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It is possible that the performer may prefer to hear a monitor mix of voice and instruments adjusted
to their particular taste. Focusrite Control lets you define a custom monitor mix for the artist and
this mix may include the current input signals as well as previously recorded DAW tracks. You can
easily route a musician’s stereo monitor mix to Outputs 3 and 4, and it will then be available at the
Clarett 2Pre’s headphone socket. If you need to send the monitor mix to more than one musician, you
can use the rear panel line outputs to send the mix to a headphone amplifier.
When sourcing monitor mixes from input signals in this way, ensure that 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.
A note about latency
You will probably have heard the term “latency” used in connection with digital audio systems. In the
case of the simple 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 2Pre 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 is a possible exception to this: 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 project, with many
DAW channels, including software instruments and FX plug-ins. To overcome this, Focusrite Control
gives you the option of sourcing your monitor feed directly from the Clarett 2Pre’s inputs
