How do I monitor my input

[Strebor24]

I have spent 2 hours trying to figure out what should be a simple task, can someone please enlighten me?

How can I hear my instrument through my monitors without having the track record enabled?

After recording audio I then have to disable record enable to hear the audio I just recorded along with the other tracks.

I want to be able to hear my instrument regardless of whether the track is record enabled or not and regardless of whether I am recording and monitoring the whole mix or playing back and listening to all the tracks together.

I have input monitor enabled but it does nothing unless the track is record armed, this makes no sense at all.

Thanks.

[pianosound]

I sometimes will set up an aux track for the instrument that I'm working with, helps with monitoring and a few other things.

Mike

[Strebor24]

I'm used to Sonar and it doesn't matter if the track is record armed or not, I can always hear my instrument through the monitors as long as 'input echo' is activated on the track, whether I'm recording or just playing back the project.

I notice that PT HD has separate input monitor widgets on each track... does this mean that HD has the capability that I am looking for?

It seems like there should be a 'third' monitor mode other than Auto and Input Only.

I'll try the aux method, thanks.

[albee1952]

Alt-K will toggle Auto-Input and Input-Only monitoring. You can also just go into record on your rehearsal passes and hit Ctrl-z after each stop(which will delete the new audio as if it never happened. Adding an AUX track as described is yet another option.

[Strebor24]

Hi,

OK, just to be clear, I am NOT missing something???

You are saying that Pro Tools DOES NOT have the capability to allow rehearsal of a new track (by simply arming it and playing along with my other tracks) without having my new track actually recording?
This seems a huge waste of disc space not to mention a huge PITA.

If I was in a studio using a tape machine I could easily listen to the mix over and over while playing along with it WITHOUT HAVING TO HIT THE RECORD BUTTON!

If I am correct that this cannot be done, then could someone please explain how to set up the AUX track to accomplish this task as suggested because I don't see how that would do anything different?

Thanks.

[Shan]

Assign the Aux track to the same input as the record track if you want to always hear your live input.

Shane

[TOM@METRO]

You don't need to hit record, just be record enabled and toggle Alt+k as mentioned earlier above.

[Strebor24]

PHEW... I finally got it to work the way I thought it should!!!!

Thanks.

....what a relief, now with Axiom Pro and input monitor figured out I am just loving Pro Tools after 8 years of Cakewalk.

Sans Amp just ROCKS!!! it is, by far THE BEST amp simulator I have used.

I recently bought a Blackstar HT 5 with effect processor to do direct recording... NO NEED :), I think I'm going to return it (it's a great amp but Sans amp plug in gives me the tone I like and I can record dry and always go back and change stuff later).

I'm pulling up old drum loops in Structure and just having a ball playing along, they sound beautiful and play immaculately... and soooo easy.

It seems that Pro Tools has become a program that you really can 'create on the fly' with, a long time plus for other programs (like Sonar which has slowly become the opposite - getting bogged down in extras that don't work well and sound very mediocre).