Headphone Monitoring

I need headphone monitoring at night when the family and neighbours are asleep. Is there a way to monitor the main logic output via the headphone socket on my G5.
Previously I was taking outputs 1 + 2 from my M-Audio delta 1010lt into a behringer RX-1602 rack mixer which had a great headphone circuit in it, but the RX-1602 has died (clicks loudly enough to make me thing the speaker cones will blow!).
I replaced this with a B-Tech BT928 headphone amplifier as a temporary measure - I didn't think it would need much but it needs more than that little thing, the sound is far from neutral, you do a nights work with that and it all sounds different in the morning.
Of course I could just buy another RX-1602 or something else with headphone capability but money is a bit tight at the moment and I was wondering if there was some Core Audio routing wizardry that would mean I could try out the monitoring using the G5 Mac headphone socket!

Simon,
From within Logic, simply go to Audio Hardware and drivers (found under the main Audio menu), and switch the driver to "Built In Audio", instead of your M-Audio driver.

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Just wondering how to get multiple headphone mixes?
Running 2 (soon to be 3) daisyied FirePod's. They each have what seems to be 8 ins and 2 outs. I'd like to be able to give a separate mix for each output (like a soundboard with 4+ monitor knobs on each track). Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks for your reply, and yes, I have the output selected in the channel strip.
I acutally did get it working last night right before I called it quits, but still am having one odd issue.
I set my channel strips up to send to the coreect outputs (backing track to mains, backing track with click to monitor mix), but the click kept jumping back to the main mix. I would set the output to monitors, but when the tracks would play the click track would suddenly play through the mains, and the drop-down output selector would read "Main"?????
I thought it was something at the Concert level, so I changed it there as well, but still no luck.
Haven't ruled out that some of this has something to do with my Mbox Pro settings, but I see nothing there that would be causing issues.
Ever heard of a output changing like that? This happened repeatedly, I kept chaninging it to monitors, it came chaning itself back....crazy.
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I am having trouble monitoring with my headphones on the Firewire Solo. It has worked well before but I cannot remember what I did to set it up. I searched and read several revelant posts here and tried everything. The level bar says it is receiving sound but nothing is heard through the headphones. Like I said it has worked before...
Check out my Logic XP screenshots,
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Have you ever thought your headphone monitoring level jumped up or down, for no apparent reason ? I think I may have found out why... try this:
1) Turn ON Software Monitoring. Independent Monitoring Level can be on or off, it doesn't matter. Take an audio track with active regions on it, arm that track for recording, and press play. Move the record fader up and down--it will adjust the level of the playback audio. All is good. Move this fader down around -20dB, so you can hear the track, but it's quiet.
2) Now, stop the transport, turn OFF Software Monitoring, and press play again. The track's playback level has not changed, which is fine. Move the record fader up and down--it doesn't do anything. Would be nice if that fader controlled the playback volume, but that's more of a feature request. Here comes the real bug...
3) Take the track out of record, then put it back in record. Press play: BOOM!, your playback level on that track has now jumped to 0dB. And there's no way to change it--regardless of the level set by the record and play faders, you're now monitoring at 0dB.
4) Turn ON Software Monitoring, and everything goes back to normal--the playback volume jumps back to the setting of the record fader. Now, turn OFF Software Monitoring, and your monitoring level will stay where you just put it UNTIL you take the track out of record. Next time you re-arm the track, it will jump back to 0dB.
Very weird, eh ?
As best I can tell, when Software Monitoring is OFF, the only way to change your playback monitoring level (for a track armed for recording--using auto-punch, etc.) is to turn Software Monitoring ON, then back OFF again. That will set your level to whatever the fader is showing. But once you take the track out of record, the level resets back to 0dB.
Assuming this isn't some bizarre corruption of my system, maybe we could get Apple's attention to fix this ?
And I think there may also be a related bug where the live input monitoring level jumps (regardless of visible fader position) while Software Monitoring is ON, but I can't reproduce it. Just thinking I've experienced that from time to time, too, and it's such a similar problem to this one...
-James

