Teac US-122 - Manual (Page 17)

4 – Hooking up Audio and MIDI to the US-122
TASCAM US-122 —
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Using Direct Monitoring
In digital and computer audio, the
amount of time it takes for the input sig-
nal to pass through the circuitry of the
unit and the software processing and
arrive at the outputs will sometimes
result in an audible delay (this is com-
monly referred to as “audio latency”).
This added delay can be confusing when,
for example, you’re trying to overdub to
previously recorded tracks.
The direct monitor feature built into the
US-122 eliminates this problem by pro-
viding a way to listen to the signals
you’re recording directly, without any
computer processing delay. When the
DIRECT switch is on, the sound passed
through the USB and computer process-
ing is not monitored, and the input sig-
nals are passed directly to the outputs for
monitoring.
You can use the DIRECT MONITOR
level control to set the level of the
directly monitored signal, and the
MONO switch to fold the two direct
monitor stereo channels into mono.
The LINE OUT and PHONES level con-
trols directly affect the audio levels that
appear on the
LINE OUTPUT and
PHONES jacks, respectively.