>
> Various ways.
>>
>> Enable Auto-Input (Session > Properties > Monitoring) and disable "Tape
>> Machine Mode" (Preferences > Signal Flow).
>>
>> That way Ardour will monitor input when the transport is stopped.
>>
>> The "Disk", "In" buttons on every track allow to select monitoring on a
>> per-track basis.
>>
>> Preferences > Appearance > Toolbar   Show Monitoring Options provides a
>> global "All" switch for the Disk/In controls.
>>
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> Ill give this a try later tonight.  Right now im at my day job - if you
> heard my music you'd understand why i also require a regular job  ;)
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> Ive done some unit testing and i like the 1818vsl, but this Friday my band
> is getting together and Ill really run it through its paces.
>
> Thanks again!
> --Brett
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> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 8:56 AM, Robin Gareus <robin at gareus.org> wrote:
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>> On 03/29/2017 12:00 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> > On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:28:23 +0200, Gunter Königsmann wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Is there a checkbox where it will continue to monitor even if the
>> >> transport is stopped?
>>
>> Various ways.
>>
>> Enable Auto-Input (Session > Properties > Monitoring) and disable "Tape
>> Machine Mode" (Preferences > Signal Flow).
>>
>> That way Ardour will monitor input when the transport is stopped.
>>
>> The "Disk", "In" buttons on every track allow to select monitoring on a
>> per-track basis.
>>
>> Preferences > Appearance > Toolbar   Show Monitoring Options provides a
>> global "All" switch for the Disk/In controls.
>>
>>
>> And now we're getting a bit off topic..
>>
>> > I tested the Presonus 1818VSL and the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 and then
>> > decided to buy the Focusrite.
>>
>> What criteria did you use to make that decision?
>>
>>
>> I prefer the 1818VSL. Compared to the 18i6, it works more reliable at
>> low latency on this system, has a lower noise-floor and latching gain
>> knobs that don't wander (I only have one of each, so I can't rule out
>> any manufacturing aberrance, maybe I was lucky with the 1818VSL and
>> unlucky with the 18i6 -- jnoisemeter is your friend). I also prefer the
>> Presonus pre-amps, but that's personal taste I suppose.
>>
>>
>> > However, hardware monitoring of both
>> > audio interfaces is _not_ supported.
>>
>> The Focusrite Scarlett series has an elaborate mixer interface which
>> does support direct monitoring. I can't vouch for the 18i20 but it does
>> works fine for the 18i6 and is supported in vanilla Linux since 3.19.
>>
>> try `alsamixer` (it's overwhelming, all the matrix rounting are separate
>> controls, there are some GUI wrappers around it though)
>>
>> > The devices could be used with Linux, because they are class compliant.
>>
>> not quite. The Presonus is class compliant, the Focusrite is quirky.
>>
>> [..]
>> > You do not get latency free
>> > hardware monitoring for each channel, at best for channels that are
>> > routed by default, or if you made a connection with a Mac or Windows PC
>> > and the interface is able to remember it. The OP's Presonus doesn't
>> > provide this feature, but even if an interface does, it doesn't gain
>> > you very much, if the Interface stores the routing done with a Mac or
>> > Windows PC.
>>
>> I don't think that's true for the 1818VSL. Saving settings on the device
>> never worked for me, but maybe I'm missing something (the first time I
>> connected it to OSX, the Presonus software wanted to do a firmware
>> update, I didn't do that. There's anecdotal evidence that newer firmware
>> has issues with Linux).
>>
>> The Focusrite can save mixer-settings on the device for use without PC
>> (it's one way save, you cannot query it). The OSX and Windows software
>> pushes mixer-settings saved on the PC when the device is connected,
>> overriding data saved on the device.
>>
>> The driver in vanilla Linux does not expose this features.
>> Since the ALSA mixer interface does not support push-buttons, the
>> original driver exposed it as toggle. In most GNU/Linux distros ALSA
>> mixer settings are restored on boot and device-connect and there was
>> concern that regular (accidental) saving can wear out the flash storage
>> in the hardware.
>>
>> ciao,
>> robin
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