jnashguitar wrote:
And I think there may also be a related bug where the live input monitoring level jumps (regardless of visible fader position) while Software Monitoring is ON, but I can't reproduce it. Just thinking I've experienced that from time to time, too, and it's such a similar problem to this one...
This happens to me on a fairly regular basis. In my case, the input volume is always LOWER than the fader position.
I will be, say, recording an electric guitar part. Software monitoring on (I monitor thru Logic). The fader is at 0dB, and the guitar on input is a bit loud in the mix, but good for overdubbing a part. After a few passes, the level on input, or even while in record, will drop a good 3 or 4 dB. Hit stop, hit play, and the playback volume is loud again. Go into record, and it drops... the fader was never touched.
This is isn't every time I record, but common enough to not surprise me... It's definitely a bug

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Monitoring problem-Please help

Hey everyone, I'm trying to figure out how to monitor audio in Audition CS6. I'm using a Mac and just upgraded from Soundtrack Pro. I easlly monitored my audio though my headphones while using Soundtrack. My setup consists of my mic going to my usb interface which is a Saffire 6 usb which then runs to my Mac via USB.
I'm confused on what I've researched so far....can I monitor audio in Waveform? or in Multitrack? or both?
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Default Output: Built in Output (I also have the option of choosing Saffire 6 here, but doesn't make adifference in what I've tried)
Master Clock: Saffire (can also choose Built in Output here)
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Device Saffire 6USB
File Channels show L and R with L as Mono. Both are Saffire 6USB 1
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File Channels show 1 [L] and 2[R].
L has device channel of Built in Output 1 and R has Built in Output 2
Are these the right settings? I've noticed on Multitrack mode that there is an I for "monitoring input" and I've played with that with no new outcome.
Any help would be most appreciated! Thanks and if you need more info please ask...I tried to put down everything I could think of.

You probably should use the headphone monitor on your Saffire 6 which is set up for this sort of thing--it has a function to mix between playback from the computer and the input (in your case, your mic).
Audition doesn't provide an output when you're in Waveform view--this is pretty normal, hence the facility on your Saffire 6.
Multitrack is set up differently and there IS a feature to select and mix tracks to send to the output when recording in Multitrack--however, even here the norm would be to do the mix between pre-recorded tracks and your new source(s) in the audio interface.
I'm not a Mac user but, assuming there is some similarlty between PC and Mac, it can be a pain to use two different audio devices--there IS a way to do it in a Mac (I think it's called setting up a composite device in core audio) but it's probably far tidier and easier to set up using the Saffire for everything.
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I am considering rationalising my studio to a mixerless set up ( see Jim Frazier's comments in a recent thread http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8174674#8174674)
I bring live projects from studios and add over dubs such as vocals, horns, percussion etc. I have a simple headphone monitoring system which is perfect for up to 4 musicians to record to what is already in Logic - say a horn section and percussionist.
So far all monitoring in my set up has run from the mixing desk which is the hub of all the inputs and outputs via a loom to my MOTU 828 - but my ideas have been opened up by comments such as Jim's ( see above thread) where he describes an essentially mixerless set up involving such devices as a Mackie Big Knob or Presonus + an Apogee Ensemble + A control Surface ( Mackie or Euphonix type thing)
I have 3 questions:
i) Practically speaking what is the best way to plug mics and line inputs into the back of the audio interface. Do most 'mixerless' studios use some kind of rack patch bay.. or am I exaggerating the hassle of having to lean over a rack where the inputs for mic are facing the wrong way?
ii) Is it practical and easy to create separate software mixes ( say one for horn section and one for percussionist) in Logic and route them to headphones via outputs of the Presonus/Mackie Big Knob type studio control box? Do you use Software Monitoring and is latency an issue here?
iii) Could someone just confirm the basic bits of gear that one needs to do this: ie Mac + Audio Interface + Patch Bay (?) + Studio Control Box + Control Surface
many thanks to anyone who can contribute
m s

