Can not monitor Playback to Monitors

D-Williamson wrote on 12/22/2025, 11:05 PM

Focusrite 18i20 - Not able to Playback to Monitors

I am using Samplitude 8X, (Properly Purchased & Registered) & installed. (to USB 18i20)  Have configured for Focusrite 18i20.
Can Record...   But can not Playback to Monitors...   Have monitors connected to Line Outputs 1 and 2 from 18i20,
Have configured Samplitude to Playback to 18i20, however can not monitor Playback...

Custom BUILD - ASUS  ASUS-Z790 - (Loaded Windows 10 Pro - SSDs - Hard Drives - Kingston FURY (Ram) Beast RGB 32GB 5600MT/s DDR5 -
Vid Card - ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB - Monitors iLoud MTM Precision MKII -  ((Focusrite 18i20 3rd Gen -  & OctoPre)) -
Mackie MCU Pro & MCU XT -and other Mackie Mixers - including 1604VLZ4 and Mackie Big Knob Studio *
((Sound Card SoundBlaster  RX5 working good - when in use)))))

All are Working well except I can not figure out how to get Playback from Samplitude X8 to Monitors.

Any suggestions or written tutorials for this set up will be appreciated.... Thanks,   dww

12/23/2025

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SP. wrote on 12/23/2025, 2:26 AM

@D-Williamson There is a small button labeled Mon in the Transport console. You can right click on it to select a monitoring mode. Alternatively, press Y to open the program settings. In the Audio Setup settings, where you select the Focusrite ASIO driver, there is a monitoring section where you can set the monitoring mode via a slider as well.

Then make sure the small Mon. button in the transport console is enabled. This should automatically monitor the incoming signal of all tracks that are enabled for recording. You can also individually enable monitoring on tracks by clicking on the small speaker icon in the track header.

If you select Mixer FX Monitoring Hybrid Engine as the monitoring mode you can listen to all tracks with realtime effects enabled. This is the recommended mode.

If you don't hear any playback at all, make sure the Focusrite ASIO driver is selected in the Audio Setup and then open the Mixer by pressing M and make sure the master track is set to outputs of your Focused interface. You can select the outputs of the track at the bottom.