Analog outputs behaviour while recording

I was wondering what happens with the 24 analog outputs when recording is in progress. I had a look at the manual, which states:

These 24 outputs carry 24 channels of audio either from:
• A multi-track audio project from a USB drive connected to the front panel USB port
• A multitrack DAW session running on a computer connected to the rear panel USB port

Although the first point doesn’t explicitly state that it happens only during playback, from this description I could guess that while recording nothing is routed to the analog outputs. Is that right? If so, I’d say it would be nice to have the analog inputs passing through to the outputs, for example for external monitoring.

Thanks for any comment about this!