Monitoring Cue Mix Through D-Command/XMon?

[SimonInAustralia]

I can't seem to find a way to monitor the cue mix in the control room, through the control room monitor section of the D-Command/XMon.

Should I be able to?

I need to hear what is going to the cue mixes when setting them up, and this should be an easy process in the D-Command/XMon monitor section.

If this is not possible, it seems to be a major oversight in the design of the D-Command/XMon, it is basic mixer functionality that is required in a tracking situation.

[Drew Mazurek]

I used Y cables to return the Cue Send back to Stereo Return 1 to make this possible. Otherwise, it's not.

Or you could use a dedicated buss for headphones and use AFL solo mode to listen.

[Mikey MTC]

Yeah Drew's right. I've got it permanently coming up Stereo 4 and didn't realize how often I'd be using it.

[SimonInAustralia]

To me, it seems that not being able to monitor your cue mix within the control room when setting it up the cue mix is a MAJOR oversight in the design of the D-Command/XMon.

It seems totally bizarre to me that the D-Command monitoring section allows for cue mixes to be sent through to the studio, but that you can not monitor them to setup those cue mixes from within the control room, without a kludgy workaround.

Sad and pathetic, whoever missed that feature when designing these surfaces should be ashamed of themselves, or they have no idea how a real work tracking session works.

[Drew Mazurek]

Well, you can either bitch or fix it. You chose.

Either do the wiring work around or use a dedicated buss and AFL/PFl solo mode.

[SimonInAustralia]

Using a kludgy workaround is NOT fixing it!

It is using a workaround to do something very basic that should be easily performed withing the existing D-Command monitor section.

I am bitching about it, because I can not fix it, all I can do is use a kludgy workaround to try and get similar functionality to what should be there already.

Splitting the cue signals and wasting 2 of the 3 stereo inputs to monitor cue mixes, or using buses to do it, is an ugly way to get basic mixer functionality that should have been in the D-Command monitor section in the first place.

In this level of equipment I should not have to deal with such poor design. I sort of wish that we went with some normal digital mixers instead.

So, why don't you tell me how to fix it so it works as it should, within the D-Command monitor section, without these workarounds? You can't!