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1. https://support.allen-heath.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/1183
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsMS7-OTWY

Seemingly related question/answer:

1. https://community.allen-heath.com/forums/topic/st1-and-st2-inputs

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Mark- that’s exactly what I’m hoping to do. I’d love to be able to create multiple headphone mixes in Pro Tools and then use the “Tie Lines” to send them directly to physical outputs on the desk.

Can anyone point me to a resource that explains how to use these “Tie Lines”? Thanks

surely the Tie Lines can be used to send outputs from a DAW directly to a physical outputs on the desk (or attached hardware)

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Our friend Alex at A&H Tech Support first had this to say:

The DAW can send recorded audio to the SQ by routing it to one of the 32 USB streams. This stream can then be assigned to an input channel on the desk, then sent to an aux.

To avoid latency issues, live sources which require monitoring during the recording should be routed directly to the aux, as running them through the DAW first will add a delay.

I pointed him to this thread and he had this to follow up:

Some interesting replies there! One thing is Mark has a great point. You could send the output of a bus from your DAW to a USB channel, then tie line this channel directly to an output socket, leaving any input channels untouched.

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Thanks for your response, JTRJAMMER. I believe the first setup you describe is monitoring the preamp inputs on the board, correct? Monitoring there at the source rather than through the DAW.

The second that you describe seems more real-world for recording, something like adding overdubs to a pre-recorded track. At least some of that monitoring should include the DAW sending over USB. For ease or use, it would be ideal to monitor the inputs through the DAW but then latency may become a factor per your post:

“I wouldn’t recommend this for record monitoring as I think you would experience notable delay going from SQ to DAW then DAW to D/A computer interface to listener.”

How would you setup an overdubbing situation with the SQ-6? Would you recommend using a different audio interface?

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