On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 07:06:28 -0800 (PST) Len Ovens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A sound card that has HW monitoring, has both a direct output of the > audio input as well as the audio from the computer. There is normally > some kind of mixer to mix the two together so you can hear them both > at the same time. The idea is to not get the DAW to output the audio > that you are recording, only the audio that has been previously > recorded. Many Audio interfaces (small 2 io units) have a "balance" > knob that mixes input monitoring with output from the DAW. If the > card itself has no hw monitoring, an external mixer can do the same > thing. In fact many of us use an external mixer anyway... just > because it is there and also because it is often more flexable. Regarding this, what is the role that jackd plays, with the -H --hwmon option ? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user