Speaker output AND headpho

im a deejay, i need to know if there is anyway to configure a creative sb Audigy2 ZS Platinum sound card (its a 3d card, it has the platinum dri've too) so that i can have my mixing application play the overall sound output through the speaker outputs, and use the headphones jack on the plat. dri've to preview another song within the same application? basically i want to use the speaker outputs and the headphones jack at the same time. right now, its either or. is it possible?

Depending on what DJ program you are using, you might be able to specify different output for the front and rear speakers, and hence have 2 different outputs. Unfortunately, I don't know which DJ programs (if any) provide that option. PCDJ-FX doesn't, I know that much.
You could do what I did! Are you using a laptop? If so, get an external (USB) soundcard, like the "Extigy", or "Li've! 024 External". Plug that into one of your spare USB ports and use that as your main output (for the superior sound quality), and use the built in soundcard headphone socket for cue-ing your songs. Otherwise, if your motherboard has an onboard soundcard, use that.
The important thing is to ensure Windows recognises that you have two outputs. Go to "Control Panel" -> "Sounds and Audio Devices" -> Audio.
The "Sound Playback" list needs to have at least two entries for most DJ programs to output two separate sources.

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Temporary fix... turn the rear left audio channel down to nothing and you have a 6.1 system that wont crackle as much, but the sub will still distort anything without channel selecti've output (like single channel mp3).
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