Input only.... but I want to hear the Pre roll on monitors?!

[hannahcurtis1]

Hello,
I’m an audiobook narrator and I punch and roll.
I’ve had to ditch my earphones for now bc of a health issue with my ears. I bought monitors.
I want to use those for pre roll and then obviously have them disabled while I read.
I know it is possible to achieve this but I’m baffled.
Can anyone take me through the steps?
I’ve found set record tracks to input only in track but that disables everything. I just want 5 secs pre roll to play on my monitors before I punch in.
Help!!!!!!!!!

[dougdi]

You need to use auto punch. Set the in and out points. I’m not at my studio machine to check how. I use HD and that may work different, but I believe auto punch is in either version.

Edit added

And Auto Input Monitoring needs to be set. It should be detailed in the reference manual.

[The Weed]

In Preferences UNlatch Playback and Record Faders. Set the Playback Fader at 0 and the Record Fader at Infinity - the bottom. Set your Pre Roll to the lead in time you want. When the Track drops into Record, the Record Fader will be at the bottom and you won't hear yourself in the monitors. When you stop Record, the Playback Fader will be at the top and you will hear the already recorded audio. If you are punching in between previously recorded audio, just highlight the area you want to record into/over. You do not want to be in Input Only.