Hi ms,
I'd be curious what the other "mixerless" guys are doing as well, but I can tell you how I'm managing things here.
In my studio, I have dedicated mic pres, so I don't plug my mics into an audio interface. The mics get plugged from the mic preamps right to the converters, which in my case, is a Apogee Rosetta 800, as well as Lavry 4496's.
I have XRL jacks out in the studio, and these jacks have their cable run through the wall, and into the control room, where they terminate to a patch bay. I also have the ins and outs of my mic pres, and hardware compressors coming up at the patch bay, as well as the I/O's of my converters. Basically, any piece of gear in my control room with an input and output is set-up to be available at the patch bays.
So when I plug a mic into the XLR wall jack out in the studio, I simply connect patch cables at the patch bay, to designate whatever signal flow I want for that session. This is how the "big" studios have done it for decades, and once you take the time and money to set this up, you'll kick yourself for not doing it sooner.
I too, do all overdubs here at my studio, Any live tracking with a rhythm section, is always done elsewhere. But aside from me recording my own guitars, I too often work with percussionists, horn sections, string players, and vocal groups, sometimes as many as 6 to 8 singers at a time.
My solution for having separate headphone mixes without a mixer was to get a dedicated headphone system. I ended up going with the Hear Technologies Hear Back system.
http://www.heartechnologies.com/hb/hearbackintro.htm
This system can send something like ten different audio paths to the Hearback satellite mixers, where the talent out in the studio can customize their mix to their hearts content. However, I don't ever give anyone THAT much control . I keep it pretty simple... a stereo mix of the track, a "more me" knob, so they can control their voice or instrument level within the track, and I also give a reverb send, so they can add reverb to their voice or instrument, without me ever having to hear it in the control room.
This system is fed from the separate outputs of my converters, and my Logic template that all songs start from is set-up so that all my Aux tracks are feeding this headphone hub in the manner I described above. So all routing does take place from within Logic.
I do monitor with software monitoring on, but it wasn't until I got the Apogee Symphony system that I was able to do that reliably. Before the Apogee system, I used the Total mix latency free software that came with my RME FF800, much like the cue mix software that came with your MOTU piece. But monitoring in software outside of Logic always felt "left footed" to me. I MUCH prefer the DAW work like a tape machine as far as that aspect goes.
And I do have to admit, it's finally nice to be able monitor through Logic, in real time, with no perceivable latency at all. I went 6 years without a mixer, waiting for technology to allow this type of performance from a native system. The Apogee Symphony card along with the 8 core MacPro finally got me there.
And as I mentioned in that thread you linked to, I use a Presonus Central Station as talkback to the talent, as well as a master control room volume knob, and speaker selector.
All in all, it's working out really, really well.
I will say though, that having a dedicated hardware mixer is not necessarily a "bad" thing, and until you have a system where latency THROUGH Logic is basically undetectable, I would move slowly, and cautiously. It's imperative that the talent be able to hear their instrument or voice as they are used to. Any detectable latency, even a small amount, WILL deteriorate a performance, no matter what any body tries to tell you. And, it makes your studio appear "semi-pro".
Latency free software like Cue Mix or Total Mix can make the mixerless studio a reality though, when throughput latency is detectable. It worked for me for years.
If I can answer any more questions, don't hesitate to ask...

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Can somebody please help me.
I've treated my self to a new audigy 4 pro, but cannot seem to configure Traktor dj studio so that I can monitor my cue points using the headphone socket.
Whichever way I set up the headphones always plays the main source only ie the same as my speakers.
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I have hooked up a Edirol UA 101 soundcard to my macbook and the sound comes out of it ok. When I unplug the edirol and try and use the headphone socket, it work at first but now doesnt . I realise that this might be quite basic, but im new to macs ( a few weeks) and am really stumped.

