Problems with Headphone Out

[nachtaktiv]

Hi guys

I know, a similar question was already asked, but the solution there was not the solution for my problem.

Problem: I can't make an induvidual Headphone Cue out of the front of my 828mk3. Either nothing comes out of the headphones or nothing comes out of the speakers. At the moment, both is working, but I am controlling the volume of the phones (as well as the volume of the speakers) with the Master Volume knob. I'd like to control my speakers with the left Master Volume knob and the headphones with the Phones Volume knob.

With Cubase Pro it would be no problem, there you have a "Studio"-Tab where you can define a direct "headphone-cue". In Cubase Artist you can only define the physical outputs (Main 1-2 in my case), i could define a second output, but i only can send signal to one output at a moment, expect i use sends.

In MOTU Audio Setup I have following settings:
Default Stereo Output: Main Out 1-2
Phones Assign: Main Out 1-2
Main Out Assign: Main Out 1-2

But now the Headphone Cue seems "Post-Fader". So the volume of the headphones in- and decreases with the main volume.

Isn't it possible to have an independent headphone cue without making a headphone mix via sends in the DAW or cuemix? Manual and Youtube couldn't help me

Thank you for your feedback!

[bayswater]

Assign the Phone to "Phones". It should appear as an independent set of outputs in Cubase and you can send a mix to it that is different from the mix to the Main outs or Out 1-2.

[nachtaktiv]

Thanks for your reply.

OK, I changed Phones Assign to Phones 1-2.

And yes, i can create a second output in Cubase Artist (like I could before), but this is an either/or way, i can send a single (or all) tracks to this created Phones output, then I hear it through the phones but not through the speakers, but this is not a parallel way like there is in Cubase Pro and with my old NI-Interface.

In Cubase Pro you have a dedicated "Phones"-Channel (on the "Studio"-Tab), it's not the same like I create one with the same name.

[bayswater]

Thanks for your reply.

OK, I changed Phones Assign to Phones 1-2.

And yes, i can create a second output in Cubase Artist (like I could before), but this is an either/or way, i can send a single (or all) tracks to this created Phones output, then I hear it through the phones but not through the speakers, but this is not a parallel way like there is in Cubase Pro and with my old NI-Interface.

In Cubase Pro you have a dedicated "Phones"-Channel (on the "Studio"-Tab), it's not the same like I create one with the same name.

To get a separate Phones mix, put a send on each channel routed to a stereo bus. Route that bus to the Phone out on the 828. Use the send levels and send pans to get the Phone mix.

[nachtaktiv]

No, that's exactly what I don't wanted to do. Thats like making a Headphone Mix for a musician, thats troublesome everytime for every track and every channel.
I think, with an interface and mix software of this professionality it should be possible to do that. I mean, it was possible with my cheap NI Kontrol 1 Interface without doing any settings.

[nachtaktiv]

I wrote to Steinberg and described my problem. I think it's all about the missing "Studio"-tab and Control Room in Cubase Artist. But it's a pity that it worked with a cheap interface and with my 828mk3 not anymore.