Hi Darryl,
Thanks for your message. This is the exact model
http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/68396_l.jpg
Yes - I tried 'k' on its own, alt-k, shift-k, ctrl-k, ctrl+shif+k etc (and many times). Nothing worked.
I am not sure what a hardware monitoring mixer is. I can definitely hear myself play along with the backing tracks if I am recording. The trouble is that I can't hear myself playing without recording. It seems weird that Avid would ship a product that does this deliberately, so I guess I must be doing something wrong.
The amp sim is one of the preinstalled ones. It does cause some latency, but that was a problem I was hoping to deal with later
Please let me know if you have any suggestions that might help me to hear what I am playing. Many thanks.
Adam