{"id":1720706,"date":"2013-09-26T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T20:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1720706"},"modified":"2020-07-13T18:29:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T18:29:15","slug":"the-direct-monitor-switch-on-my-focusrite-scarlett-2i2-isnt-working","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/the-direct-monitor-switch-on-my-focusrite-scarlett-2i2-isnt-working\/","title":{"rendered":"The Direct Monitor switch on my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 isn&#8217;t working."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"Focusrite-direct-monitor-isn-t-working\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Focusrite direct monitor isn&#8217;t working<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can set up direct monitoring on your Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 two ways: either <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/insync\/mono\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>mono<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/insync\/stereo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>stereo<\/strong><\/a>. When the Focusrite direct monitor is set to <strong>mono<\/strong>, one signal is sent to both the L and R outputs. When set to <strong>stereo<\/strong>, input 1 is sent to the L output and input 2 is sent to the R output. \u00a0If you only want to hear your direct source and not the monitor signal from your DAW, you\u2019ll need to mute the channel that you\u2019re monitoring from within your DAW.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focusrite\u2019s <em>Direct Monitor<\/em> switch on the Scarlett 2i2 does not disable the feed from your DAW. Rather, the Focusrite direct monitor toggles whether you hear your input source directly before it goes to your DAW. When you toggle direct monitoring on your Scarlett 2i2, make sure that the input isn\u2019t being sent to the same output. If you do, you\u2019ll hear an echo. If you only want to hear your direct source and not the monitor signal from your DAW, you\u2019ll need to mute the channel that you\u2019re monitoring from within your DAW. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[54894,56785,53815],"storecat":[],"itemids":[12631],"manufacturers":[33367],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the The Direct Monitor switch on my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 isn&#039;t working. page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/the-direct-monitor-switch-on-my-focusrite-scarlett-2i2-isnt-working\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Direct Monitor switch on my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 isn&#039;t working. - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can set up direct monitoring on your Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 two ways: either mono or stereo. 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