headphone sends

[dean7]

Hi
I need to set up 3 separate headphone sends from my digi 002r how is this achieved

dean7

[where02190]

Route either 3 or 6 outs (depending on whether you need stereo or mono hp's) to a headphone distribution amp. Sampson, Rane and furman make the better ones. Create aux sends on each track needed in the cans, and assign the outs to the appropriate sends. set them all to Prefader.

[dubaifox]

Buy a headphone distributor/amp, or make one. They are pretty cheap.

[JFreak]

for having three headphone sends you need to have three aux sends feeding three outputs. simple as that.

digi 002(r)'s routing options are very flexible. it has 8 outs by default, so assuming you use 2 for a pair of monitors, you have 6 outs left for headphones. you can configure protools sends for 6 mono / 4 mono + 1 stereo / 2 mono + 2 stereo / 3 stereo --> you only need to consider hardware outside digi 002(r). byt the kind of headphone amp that suits your needs...

i for example have a 002r and use this kind of setup in a regular basis: 2 outs (1-2) for live sound, 2 outs (3-4) for stereo in-ear monitor, 4 outs (5-8) for four mono foldbacks. this way lead singer has a perfect monitoring and the band has four discrete monitors... and i also use spdif outs for outboard reverb, but that's off topic point is that you should definetely learn protools' routings and put those aux sends in good use!

[antiphase]

why use up all of your outputs........just get a 99 dollar behringer headphone amp. You can change the signal from right ear, left ear, and mono/stereo on the headphone amp. It's more convenient, this way you only have to use two outputs. Now if everyone is going to get the same signal then this is fine, but the first poster, (dean7), didn't say if that was the case. If everyone needs to hear all the same stuff then I would go with 1 headphone amp using 2 outs of the digi. If you need to send different signals to different people then you'll have to do something like JFreak did.

[pk_hat]

Just out of curiosity, couldn't you just run the headphone out from the 002 to the headphone amp input, and just split from there, assuming each output on the amp has it's own volume control? Just wondering why use the actual outputs from the 002...

I've never worked with this sort of setup but it's bound to happen quite soon, thus my interest.

[antiphase]

well with my latest experience, I liked having the headphone amp in the room where the band was recording, so they could make their own volume adjustments without bugging me lol. I used the headphone out of the digi for my own use. Plus, I don't like using pre amplified signals to use in another amplifier.

[tele_player]

I'm with antiphase on this. I use an 002, with a Behringer headphone amp, connected to the main 1-2 outputs. My monitors are connected to the monitor outputs, so they are controlled by the 002 monitor level knob.

If you need different mixes in the cans, you need to use the more involved methode described above.