how to achieve multiple headphone mixes...?

for starters, you will need audio interface with at least 10 outputs if you want five different headphone mixes.      OR you need  a mixer on your front end that has LOTS of aux sends (at least 12 ).        i have 16 ins and outs using the profire 2626 and the Octane.  the software mixer that comes with the 2626 allows for multiple independent headphone mixes using the auxes.  i rarely need to use more than two different headphone mixes, even with bands with 5 and 6 members.  but its nice to know i can if i need to.

The Firepod can output 5 stereo/10 mono mixes: 4/8 analog, 1/2 digit

Create 5 stereo Buses in Sonar

assign each to a different FP output

Add a post fader send to each track for each bus

Adjust each send for each person listening.

Of course, you will need 5 amplifiers, and 5 sets of headphones, and a bunch of patch cables.

j

Hi Phil,
Here's how I do it. I have a furman hds-6 with a bunch of listening stations. The HDS-6 has 6 audio inputs, one stereo input for playback, and 4 mono for cue mixes. I take my mains output off my audio I/O and send a feed of it off the patch panel to the stereo input on the Furman (so I don't have to use up a separate output pair). I then take 4 more outs off the I/O, label them "cue1-4" and send them first to the inputs of an old quad effect unit that I've had lying around for 15 years or so and then to the cue inputs on the furman. Then I route whatever I want to those cue outputs from my audio devices direct monitoring setup.

This allows me to have artists in the studio who each have a headphone mixer (the Furman HR-6 boxes) with individually customizable headphone mixes. For example, I might have acoustic guitar on cue1, banjo on cue2, vox1 on cue3 and vox2 on cue4. Each player can then adjust the level of those instruments in his headphones along with the playback levels. Additionally, because I'm taking the cue outputs through the effects unit I can give them some reverb or delay or whatnot without effecting my recorded signal.

Good luck
Dean