The Headphone Source Selector can be assigned to an alternate function from your control
panel’s Hardware page. Clicking the “Direct Monitoring” radio button will change the
momentary switch from a Headphone Source Selector to a Direct Monitoring on/off switch.
Different scenarios for using the Headphone Source Selector for monitoring multiple sources
and for turning Direct Monitoring on and off are described in the sections that follow.
Monitoring From Your DJ Program – A DJ program will allow you to send one audio
stream to your main outputs 1/2 that are connected to your sound system, and cue
another audio stream directed to outputs 3/4. You may use the Headphone Source
Selector switch to conveniently toggle between those two audio sources (1/2 and 3/4),
allowing you to discreetly cue the program material on 3/4 while the main outputs 1/2
continue to play audio to your sound system.
The default control panel settings, i.e., your control panel setup at the time that you first
install the driver software or the settings when you hit the reset button, are already set
up to do this. Just to be clear, we’ll describe those settings here.
1 In the Mixer page, sw rtn 1/2 is routed to output 1/2. This means that the tracks in your DJ
program that are set to the “FireWire Audiophile Analog Outs 1/2” will be heard from Line
Outputs 1/2. Your main speakers are connected to Line Outputs 1/2.
2 With the Headphone Source switch set to A, you will also be monitoring the tracks in your DJ
program that are set to the “FireWire Audiophile Analog Outs 1/2.”
NOTE: If you look at your control panel’s hardware page, you’ll see that the
“headphone source selector” is set up as out 1/2 for the A selection, and out 3/4 for
the B selection.
3 When you want to cue up other material from your DJ program, set those tracks to
play out of “FireWire Audiophile Analog Outs 3/4.”
4 Press the Headphone Source Selector momentary switch to set the source to “B.”
The LED indicator will light for the B selection. You will now be able to hear the
tracks that you are cueing only from the headphones—not the main outputs. When
you are done cueing, you may set the Headphone Source Selector back to the “A”
selection by pressing the momentary switch again.
Monitoring With An Advanced DJ Setup -- Your setup would be considered
“advanced” if you were using Line Outputs 1/2 for your main speakers (playing to a room
of people dancing), and wanted to use Line Outputs 3/4 for a booth monitor system. You
could still use the Headphone Source Selector to cue up program material that you did
not want to be heard from either the main speakers or the booth monitors.
1 In the Mixer page, route sw rtn 1/2 to output 1/2 by clicking the 1/2 button for that
channel. Connect Line Outputs 1/2 to your main speakers or sound system.
2 Route sw rtn 1/2 to output 3/4 also, by clicking the 3/4 button for the sw rtn 1/2
channel. That way, your main outputs will also play out of your booth monitors
connected to Line Outputs 3/4.
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