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Thanks rd2rk - the confirmation is useful. Stops me wasting time looking for better ways. And thank you datacommando. Using my alternative approach I think I'm pretty much doing as you recommend, using my Helix rack headphones output for low latency monitoring via Multi (USB1,2) whilst separately recording Mic on USB3,4 and Variax on USB5,6. I'm pretty new to all this tech so again, your confirmation is useful. The thing that didn't sound right was headphone tracking the Variax panned hard left (recorded over USB1) and the mic panned hard right (recorded over USB2). But if that kind of thing doesn't bother, it's a more efficient use of USB recoding channels.

Hi all. I'm struggling with a similar problem to Horseflesh but on a Helix Rack. From Global Settings, I've got the dry tracks sorted out to be recorded on DAW tracks USB7 and USB8 for Variax and mic respectively. Using the modified pre-set 01A - USA Double Norm - I've got the Variax on the input and the wet output of path 1A coming out 'Multi' to DAW tracks USB1,2 So far so good. I've got zero latency direct monitoring via the headphones output, dry recording of mic and Variax, wet recording of Variax. But now I open up the second path in the pre-set with a mic input. It goes strait to the path 2 wet output which is set to USB3,4 and I can record those. But I can't direct monitor them without changing the output back to Multi in which case I'm interfering with my Variax recording. I can pan mic hard one way and Variax hard the other, but this doesn't sound right in the headphone direct monitoring mix. My other alternative is to create an output split on each path. Track Variax to USB5,6 track mic on USB3,4 and direct monitor but not track on USB1,2. This feels cumbersome. I've got all these 8 USB outputs but it seems I must use 6 of them for two wet instruments at a time. Yet tracking the dry is just fine. I was expecting tracking the wet to be just as simple. I'm probably missing something obvious but I'm blown if I can see it. Any advice or confirmation is welcome.