Signal Flow Chart? Guide? Tutorial?

[Scaper7]

I'm attempting to use a UL MK3 as a DJ interface, hooked directly to powered monitors. I'm running Traktor as well as Maschine software. I'm trying to meter and mix elements in CueMix ... and I have to confess it confuses me completely ...

I can't understand the signal flow, how to meter things and the meter levels just don't make sense ... also the only way I can control the main out level is to have 'monitor' on and adjust monitor level ... Meters drop accordingly on 'MainOut1-2' yet my 'phone1-2' meters at unity regardless of adjusting the level ..?.?

And other odd things ... while Maschine is outputting at 0dB to 'MainOut1-2', Cuemix shows nothing on meters for 'MainOut1-2', but I can see signal metering on the EQ window at low levels... obviously I'm lost ....

Where can I find a walk through tutorial or helpful info to understand how I should be working this thing. I know it shouldn't be tricky ... all I'm trying to do is monitor a couple of stereo streams from my laptop and with an independent h/phone send. I'd be grateful for any advice ...

before i'm asked to RTFM .. i've had a look at relevant sections and can't the info i need to make sense of the signal flow or gain structure ... just specific instructions for steinberg software .... nothing about monitoring multiple streams from computer ...

[j_e_f]

I'm not sure if this forum will let you search for messages by a particular user, but if so, I once answered a question where I explained the MOTU in terms of a traditional mixer. See if you can find that. If not, I think I have a copy I saved on my hard drive. You could PM me for it.

[Scaper7]

did you get my PM?