…so far so correct…
but ur mixing up two different kind of set up options and try to make them one thing…
u can’t expect the tone to do ALL monitoring levels consistent while also getting recieved properly in recording via usb by a daw while ur managing proper leveling comig from the daw back again reflecting all inputs again properly on ur monitoring…that’s more than just confusing and is the reason why ur wondering here in first place…
with any little interface or mixer, cheap as fuk, if u can’t spend any further bux, this little investment IS indeed worth it, because only THEN u can stop questioning urself and get started for real…
all ur gear outputs should end up in ur daw and ur main out of that daw is summing it all up and give it out to monitoring…if ur using one of the instruments that also gives content to the daw, u’ll always end up with a mess of releveling, no proper gainstaging and so on…
so daw mainout, via anything else but ur instruments again to monitoring is the key ur missing…
that way u can start proper recording…proper mixing…
AND u can record ALL ur elektron magic via ob in single, separated stems on the fly…!!!
that elektron boxes also work as interfaces is a nice add on for quick, single solutions, but that’s about it…
it’s only a few bux of further, but more then well invested money away…make it happen…
or use the audio outputs of ur computer for now to reach out to the speakers…
anything is better then mulileveling direct monitoring ALL at once via the tone…