How (and Why) to Use the Monitor Button in Studio One

[@duophon17]

Great explanation, Joe! Thanks! You create clear, understandable relationships in the complex subject of S1-Recording Technology! Stay safe and tuned!

[@DonnyV77]

Way more informative then what I thought it was going to be based on the title. You should rename it "How to Use the Monitor Button and latency"

[@Thanoz.]

I've been recording without monitoring for years. Now it's TIME I change my approach. Most pros record monitoring

[@mikaellindqvist2144]

Hi Joe! It would be great if Gregor could do his take on this as well since you are more of the old school/live recording type, and Gregor is more of the in-the-box. Both ways are great (I’m kinda in between), but it would be great to see his approach to this as well. 😃 Thanks for great short videos!

[@blueshift9]

That's what I love, when both the guys overlap on things, because I am 100% more like Joe in that I mainly use guitar-bass-drums, but Gregor always have a different outlook, so am I glad that there is that overlap and we see different ways of accomplishing the same end. One of the big reasons I love S1.

[@mediamarketingus]

Here it is, kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJe2en6agZd3j6M

[@Gang-25j]

The terminology won’t change so they’ll be be saying the same thing in the end

[@cang11949]

Gregor's take: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3usZ5mOmtyolas

[@cang11949]

Thanks for this tutorial. This is exactly how I've been using Studio One to record (monitor button off). The problem is, I haven't figured out how to get effect into my headphones in that mode, so I always have to hear the signal dry. That kinda sucks when recording vocals. You can get effect from your sends using low latency mode. If you're really sensitive, you might find even the slightest latency to be annoying, but having effect when your doing vocals compensates for that a lot.

[@lanceolsun5752]

Right on, you nailed it. I like you monitor through my digital board. I recently did however discover how to lower latency in the studio one monitor doing exactly what you did. Thanks

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

Back in my truck driving days, I had the big CB radio with the big echo board to create slap back delays. Sounds much like this. I've been doing something with sound and electronics since I was 8, that was a few years ago. Sorry, flashback. Excellent info, and yes I was paying attention. PS now that my Studio One 6.1 Artist is on my new Mac Mini M2, I can try to edit the settings to reduce latency. I'm down to 29% resource load or less with this Mac. Much better than the Windows PC.

[@frankieloveband]

I just use the monitor when I am playing my keyboard with a VST instrument to hear it, otherwise monitor through my Studio 68C monitor for everything else. - BUT- Hey I tried your settings and my CPU was off the charts on performance, on a 16 core processor, with m.2 storage. I'm with you on listening through my studio 68c- Love watching your vids

[@anthonycunningham4598]

Again extremely helpful Joe! I record through my mixer also and I also noticed that in the newer versions of Studio One, the green Z wasn’t on each channel like it used to be. I didn’t know about being able to disable the monitor button. Thanks again!!

[@jimgraczyk6991]

This is such an important and informational video. I wish I had know about this when I got studio one. Every beginner should see this!

[@tonybroad6465]

Thanks Joe, I really like the way you do things, no nonsense, and you certainly convinced me to move to Studio One a while back, keep up the good work

[@trickfall8752]

I usually monitor live inputs through my interfaces mixer which has negligible latency, but I never noticed the monitor button and always muted tracks so thanks for that. I'll definitely be taking advantage of that in the future.

[@fabriziopaino8140]

Thanks Joe for information, but how to deal with the backing tracks sent to the monitors during recording? I mean: if I monitor my voice through an external mixer (or the "direct monitoring of my audio interface), and I play backing tracks during recording, will they be affected by the Output latency value? On the other side, will the recording be affected by the Input latency? Thanks if you can explain, maybe an idea for a new video ;-)

[@larrycavallucci3258]

I started out with a Steinberg UR--RT2 Interface with a Neve transformer built-in. Then I bought an Allen & Heath ZED 60-10FX mixer board. Have my board Outs going into my Steinberg and also have an AKG HP4E, as I use Two Different Beyerdynamic mics. I never plug headphones into my board. I will try this suggestion. Also beneath the DAW Console, the latency in MS is also listed down toward the bottom left side. Thanks JOE !!! As much as I like most of Gregor's stuff, he is mostly an EDM guy, and I'm not. I'm like you; I play real instruments, except for using Toon Track drums and keys.

