Now click the checkbox in the Thru column in Audio/MIDI Setup. To turn direct monitoring on or off, open the Audio/MIDI Setup utility located in the Utility folder inside the Applications folder.Ģ. You can connect headphones to the Q2U to directly monitor off the input of the microphone to eliminate the latency.ġ. The amount of latency depends on the speed of your computer, available memory and the number of tracks you are recording. When recording in your software you may experience a delay on the signal playback, commonly know as latency. When selecting the inputs and outputs just look for and select the Q2U. At this point you can begin using your microphone with most any audio recording software, but you need to select it as an input and output device within the your software.