L9 - all tracks seem to "software monitor" when set to record! BUG?!

Hi Guys,
Not sure if this is another Logic 9 bug or if I am just going crazy!
Often when recording tracking parts, I need to record three or four tracks at the same time. For example, today I was recording vocals, keyboard and bass.
I always monitor the vocals through Logic, so the singer has some reverb in real time. However, for zero latency monitoring on piano and bass, I would usually just monitor them straight through the mixer and not through Logic.
To achieve this in Logic 8, I would press the "software monitoring" button (the green one beside the transport window). I'd also press the orange "Low latency mode" button to make sure the tracks that were software monitored would not have any latency.
Then I would select record for all tracks I was recording, and I would press the "i" button (orange button for input monitoring) for the tracks that I actually wanted to software monitor. Tracks with "i" pressed (usually just vocals) would monitor through Logic with effects, the rest would just be monitored through the mixer.
In Logic 9, this isn't working! Even if I only press the "i" button on one track, ALL of the tracks are coming through Logic. It seems to be applying software monitoring to ANY TRACK THAT IS IN RECORD MODE, even if the input button isn't pressed for that track!
So I either have to have ALL record-enabled tracks software monitored (which induces a little bit of latency for the keys and bass) or NONE (and leave the vocalist without any real-time effects in the mix while he sings).
Am I missing something here? Is there a new setting somewhere that automatically sets all record-enabled tracks to software monitor mode when the software monitoring button is pressed in the transport bar?
OR... is this a new bug?! It's a big one if it is!
I'd love to hear what other people think... or if anyone has a suggestion that might help with this? I might just be missing something obvious here, but I don't think so...
Thanks heaps guys!
Mike

yeloop wrote:
Hi Guys,
Not sure if this is another Logic 9 bug or if I am just going crazy!
Often when recording tracking parts, I need to record three or four tracks at the same time. For example, today I was recording vocals, keyboard and bass.
I always monitor the vocals through Logic, so the singer has some reverb in real time. However, for zero latency monitoring on piano and bass, I would usually just monitor them straight through the mixer and not through Logic.
To achieve this in Logic 8, I would press the "software monitoring" button (the green one beside the transport window). I'd also press the orange "Low latency mode" button to make sure the tracks that were software monitored would not have any latency.
That's not what Low Latency Mode does, it only bypasses high latency inducing plugins, there's a threshold setting in Logic. But that's not the problem...
Then I would select record for all tracks I was recording, and I would press the "i" button (orange button for input monitoring) for the tracks that I actually wanted to software monitor. Tracks with "i" pressed (usually just vocals) would monitor through Logic with effects, the rest would just be monitored through the mixer.
That's not how it works here (on version 8.02)
With software monitoring enabled any track in record mode is passed through Logic's audio engine. Input monitoring only works when a track is -not- record enabled. At least that's how it's working with my RME hardware.
Perhaps you're thinking of "Auto Input Monitoring", try adding that button to the transport bar and see if that's working the way you expect. Any tracks set to input monitoring and record will pass their signal thru Logic, tracks set to record only, will not. The sequencer has to be running so the vocalist wouldn't hear reverb until you actually start recording.
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