[@cezarsantana]

Great video as always Joe! You da man...I'm on Studio One 4.5 - the green Z sign is nowhere to be found...but all the other explanations were super helpful. Thanksss : )

[@ernestdaniels1671]

Excellent tutorial Joe, I appreciate you and Gregor much. 👍👍

[@balrampiyer271]

Brilliant Joe!! Dis video was super exciting definitely bcoz sometimes going back to basics helps and refreshes:-)

[@DEWAYNE552]

Joe, at 10:15 you talk about people asking about their recordings being out of time. I wonder how S1 deals with me recording a track while listening to previously recorded tracks using the mixer monitor, rather than monitoring through S1? Aren't the tracks being played back experiencing latency relative to the track I'm recording? can you talk about that part of the monitoring using a mixer, as well? thank you Joe!.

[@fernandovalderrama4442]

Thanks Joe. Very informative. I wonder if you cn share your mic brand and model. On this video, the mic sound phenomenal.

[@BrianHoffpauer]

Feature Request: Can you do a review video on the acoustasonic. :)

[@h3o296]

Yep I do the wrench and turn it off as default. Thanks Joe!

[@JohnStraussmusic]

from what I understand that when you turn monitor off then you do not hear your effects on that track and for me the plug ins / effects give me more inspiration and confidence to play and sing better

[@christianboddum8783]

Correct, you can however add some efx on the physical mixer. I can involve splitting the mic signal.

[@JohnStraussmusic]

@@christianboddum8783 true if one has a physical mixer . im plugged straight into my interface

[@christianboddum8783]

@@JohnStraussmusic Well, not much you can do about it.. However you can still find software with built in reverb and compression for presounus interfaces, Audiobox VSL Itwo 1,3 is one. I don't know why Presonus stopped providing this option. I still have saved mine.

[@marbeeatlas2522]

Hey Joe, great video and very informative. Can you help make sense of why my interface doesnt show up in the audio device list? Windows audio is the only option that shows.

[@justakissinla]

I want to record and listen back to my previous recorded tracks ONLY on my headphones. Not my laptop speakers. Can you please advise

[@gpstudio]

When the Orange button lights up in the mixer, can you explain what causes that

[@7thResonance]

How does one stop tape style muting of the track? when i press record, it mutes what has been recorded before. so cant get that feel into the next verse.

[@MrJOJOBOOTS]

Hi Joe will all still be able to use my guitar plugins and hearing them using the mixer monitoring way or will it be just the mixer monitoring with no plugins and, Effects or is there a way to have both please let me know , Love your Tutorials

[@zman5970]

Love your videos..i know this is a old video but can’t figure out why all a sudden when the monitor button is on the playback is super distorted..sometimes there isn’t even sound..i don’t think i did anything different..also the History shows nothing anymore. TIA!

[@kenwilliams7265]

Hi Joe, is it possible to monitor only the wet signal when recording a guitar track using Amplitube 5. I hear too much of the dry or DI signal to make it useful. I am using a Scarlett 18i20 and studio one 6 . Thanks !

[@QBellowMusic]

Hey Joe, if I use a mixer but still need to hear what I have in studio one, any tips on that? Are you running the studio one output into it so you have a backing or no?

[@amiller1758]

Joe you always explain things Soo Well thank You Cya Aaron

[@donrosc]

Hi Joe. Do you use a gate for background noise reduction or is it the room treatment? Any tips on how to get that clear sound of your voice will be helpful 👍🏾. Thanks in advance... Salute!

[@shan5445]

I was thinking today while I was recording how do I turn it off because when I am singing I am fighting with it. Noticed when I turn it off I sound how I want to sound. Thanks for showing me how to turn it off.

