11R as interface...some issues I'd hope to get solved

[Oli P]

So I have the 11R set up as my main interface with my iMac, and most things are swell.

But I have a couple issues that might be operator error, so I'll try to describe them the best I can.

1. When arming a track in PT and using 11R as a guitar input, the sound from the instrument mutes when I start playback...even with the track set on input monitoring in Low Latency Mode. If I switch it to normal mode, I can play along on the guitar...but in LLM it only gives me sound if I hit record.

2. When doing vocals (which I do through the line inputs on 11R with my normal micpre/comp/eq) ...it acts pretty strange in the way that all tracks that have the 11R line input assigned as input, start passing the microphone sound, even if they are not armed, in LLM.
I have to set any other track than the one I want to record to "no input" in order to stop them all from passing the sound of the mic.
This stops when I switch back to normal mode.

Is there some setup that I have missed?

[Oli P]

Bump!

None of you guys experience my problems? ...Or is this the way it works??

[derker]

You need to switch from Auto input monitoring to Input only monitoring. Get familiar with the idea because I find myself switching between them often for different purposes.

[Oli P]

Where do I switch "Auto input monitoring to Input only monitoring"?

Can you elaborate? ...I don't see anything in PT or in 11R with those options.

[Benoni]

Originally Posted by Oli P

Where do I switch "Auto input monitoring to Input only monitoring"?

Can you elaborate? ...I don't see anything in PT or in 11R with those options.

on the top file bar, TRACK >Auto Input/Input Only. The one showing is the one that is NOT active.

Or use the keyboard shortcut Alt+K

[Oli P]

Originally Posted by Benoni

on the top file bar, TRACK >Auto Input/Input Only. The one showing is the one that is NOT active.

Or use the keyboard shortcut Alt+K

Ah...that's just the same as selecting input mode ...the green button.
If you read my first post, then you'll see that it's not related to that...it is despite of selecting input that it mutes what I'm playing.
And on the opposite is letting things through when both record enable and inputs are disarmed.

But I have found that this is not a constant thing...and today on another session it behaves like I'd expect it to

I have also experienced that 11R starts distorting when opening a session...and that is fixed by going into the "hardware setup" and changing the clock from internal to something else and back again.
So that is a clock related problem that seems to arise every now and then.

Do I have a faulty unit? ...or might this be related to USB or OSX 10.8?

[Oli P]

I still have the problem that I can't monitor while playing back in low latency mode and the track set in record and on input monitor status.
If I switch low latency monitoring off...I can hear the "live" signal.

If I hit record while in low latency mode, I have signal and it behaves normally.

It is not consistent from session to session...sometimes it works as expected, but most times it's this wrong way.

[Darryl Ramm]

What exactly is your Pro Tools playback engine set to? -- you are not trying to use aggregate IO right? And in those sessions with problems the output of the tracks you are trying to monitor is set directly to ""Main Out L/R" correct? No other busing/routing?

If the problem is specific to some sessions then you may need to isolate what sessions have this problem, create new sessions and then import the content from those faulty sessions into the new one.

There may be something corrupted with these sessions. Like corrupted IO settings (if you have session overwrites IO settings enabled in Setup>IO). Try defaulting the IO (Setup>IO and hit the default button on each page).

If none of that works attach a screenshot of the Setup>IO pages and of your Mix window set to show all the track IO assignments.

Darryl

[Oli P]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

What exactly is your Pro Tools playback engine set to? -- you are not trying to use aggregate IO right? And in those sessions with problems the output of the tracks you are trying to monitor is set directly to ""Main Out L/R" correct? No other busing/routing?

If the problem is specific to some sessions then you may need to isolate what sessions have this problem, create new sessions and then import the content from those faulty sessions into the new one.

There may be something corrupted with these sessions. Like corrupted IO settings (if you have session overwrites IO settings enabled in Setup>IO). Try defaulting the IO (Setup>IO and hit the default button on each page).

If none of that works attach a screenshot of the Setup>IO pages and of your Mix window set to show all the track IO assignments.

Darryl

Everything is set correct....I am a fairly seasoned PT user, so I'm pretty sure I have any obvious pitfall covered.
And the confusing part is that it works correctly sometimes...and I'm trying all I can to find what differs in these sessions.
And I have experienced sessions having no problem...then having the problem...and then not having it again.

Can it be a USB problem? ...I'm only suspicious of that because of the other problem, that it can start distorting terribly...and that is fixed by selecting external clock in HW setup...and then selecting internal again right away.