Need Help With A FireWire Solo Problem

[nathan]

So I just bought an M-Audio FireWire Solo so I can record onto my Macbook Pro. The Problem is, the interface won't send the signal out to the headphone jack so I can hear myself play. It records and sounds decent, but I would like to be able to use it as a mini practice amp too so I don't disturb people. I'm a freshman in college so I can't really play through my regular amp without disturbing people. It seems like this is a simple problem and i'm just missing something crucial. All I want to do is plug my bass into the front input and be able to hear myself when I plug headphones into the headphone jack. Please, if anybody knows what I should do, HELP!

 

[csholtmeier]

Two things to check. Does the interface have a mic/line instrument switch? Check that if it does. Also, you might have to arm a track in your DAW to monitor yourself for practice. My Toneport wasn't this way, but my Mbox is.

 

[nathan]

Thanks for the advice. I read something about DAW, but as i've never had anything like this before, I have no idea how to go about switching things. Theres no Mic/line switch, although there is an input select for the front and rear outputs. I don't think that's really a problem though. How would I switch what i needed to with the DAW?

 

[csholtmeier]

Set up a new track, set track input to your m-audio interface, and arm for record. Be sure to enable monitoring.

 

[nathan]

I set that up and it works. The only problem is theres a little bit of latency. Is there a way to get rid of that?

 

[csholtmeier]

look for an options or preferences menu for your asio driver in your DAW. Adjust buffer size to dial out latency.