sorry in advance if this is a silly question.
i have invested in a omni studio,upgrading from an audiophile,which i ran in conjuction with a studiomaster 10 channel mixing desk.
i used the aux sends from the desk to the inputs of my card,and the outs of my card to the stereo 7/8 ins of my desk.
this was fine allowing me to record ,but also practise with a friend using the desk to plug ,vocal,guitar,bass etc into,and monitor through pa speakers (simple a/b switch) arrangement,without opening cubase sx.
when monitoring with cubase i again switched the a/b to my other monitors bm5's and this worked pretty well.

but as the omni studio is, i guess a mixing desk in itself
now when i jam with my friend ,if i for example connect an xlr into the omni and a standard mike into the desk,i have to open cubase sx record enable a track ,click the monitor button ,before i hear anything back through the speakers.
i suppose this is no big deal really ,just seems a little strange.
as i am really baffled at the moment,due to the ammount of different configurations that the omni will allow ,should i just abort using my mixing desk altogether ,and just connect the omni direct outs to my power amp and speakers.
when i do want to jam ,just re-arrange the cabling?

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anyone?