Tascam US-800 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM US-800 25In this chapter, we explain how to createlow latency mixes for monitoring, includinghow to use the various settings and specificexamples.UsesBy using this unit’s digital mixer formonitoring, inputs can be monitored withvery little delay.For example, this is useful when a performerwants to monitor the output of a guitar thatis connected to an input on this unit.Ordinarily, sending the signal from the unit tothe computer by USB through an applicationon the computer and then back to the unitby USB again takes approximately 20 ms orlonger.In this case, the performer does not hear thesound of the guitar until approximately 20 msor longer have passed, making it very difficultto play.This unit has a digital mixer that can be usedto avoid this situation. Using this mixer, youcan mix the input signals with playbacksignals from the computer and output themfrom the unit.The input signals sent to the mixer do notget sent over USB, allowing them to bemixed and output with very little latency. Asa result, the delay until the performer hearsthe sound of the instrument is reduced to aninsignificant amount.Moreover, the digital mixer includes faders,pan sliders, mute and solo buttons, as wellas level meters, allowing you to tailor themonitoring mix as desired.Using the digital mixer formonitoringIn this example, a guitar is playing alongwith a backing track output from a computerapplication. The sound of the guitar is mixedwith the playback sound of the backing trackfrom the application, and the mix is outputto headphones for monitoring. The guitaris connected to the MIC/INST 1 jack andheadphones are connected to one of thisunit’s PHONES jacks.1 Open the unit’s control panel, and clickthe “MIXER” tab to open the “MIXER”screen.Windows control panel MIXER tabMac control panel MIXER tab2 Play the guitar and confirm that the“MIC/INST 1” meter moves.3 Output the sound of the computerapplication to US-800 1/2 port formonitoring. The “Computer 1/2”channel meters on the “MIXER” screenshould move when you do so.4 Click the “OUTPUT” tab.5 When the output tab screen opens, inthe “PHONES” area of the three outputsections on the left, set the outputsource selector to “Mixer”. This sendsthe mixer output to the headphonesoutput jacks.Set this way, the mixed sound of thecomputer application playing back andthe MIC/INST 1 input signal is sent tothe headphones.6 – Using the mixer for low-latency monitoring