[@eaabr9595]

Greetings, today I made the purchase of the "Avantone Pro Active MixCube 5.25 Inches Powered Studio Monitor". However, afterwards, I started to wonder how I'm going to connect it to the versatile and fantastic "AudioFuse Studio" by Arturia, to which I already have 2 set of speakers connected: The "IK Multimedia iLoud MTM (Single) 100W, Dual 3" woofer Premium Compact Studio Monitor Powered Speakers" and another 2 of the same brand: The IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor 50 watt Portable Wireless Bluetooth Studio Reference Monitors, Dual Speakers. The question I have is: how do I connect one "Avantone Pro Active MixCube 5.25 Inches Powered Studio Monitor" to the AudioFuse Studio interface?

[@Charles-mv7sv]

Are you talking about PFL or the power button on a TV?

[@jammer777]

I have an analog Allen & Heath mixer. Should I be able to do the same with it? I also have Focusrite thunderbolt interface. Thanks for sharing this!

[@resslerartstudios]

What about montering and plugins on the inserts? Why do i need to have the montior button ON to hear the plugin eg reverb???

[@DeutschlandGuy]

06:12 I'm on the latest version of Studio One Professional... but I don't see the "green Z" on my main output. I don't see it in the audio setup options either. In fact, even the Low-Latency column there says "N/A". What's going on here? How can I get that green-Z to show up? 🥴

[@KenGlasser]

So after watching this video I unchecked the "Monitoring Follows Record" box that Joe showed at the end of this video. I say this although I've not heard the latency issues that Joe showed as examples during the video. I have a hunch that that my PreSonus Studio 1810c is doing my monitoring for me and that's why I didn't hear the echo? Fast forward a couple of weeks to when I was recording an acoustic guitar and the Tuner did not work. I kept trying to figure out what I had inadvertently changed. It's that Monitor button (there was much gnashing of teeth before I remembered this). When the Monitor button is off the Tuner did not work. When I turned the Monitor button back on the Tuner worked again. Why this is so makes no sense to me, after all Studio One is getting the signal whether or not the computer is sending the signal back. But this is how things appear to work. I always use the S1 Tuner when I can - it gives me a consistent tuner for all of my instrument tracks. I think it's more accurate than the Snark and not all of my acoustic guitars have a pickup so I can't use my pedal tuner for all of them (back to the consistency).

[@danielle3625]

I am using a 24r - headphone amp is aux out, and digital return is the only fader up. If I don't have that monitor button on, I can't hear through headphones. I'm not sure how you are using the mixer to have instant playback? If I turn up the individual channel fader the mic is plugged into, instead of low latency through digital return, it lags. What am I missing?

[@BlackPDigitalMedia]

dam.. still learning and i had this since 2015🤣

[@solemnoath]

Awesome Joe, thanks again. I've always recorded like you, using amps and mics through a mixer or preamps. I've just started using amp sims like ampire. Is there a way to not monitor them through studio one when recording? I'm using apollo interfaces and when I try to monitor through UAD console using amp sims, I can't hear anything, I have to push that little blue monitor button in Studio One 🤨

[@herealbutler]

I LOVE YOU JOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@andrewgilman8835]

The day when USB interfaces become a thing of the past will be a great day. Thunderbolt is too expensive and USB is too ancient. Nice Acoustisonic, Joe.

[@Gang-25j]

Not a problem with RME interfaces.

[@kre8tvtee]

thanks... how do we do the same for vst instruments such that when recording you have your notes very close to the grid without turning on auto quantize???? this is a huge challenge...

[@67Rec]

Marking a MIDI section and selecting Bounce Selection or Bounce to New Track both lead to mutilated parts with only some of the MIDI events captured. Is this a feature? Every other DAW I have used since 1998 has managed this seemingly simple task. I even seem to recall having done it with Studio One more than once. Am I special?

[@tmussOfficial]

Joe I don't know much about mixer consoles, but I assume all consoles are able to monitor yourself as long as there is a headphone socket. I was looking at the Alto live 802, and a guy who was doing a review said it wasn't good for recording because of latency, although it has the headphone monitor socket he said it doesn't have direct monitoring, so i am scratching my head a little!

