Thanks everyone.
Marc,
For you I would at least recommend setting up a control room so you can use the listen bus and the external inputs. Very VERY useful, even for your style of music making.
Having the ability to quickly switch to a mono mix (covered in the "mixdown presets" video) is also a huge plus of having the control room active.
Let me know how it goes. In any case, start from the beginning, because I build the control room step by step, and the early concepts are an important basis for later videos.