thanks sodderboy,
Well what we do at the studio is mainly "rock and roll" type bands with drums, guitars, synths... and usually record the basic tracks live so we do need good headphone monitoring system. Usually, i'll do just one mono mix for all musicians and its fine, very seldom i will do two mixes or a stereo mix, but the other guys seem to have their own habits (but i think they are more afraid to make choices and be content with it) the studio is too small to record a full orchestra so its almost always 4 musicians maximum tracking live but you never know, thats why i added an extra headphone plug to the box just in case.
One single robust on-on-on switch would be nice, but would have to add an extra switch for mono listening/monitoring from a stereo mix (same problem with the 3x4 rotary switch on the plan) not essential, but a nice feature.
i'm familiar with the furman 6channel headphone mixer system and the 8 channel HEARback system, they're nice but they cost a bit, and the CAT5 connector is quite sh... in terms of solidity speakon wins !
also i realised it would be a better idea to split the input of the amplifier (or use Y cables) in order to send the same mix to both tracking spaces, as opposed to loading one amp with 4 boxes for example. i know this is not good and if i'm not mistaken, this system could only take a maximum of two boxes per amp in order to work within its limits, thats why the speakon patchbay is mabe a bit risky because it lets you the possibility of doing so... mabe this is getting too complicated/compromising to have too much options.
Well what we do at the studio is mainly "rock and roll" type bands with drums, guitars, synths... and usually record the basic tracks live so we do need good headphone monitoring system. Usually, i'll do just one mono mix for all musicians and its fine, very seldom i will do two mixes or a stereo mix, but the other guys seem to have their own habits (but i think they are more afraid to make choices and be content with it) the studio is too small to record a full orchestra so its almost always 4 musicians maximum tracking live but you never know, thats why i added an extra headphone plug to the box just in case.
One single robust on-on-on switch would be nice, but would have to add an extra switch for mono listening/monitoring from a stereo mix (same problem with the 3x4 rotary switch on the plan) not essential, but a nice feature.
i'm familiar with the furman 6channel headphone mixer system and the 8 channel HEARback system, they're nice but they cost a bit, and the CAT5 connector is quite sh... in terms of solidity speakon wins !
also i realised it would be a better idea to split the input of the amplifier (or use Y cables) in order to send the same mix to both tracking spaces, as opposed to loading one amp with 4 boxes for example. i know this is not good and if i'm not mistaken, this system could only take a maximum of two boxes per amp in order to work within its limits, thats why the speakon patchbay is mabe a bit risky because it lets you the possibility of doing so... mabe this is getting too complicated/compromising to have too much options.