Remember, if everyone else is weird but you, chances are it's actually you.
It is not that difficult. It's just that some find this more challenging than others. As you seem to come back with the same problem, I'll lay it out for you. And please read this carefully, you need to understand it to get it to work like you want.
- Software Monitoring - This needs to be On if you want to monitor incoming audio through Logic at all. If this is Off, you won't hear anything ever, unless it exists on a track, regardless of any other control or switch.
- Input Monitoring Only For Focused Track, And Record-Enabled Tracks - This is intended to help beginners, but the general consensus is that it is highly confusing for everyone, let alone newbies. Leave it Off.
- Track Input button - If you set it to On, you hear the input signal, whether you're in Stop, Play, or Record. If there's something on the track while in Play, you will hear it too. If you set it to Off, you don't hear input signal.
- Track Record button - If you set it to On, you hear the input signal whether you're in Stop, Play, or Record. If there's something on the track while in Play, you will hear it too. If you set it to Off, you don't hear input signal.
- Auto-Input Monitoring - If this is Off, you get the above behaviour. However, some get irritated by the doubled sounds if there's something on the track while in Play when they're about to drop in (Track Record button is enabled). If you set this to Off, you hear no input while in Play, but input while in Record or Stop. So if you like to hear input and old take prior to the drop in, leave it Off, if you only want the old take up until the drop in, turn it On.
In a normal session, you don't actually use the Input button, because the Record button takes care of input monitoring automatically. Like:
- arm a track for Record > you hear input
- hit Play > you hear what's on the track (and input signal if AIM is off)
- drop into Record > you hear input
- drop out of Record > you hear what's on the track (and input signal if AIM is off)
- disarm a track from Record > you hear what's on the track
Only if you want to hear an input unrelated to the actual recording process, like a nearby mic so you can hear the drummer talking, would you use the Input button.
Savvy ?
