Mic placement and monitoring

[RVA]

It depends
if you are laying a track, you are listening to the input of your guitar - not the playback.

If you are the engineer then you can listen to the playback while the track is being recorded.
Do you see what I am talking about?
One person -You can't do both (monitor input and playback) at the same time.

I need to monitor a sample clip with the best isolation I can muster. Quality cans and a looong cord!

 

[Ghostman]

It depends
if you are laying a track, you are listening to the input of your guitar - not the playback.

If you are the engineer then you can listen to the playback while the track is being recorded.
Do you see what I am talking about?
One person -You can't do both (monitor input and playback) at the same time.

I'm not sure why you would need to monitor both sides at the same time. Once your core sound is dialed in during the testing and setup, the only thing you are monitoring with the recording side is if you play correctly. The Engineer would monitor the playback to make sure it's sounding right in the recording. You can tweak that after recording, it doesn't have to be live.

 

[Jethro Rocker]

I'm not sure why you would need to monitor both sides at the same time. Once your core sound is dialed in during the testing and setup, the only thing you are monitoring with the recording side is if you play correctly. The Engineer would monitor the playback to make sure it's sounding right in the recording. You can tweak that after recording, it doesn't have to be live.

And with digital, usually what you hear live is what you get. There is no playback difference.
Unless someone is still using tape.