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Traditionally our Media Express software has been used with Blackmagic hardware that has input as well as output and rather than push audio to the system's internal sound card (which could be out of sync with video on screen), the software is set up to look for our hardware to push audio and video out together to an external monitor.
Understandably, the Mini Recorder does not have an "out" only an "in," so this poses an issue with audibly monitoring audio during ingest. Unfortunately a Mini Monitor would not solve the issue as the two devices would register separately and Media Express will only latch on to one at a time.
The Mini Recorder is meant as a solution for those who simply need to capture HDMI or SDI video to their Thunderbolt systems. We do have Thunderbolt solutions for input and output on the same device, such as the Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt or the UltraStudio Express.
I can log a request regarding Media Express and the Mini Recorder, but in the current configuration, visual-only monitoring of your audio input during ingest would not be re-configurable. Just to confirm, I've connected one of our Mini Recorders to an iMac and attempted to tweak sound settings in System Preferences. Changing settings here does not have any effect on Media Express output to the internal sound card.