[@ahmedyadam7240]

Why CLAP plugins don't appear in studio one v6 guys?! Even that I added its installation path to the VST locations inside studio one

[@gobemi5372]

Very informative. Thank you!

[@olivehillstudios]

Thank you Joe!

[@EuripidesMasakis]

Another awesome, informative video Joe! I am new in the home studio game and your videos help me progress soooooo fast! I am using a Mackie Onyx 2 audio interface and it has a MIX nob to choose between Input and DAW. I turn it to Input and latency is gone! Thanks for all the tons of info that you share with the world!

[@dubwisevalsteely5714]

On a side note....why are some of my sound sets failing to download

[@MikeyOnTheWay]

Joe the 🐐

[@832djhyki]

Did I miss a step ? How do you hear the music you adding the vocals too?

[@christianboddum8783]

You missed a step ;-)

[@antoniobass8573]

What don’t I am getting any sound line in 32SC studio

[@PositiveActionMan]

When i set my buffer anything below 256 I get crackles and pops in the mic mix. This even without any processing or effects and just the one track on a 64gb i7 Mac Mini..... any ideas?

[@PositiveActionMan]

using a Quantum 26x32

[@kairophilos]

With the release of the new quantum ES and HD products.. Joe's hope for latency not being something we'd have to think about seems to be coming true. 🤣

[@kumarshivmusicclasses9113]

Thanks sir

[@ThaRealWillowBeatz]

Perfect timing for this because I’m recording my album now and I hate hearing myself in the headphones period. Knowing I can just turn the monitor off and record my vocals is a god send.

[@earledaniels4539]

Green Z and Blue Z low latency monitoring is really hard to understand and even harder to explain clearly. I guess that's why no KZbinr, so far, has been able to successfully explain it so that we can all understand how it works .

[@tmussOfficial]

but isn't using a mixer the same as using an interface, eg a mic and headphones are connected via a usb inteface and used by s1 as the playback and record device, I see in the video you are using studiolive as your playback and record device

[@Gang-25j]

He literally explained everything in the video

[@tmussOfficial]

@@Gang-25j well yes ok but that doesnt answer my question! so I take it with a normal interface you cannot monitor directly.

[@johnkrebs2438]

Even the cheapest interfaces allow monitoring. I don't see a need for the monitor button.

[@livinghopeschoolofmusic-lq7ne]

Hiii....Joe

[@brianfisher7385]

Seriously, why isn't this default settings? Why jump through all the hoops to get low latency, make this the default settings and then adjust for other conditions from there.

[@Metalmatt101]

I need live drum tracking help please!!! Lol

[@djanalyse5135]

🔥🔥🔥

[@predator6892]

We want to use 3rd party plugin in studio one free version Please do something Atleast give this feature on free version 🥺

[@helgefaccini1488]

Nice subject... but what about overdubbing that way? Won't be any time issues there because of Latency? Answer that question, and your unknown brother can finally save the music world😉

[@livinghopeschoolofmusic-lq7ne]

Greetings from India 🎉🎉

[@mixprofmix]

Edit on record in real time please.

[@mickavoidant4780]

At last I can monitor without latency, thanks to the Z setting.

[@bmwGrzechu]

🎉❤😊😂😅🎉

[@HeadacheMachine]

A question: it has always bothered me that when the Z is on, why is the volume of the recording track drasticaly droping to the point that I only hear myself playing the (dry) guitar and not the sound through the plugin. It is like playing blind and hoping it will sound good. (for info , I use a Presonus Studio 1810c as interface)

[@earledaniels4539]

I am guessing that by using Green Z, your guitar plugin is being disabled. Instead of using Green Z, try dropping your Device size down to 64 or 128 and your Drop out protection to Low or Very low. Once you have finished recording, you can increase all these settings to save on CPU usage.

[@johnmartin6594]

Thank you Joe!