I have hooked up a Edirol UA 101 soundcard to my macbook and the sound comes out of it ok
What's the "it"? The MacBook or the Edirol?
If you have set up the Edirol correctly, and specified the device in Logic's audio preferences, when you launch Logic without the Edirol connected, you'll get a message saying "The previously selected audio interface is not available" and Logic will switch to built-in audio automatically.
Your headphones should then work connected to the MacBook. But I suspect there's some misunderstanding here - if you expect audio out of your laptop's audio out, with the Edirol connected, that won't happen unless you've set up an aggregate device.
OR
leave the Edirol on and connected, and plug your headphones/monitors into that, and you should be all set.

Headphone routing

Hi All -
i have a session tomorrow where i need to record and set up 3 seperate (preferabely different) headphone monitor mixes for the players.
im trying to find a way to run this out of my Edirol FA 101 (10 ins, 10 outs) withOUT a headphone mixer/hub/amp.
my first idea is to set up busses for each headphone mix, set the bus to PRE and then to seperate outputs, then somehow cable up each pair of 1/4" outs into stereo headphones.
anyone got a better idea? thanks...

Hi,
There is a way to do this but it also involves a slight problem that no one has been able to solve yet.
First here's how it's done: decide what buss you want to use to route to the outputs that will carry the headphone mix. Then choose an output, say, 3-4 and route the buss (or busses) to that output. For each track you want to send out, simply assign the headphone buss to it like you would a normal FX buss. This has the advantage in that if you want the vocal to be louder in the headphone mix, you just increase the amount of send on the vocal to the mix. Don't forget to route the outputs to your hardware or whatever your using. This is the simplest way and you can develop your own variation on it as long as you follow this template. Here's it in a nutshell:
(MY setup)
Buss 12 named Headphone Mix;
Output this buss to Headphones Out, in my case
3-4;
Go to your tracks, busses, auxes, whathaveyou, that you want to send to the headphone mix and, just like you would assign an FX or buss send, create that and put as much or as little of the track as the person wants to hear.
The problem that I mentioned is that, for some reason, no FXs are sent along with the channel. So say you have reverb on the vocal you send out, the headphone mix wil get the vocal, but not the reverb!
I posted this same question a while back because I read in the Advanced Logic Pro book how to do this but could never get the FX to send through--no one else seemed to be able to either. I emailed the author of the book but he never got back to me with an answer.
Hope this helps and if you, or anyone else, can figure out how to get the FXs to send out, please let me know.

Can anyone recommend good monitors?

Hi all,
I'm looking for monitors for my mini studio. I haven't got a very good room, soundwise, but compared to mixing through headphones, monitors are a lot better. I run my little studio on a Mac mini, using LE7, doing mostly remixes and some additional production, so my level isn't professional, rather 'advanced hobby'.
Also, I'm not TOO fuzzy with having the perfect pair, I just want to them to make more justice than the headphones.
The price range I had in mind is ±20 % of 3500 SEK, 250 GBP, 430 USD.
Any suggestions?

My advice: save up until you can afford to get proper monitors. You do yourself no favours with low to mid-range monitors, which is what you'd be looking at in that price range.
I agree with the previous poster that for a small room, a 5" woofer is plenty sufficient.
I would suggest you save up for the current model KRK V4. They are not cheap (about $800/pair), but they are GREAT monitors, with plenty of bass, and a nice, even response.
Monitor quality does not increase linearly with price. At the low end, a little extra cash does not buy you much higher quality. But once you get above a certain threshold, then you're talking about a serious upgrade. For me, the KRK V4 is right at that threshold.

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I found out (supposedly) how to use both of the interfaces together by creating an Aggregate device.
I have gone through all the setup steps to create an aggregate device and put both interfaces on the Aggregate list to be used.
HERE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT!
When I open Garageband and designate the Aggregate device as my sources of hearing and recording (Input and Output), the M-Audio doesn't even register sound. When I hook up the M-audio interface by itself, it works. Same with the Komplete interface. They work perfectly individually. But together, Garageband only recognizes channels 1 & 2 coming from the the Komplete interface.
1) How do I make it so both show up as recording to Garageband?
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