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SSL 2 MKII: remove doubled software monitoring while keeping the direct input
SSL 2 MKII: remove doubled software monitoring while keeping the direct input. Check prerequisites and the actual response before reporting an outcome.
Manufacturer-documented Reviewed 2026-11-09 · Revision 1
Follow these checks in Audio Fix →When this guide applies
The same live input is audible through MIX and DAW monitoring.
Connection scope: USB audio. Symptom: Sound and picture are out of sync.
This is a documented check, not a diagnosis of your equipment. The model name does not confirm the selected input, mode, software or connected partner.
If your exact model or a required setting is unknown, use the “I don’t know” branch below. Do not apply a similarly named model’s instructions.
Checks and possible outcomes
Start at step-0. Follow the link that matches what you actually observe. Alternative branches are not a single sequence of actions.
step-0
Is the live input already audible through the hardware MIX path?
Do not disable the only monitoring path.
Look for: Confirm the actual prerequisite or observation. Unknown stops safely.
- If Yes / check completed → Is the same track also monitored through DAW software?
- If No / cannot confirm → Keep these observations for official support
- If I do not know / cannot check → A required fact is unknown
- Manufacturer-documented SSL 2 MKII official user guide ↗PDF pages 17, 18, 26, 27, 28 — MIX INPUT hears live inputs, USB hears computer playback; STEREO splits inputs left/right and should be unpressed for mono sources. DAW input monitoring must be muted to avoid doubling.Exact model/generation named in this manual; external controls and documented host paths only. · Source checked 2026-11-09
step-1
Is the same track also monitored through DAW software?
An unrelated effect echo needs another diagnosis.
Look for: Confirm the actual prerequisite or observation. Unknown stops safely.
- If Yes / check completed → May that DAW input-monitor path be muted while stopped?
- If No / cannot confirm → Keep these observations for official support
- If I do not know / cannot check → A required fact is unknown
- Manufacturer-documented SSL 2 MKII official user guide ↗PDF pages 17, 18, 26, 27, 28 — MIX INPUT hears live inputs, USB hears computer playback; STEREO splits inputs left/right and should be unpressed for mono sources. DAW input monitoring must be muted to avoid doubling.Exact model/generation named in this manual; external controls and documented host paths only. · Source checked 2026-11-09
step-2
May that DAW input-monitor path be muted while stopped?
This changes monitoring rather than recorded preamp gain. Keep microphones away from active speakers.
Look for: Confirm the actual prerequisite or observation. Unknown stops safely.
- If Yes / check completed → Mute monitoring of that input track in the DAW
- If No / cannot confirm → Keep these observations for official support
- If I do not know / cannot check → A required fact is unknown
- Manufacturer-documented SSL 2 MKII official user guide ↗PDF pages 17, 18, 26, 27, 28 — MIX INPUT hears live inputs, USB hears computer playback; STEREO splits inputs left/right and should be unpressed for mono sources. DAW input monitoring must be muted to avoid doubling.Exact model/generation named in this manual; external controls and documented host paths only. · Source checked 2026-11-09
step-3
Mute monitoring of that input track in the DAW
Retain the known direct input contribution in MIX.
Look for: Perform only the stated operation, then confirm whether it could be completed.
- If Yes / check completed → Does the doubled or delayed second input disappear?
- If No / cannot confirm → Keep these observations for official support
- If I do not know / cannot check → A required fact is unknown
- Manufacturer-documented SSL 2 MKII official user guide ↗PDF pages 17, 18, 26, 27, 28 — MIX INPUT hears live inputs, USB hears computer playback; STEREO splits inputs left/right and should be unpressed for mono sources. DAW input monitoring must be muted to avoid doubling.Exact model/generation named in this manual; external controls and documented host paths only. · Source checked 2026-11-09
step-4
Does the doubled or delayed second input disappear?
Unmute the recorded track only for later playback as appropriate; this is not a measured latency test.
Look for: Confirm the actual prerequisite or observation. Unknown stops safely.
- If Yes / check completed → Checks completed — report what happened
- If No / cannot confirm → Keep these observations for official support
- If I do not know / cannot check → A required fact is unknown
- Manufacturer-documented SSL 2 MKII official user guide ↗PDF pages 17, 18, 26, 27, 28 — MIX INPUT hears live inputs, USB hears computer playback; STEREO splits inputs left/right and should be unpressed for mono sources. DAW input monitoring must be muted to avoid doubling.Exact model/generation named in this manual; external controls and documented host paths only. · Source checked 2026-11-09
Possible result
Checks completed — report what happened
Completion is not an automatic solved result. Report solved, partly helped, did not help or could not follow based on your actual observation. No Audio Review physical test is claimed.
steps completed
Reaching this result does not mean the issue is solved. Only your own feedback can report improvement.
Possible result
Keep these observations for official support
A required prerequisite or response was not confirmed. Stop this sequence and use the exact model and partner documentation. Do not escalate to a factory reset, firmware installation, internal repair or unsafe wiring change.
next support
Reaching this result does not mean the issue is solved. Only your own feedback can report improvement.
Possible result
A required fact is unknown
Confirm the exact model, connection, partner capability and current control state before continuing. Do not guess settings or operate an updating product.
insufficient data
Reaching this result does not mean the issue is solved. Only your own feedback can report improvement.