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Post by lpedrum on Jan 22, 2017 15:03:19 GMT -6
I use Cubase and I'm looking for a way to run 3 to 4 separate stereo phone mixes using the Cubase Control Room feature. I've had Redco build me mic bays and love what they do. Anyone here have experience with their HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER? Any other suggestions without going the HEAR route? I find it odd that their are few options to purchase a singular headphone amp unit that can power and run multiple mixes. |
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Post by gouge on Jan 22, 2017 15:34:17 GMT -6
Behringer powerplay ha8000 or sm audio pro hp12e
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Post by mulmany on Jan 22, 2017 15:35:17 GMT -6
I use an art headamp pro. Allows a buss input or a direct input to each amp. It works OK. It has some other features that are nice too, like turning off the left or right output.
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Post by lpedrum on Jan 22, 2017 17:20:59 GMT -6
I use an art headamp pro. Allows a buss input or a direct input to each amp. It works OK. It has some other features that are nice too, like turning off the left or right output. Looking at the ART manual, it only talks about using the aux input as a "more me" input to blend a certain track with the headphone mix for more vocal etc. Do you know if it's possible to use the aux input for a completely different stereo mix on that channel? |
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Post by mulmany on Jan 22, 2017 17:41:29 GMT -6
I use an art headamp pro. Allows a buss input or a direct input to each amp. It works OK. It has some other features that are nice too, like turning off the left or right output. Looking at the ART manual, it only talks about using the aux input as a "more me" input to blend a certain track with the headphone mix for more vocal etc. Do you know if it's possible to use the aux input for a completely different stereo mix on that channel? It may not do stereo, but it is independent. The aux in, that is. I will test it for you, if you want. |
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Post by lpedrum on Jan 23, 2017 8:08:39 GMT -6
Looking at the ART manual, it only talks about using the aux input as a "more me" input to blend a certain track with the headphone mix for more vocal etc. Do you know if it's possible to use the aux input for a completely different stereo mix on that channel? It may not do stereo, but it is independent. The aux in, that is. I will test it for you, if you want. If it's not too much trouble...thanks! You'd think that if the box allowed for multiple stereo mixes that they'd be promoting that feature...same with the Samson unit. |
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Post by mulmany on Jan 23, 2017 12:54:10 GMT -6
It may not do stereo, but it is independent. The aux in, that is. I will test it for you, if you want. If it's not too much trouble...thanks! You'd think that if the box allowed for multiple stereo mixes that they'd be promoting that feature...same with the Samson unit. So just tested the aux input out, and it appears to be a stereo feed. It's on TRS and I fed it a stereo headphone feed and it collapses down when selecting monoL or mono right. So you could conceivably build a drum/bass mix feed that into the master buss, then create individual instrument/vocal sends to the aux inputs. That way you have a quick drum/bass level and individual level. Thanks for getting me to do this... Now I have to implement it! |
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Post by EmRR on Jan 23, 2017 15:10:41 GMT -6
Behringer 4700 will let you blend two different stereo mixes anywhere from 0-100% in each output channel, also has a mono switch and basic EQ. It's not well described, basically the stereo balance control becomes a stereo mix control once there's something plugged in the individual aux input. You can treat it as 4 separate channels or some sort of mix +/- with the blend control. It will handle lower Z phones fine where the 8000 can't.
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Post by svart on Jan 23, 2017 18:21:14 GMT -6
I use behringer ada8000 for conversion, then split to 4x 8ch behringer mixers as headphone pods where folks can mix themselves in their headphones. Works well enough.
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Post by lpedrum on Jan 24, 2017 15:40:04 GMT -6
If it's not too much trouble...thanks! You'd think that if the box allowed for multiple stereo mixes that they'd be promoting that feature...same with the Samson unit. So just tested the aux input out, and it appears to be a stereo feed. It's on TRS and I fed it a stereo headphone feed and it collapses down when selecting monoL or mono right. So you could conceivably build a drum/bass mix feed that into the master buss, then create individual instrument/vocal sends to the aux inputs. That way you have a quick drum/bass level and individual level. Thanks for getting me to do this... Now I have to implement it! That's good to hear...thanks much! I can't speak for other DAWs but Cubase can set up four independent headphone mixes in the box, so the ART sounds like a contender for me. Does it run quietly with enough power for volume hungry singers? |
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Post by mulmany on Jan 24, 2017 15:42:49 GMT -6
So just tested the aux input out, and it appears to be a stereo feed. It's on TRS and I fed it a stereo headphone feed and it collapses down when selecting monoL or mono right. So you could conceivably build a drum/bass mix feed that into the master buss, then create individual instrument/vocal sends to the aux inputs. That way you have a quick drum/bass level and individual level. Thanks for getting me to do this... Now I have to implement it! That's good to hear...thanks much! I can't speak for other DAWs but Cubase can set up four independent headphone mixes in the box, so the ART sounds like a contender for me. Does it run quietly with enough power for volume hungry singers? It's quiet, no problem with recording drums or singers. |
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Post by lpedrum on Jan 24, 2017 15:44:56 GMT -6
I use behringer ada8000 for conversion, then split to 4x 8ch behringer mixers as headphone pods where folks can mix themselves in their headphones. Works well enough. Hmmm....something to consider if I don't want to use up to many of my channels in Radar for headphone monitoring. |
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Post by rowmat on Jan 25, 2017 15:40:11 GMT -6
We have a rather old Behringer HA4000 which can drive multiple pairs of 250 ohm Beyer DT770's to ear shattering levels easily.
It has a global stereo buss input and a seperate front panel input with a mix control for injection of a separate signal into each of the four headphone amps.
I'm about to modify it by fitting four discrete stereo inputs (on either an Elco or a DB25 connector to the rear of the HA4000) along with switches which will allow the four headphone amps to switch to either their own separate custom stereo mix or the standard global stereo mix.
I'll be using 8 outputs from an Alesis HD24XR to provide 4 discrete stereo cue mixes setup within Reaper to feed the HA4000.
As each of the 4 headphone amps has two headphone outputs I'll be able to provide 4 fully customisable stereo cue mixes to 8 pairs of headphones.
We are about to replace our old Presonus Firestudio Lighpipe with an RME ADI-648 MADI/ADAT convertor which will give us 64 channels of ADAT I/O so we won't be putting the squeeze on our track count utilising additional outputs for cue mixes.
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