Creating Monitor Submixes

Route track sends to one or more Auxiliary Input tracks to monitor submixes in a studio environment. You can monitor the main mix in the control room on one or more pairs of audio outputs while you route a submix to another pair of audio outputs for a headphone or “cue” mix for the “talent.” For example, you may want to provide the bassist with a submix of the drums and their own track for overdubbing a new bass part.

With cue mixes, when recording overdubs it is recommended that there be no inserts (or at least only inserts with very low delays) on the record track to avoid any unnecessary latency in the monitoring signal path.

To create a monitor submix:

1 Assign each track’s main output to your main mix outputs.

2 Assign a send (mono or stereo) and set the send destinations on the source tracks to the output path connected to the external device. Configure the sends for pre- or post-fader, as needed.

3 Choose Track > New.

4 Specify the track type (Aux Input) and format (stereo or mono), then click Create.

5 From the Auxiliary Input track’s Output Path selector, select the output path (not the main outputs) for monitoring the mix.

Adjust the Auxiliary Input track fader to control the volume for the monitor mix.