Using the Headphone Output
The NT-USB+ features a 3.5mm headphone output for monitoring your audio while you’re recording or streaming, listening back to recordings, or simply listening to music or other audio playing from your device. There are two different controls for the headphone output: a level control and a monitor mix control.
The Level Control (Bottom)
The level control simply adjusts the volume level of any audio sent to the headphones you have plugged into the NT-USB+, including audio coming from your computer or mobile device as well as the microphone itself.
Monitor Mix Control (Top)
The top control adjusts how much of your direct microphone signal is sent to your headphones. With this control fully counterclockwise, you won’t hear any direct microphone audio but will still hear audio coming from your device. The direct microphone signal doesn’t have any delay or echo (also known as ‘latency’) that can occur when then audio is being sent to the computer and back to the headphone output.
Note: While recording or streaming, we recommend turning this control fully clockwise and disabling any software monitoring in your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) or streaming software. This will ensure you won’t hear a distracting echo created by listening to the direct monitoring signal and the delayed signal from your computer at the same time.