Got a new Babyface, watched tutorials and scanned the manual a couple of times. Trying to wrap my head around TotalMix after coming from MixControl. In my first session last night I was recording vocals, mono, in AN/1. With the settings on the LA610 pre-amp in the identical positions of previous recording sessions with Saffire 40 the recording level on the armed channel in Logic was lower.

I selected in on the spin wheel on Babyface to raise recording level and it didn't seem to do anything. I selected the wrench on AN/1 and adjusted the Gain Knob and the meter level did in fact go up on the armed track in Logic.

Begin confusion: I thought I had understood that TotalMix only controlled monitoring and that it would not impact the actual recording process but Gain Knob increase in AN/1 did raise the level of the armed track. Did it 'actually' record at that higher level or was that just a monitoring increase?

What is the correct point for raising recording level in your armed track? Thank you.