Bypass inserts on Apollo x4

rockerston

New Member
Hello,

I'm new to using the Apollo, so apologies if this is a dumb question. When I record guitars, I want to record a clean signal, with no effects from inserts. However, for the sake of the artist, I would like to hear an effected (amp emulation) signal in the headphones. Before the Apollo, I would monitor the signal that came back from the DAW (software monitoring - I'm using Logic). I could hear a nice distorted guitar, but the signal was recorded clean. So later, I could then apply whatever processing I wanted. I can see how to add an amp emulation to the inserts section of Console, which gives me a great sound in the headphones. But that same affected signal is also what gets recorded.

Is there a way to bypass the insert? Or should I be doing something completely different?

I tried to recheck "software monitoring" in Logic, but even with the "reduce latency" button checked, the latency was every extreme (not at all like my previous DAC).

Thank you for in advance for the pointers.

-rocks
 

Matt Hepworth

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Hello,

I'm new to using the Apollo, so apologies if this is a dumb question. When I record guitars, I want to record a clean signal, with no effects from inserts. However, for the sake of the artist, I would like to hear an effected (amp emulation) signal in the headphones. Before the Apollo, I would monitor the signal that came back from the DAW (software monitoring - I'm using Logic). I could hear a nice distorted guitar, but the signal was recorded clean. So later, I could then apply whatever processing I wanted. I can see how to add an amp emulation to the inserts section of Console, which gives me a great sound in the headphones. But that same affected signal is also what gets recorded.

Is there a way to bypass the insert? Or should I be doing something completely different?

I tried to recheck "software monitoring" in Logic, but even with the "reduce latency" button checked, the latency was every extreme (not at all like my previous DAC).

Thank you for in advance for the pointers.

-rocks
Hey rocks, all you need to do is turn the record light on that channel in Console blue instead of red. That'll let you hear, but not print the effects/inserts.
 
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