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Originally Posted by Infinitymobile
So I bought one of these today http://www.presonus.com/products/AudioBox-USB
just to see if I could get things to work and if I can, I will likely return it and buy something a little better (unless this ends up sounding great for some reason )
So I have it installed but I still get the latency if I turn the 'mixer' knob...(which blends the input from the box with the playback tracks from reaper.) all the way to 'playback'.
So what I am having to do is turn the fader in reaper for my incoming track...all the way down while putting the 'mixer' knob on the box to about 1 or 2 o'clock....and if I do this, I can hear the pre-recorded tracks coming out of reaper along with the input track that I am trying to record.
Is this how it is done or have I just found a shitty work around to my problem?
The main problem I see is, how would I monitor an input signal with an effect on it if I can only listen to the signal I am currently recording as it goes into the computer and not while it is coming out??
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You will get latency if you try to directly monitor a track in Reaper at high quality settings through a USB interface like that. The solution, other than what you are already doing, is to route the output of Reaper using the Main Out on the back of your box.
The set up is as follows, and will be in Mono due to the limitations of your device.
In Reaper:
Set Reaper's master fader all the way down.
Set Reaper to Mono, on the master track.
These steps are to protect your ears and headphones for the next steps which can be unpredictable.
On your Audiobox:
Connect a 1/4 inch cable from the Main Out Left on the box to one of the instrument inputs on the front.
Turn the gain down all the way on the input you chose.
Turn the mix knob fully to Inputs
Plug your instrument or mic into the other input and set levels with your headphones plugged in until it is the volume you desire to monitor at.
Now back to Reaper:
Turn off track monitoring. If you want reverb or delay, you can turn monitoring on but set the first plugin to 100% wet. There will be a latency but you won't notice it.
Press play so you have some audio running, and slowly turn up the volume of the master fader. If nothing happens, slowly turn up the gain on the audiobox. I don't know the device - some devices mute completely when you turn gain all the way down, others are just very quiet but still run audio.
Adjust both Reaper and Audiobox input until you hear both your monitored instrument or mic and Reaper playback at comfortable volumes.
You should now be ready to record with no latency.