If your audio hardware is ASIO 2.0 compatible, it may support ASIO Direct Monitoring. This feature may also be available for audio hardware with macOS drivers. In ASIO Direct Monitoring mode, the monitoring is done in the audio hardware, and monitoring is controlled via Cubase. The latency value of the audio hardware configuration does not affect the monitor signal when using ASIO Direct Monitoring.
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You can monitor the input levels of audio tracks, that is, you can map the input bus metering to monitor-enabled audio tracks and watch the input levels of your audio tracks when working in the Project window.
Activate Map Input Bus Metering to Audio Track (in Direct Monitoring) in the Preferences dialog (Metering page).
As the tracks are mirroring the input bus signal, you will see the same signal in both places. When using mapped metering, any functions that you apply to the audio track are not reflected in its meters.