Headphone amp connection

I'm in the process of reworking my recording rig so I can accommodate multiple musicians. I purchased a new interface with multiple inputs (Tascam US1800) and a Behringer HA4700 headphone amp. Along with a furman power conditioner, rack tuner and a brand new rack unit witch is being shipped so i cant hook anything up until i get the rack, Anyways....... I'm a little confused on the right way to connect the headphone amp out of my interface.

 The dude at guitar ctr. Says to run a stereo trs cable from the headphone input on the interface to the headphone input on the headphone amp. The amp has 4 headphone channels. Using this hookup method.....how could I possibly boost the vocals or a certain guitar separately in the phones?

Also, in X2, can I make a separate headphone mix? I'm not sure how to achieve that if possible. 

Thanks for your time, Ken

Ken, I wish you'd posed the question before buying your new interface. The best you're going to be able to do with the Tascam is a single headphone mix for everybody. The Behringer unlt will let each person set their own headphone volume, but that's all. They won't each be able to have their own cue mixes.

If the Tascam lets you specify where its own headphone signal comes from (e.g. it's not just automatically connected to the main outs) that could give you a second monitor mix.


What you really need is an interface with 6 or 10 outputs and either a headphone distribution amplifier (or mixer) with 4 separate inputs, or 4 separate headphone amplifiers. This would allow you to set up 4 busses within SONAR, as Beagle suggested, each of which could be customized for each player. A 6-out interface would support 4 mono mixes, while a 10-out interface would give you 8 mono or 4 stereo mixes.

I should add that in practice having everybody hear the same headphone mix isn't the end of the world. As long as each person can control their own volume, it's still a usable setup even if not ideal.

I hear ya on that, keneds. Making do with what you've got can actually be a fun challenge that spurs creativity.

I doubt the Beatles had individual cue mixes in their headphones, yet somehow they managed to crank out a decent tune or two.

The headphone amp has a single stereo input. You need a stereo Y connector with a TRS (stereo) on one end and two TS (mono) connections on the other for the US-1800.
 
The output levels should match. If it's too soft or distorts, then they don't (-10dB and +4dB are the two standards). Nothing is bad. With the correct cable, you are sending 2 into 2.

There are plenty of solution and a lot of them don't have to break the bank. I have the us1641 which is more or less identical. 
The thing to get your head around is your most likely recordning a band live. So this will require each musician to hear themselves as you record to the multi tracks. 
You don't want this to be after the fact as there will be latency. Forget about needing extra outputs because it won't work for live,, that's only needed when overdubbing, and most we only overdub one part at a time.
 
 What you need is a analog monitoring system that is in front of the interface. 
 
Ultimatly you have a mixing board that can handle all this and split the signal to both the monitoring ( headphones)  and the recording ( interface).  I get buy with what we have on hand which is a hodge podge of  Medium and small mixers. 
 You will be either recording in a studio type setting or recording your band live. Recording the band live is different and there will be leakage. I will talk about recording in a studio type setting here. 
 
Mostly  you want a good drum take, everything else can be overdubbed later on  one part at a time or just a few punch ins. So the drummer needs to hear the guitars,singers and bass to play nicely. The good thing is you won't need the drums in the headphones unless you lock the bugger in a soundproof room. So patch the whole band to the mixer and send that to your headphone amp. You won't need the drums in that mix. 
I then mike up the drums and they either go via a different mixer for processing or direct to the interface usually both. 
The vocals and guitar are sent via Aux sends (or direct outs if you have them) from the mixer to the interface. The Bass is split from a DI and they also have thier own small headphone mixer. 
The guitar is a DI output with the speaker off ( Blackstar Amp) or could be locked in a iso booth or box. Lots of options but it has to be quiet in the drum room.
There are lots of ways to rig up  a good headphone mix but it involves mixing boards not interfaces. These are also super handy I use mine live too.

I think all you guys are wrong. You should actually download the manuals of these things before responding. The Tascam interface he mentions actually has 4 outs so in fact two stereo mixes can be sent from the Tascam. Also the Behringer headphone amp allows more than one mix to be sent to the outputs. Each headphone amp I think can have a separate mix to be fed in individually and over ride the main mix feeding the headphone amps etc...

No one has done the homework on the Behringer Headphone amp though. You are all assuming only one mix can be sent to all outputs which is also incorrect.  I have used these headphone amps on a few occasions now and they are quite versatile in terms of what they can do.
 
Each headphone amp has an AUX IN on the front and not only that but a balance control between that and the main mix. So you could feed a main mix minus vocals etc to the amps as per usual and just send vocals to the aux input on an individual amp and then add the vocals in to taste along with music etc.  Rather cool. In fact you can feed 5 different stereo mixes into this headphone amp. As long as you have the outputs available from your interface. 
 
The Behringer does have XLR inputs for the main mix.
 
Not sure about the Tascam but the headphone out might even be able to supply a different mix as well but I think that might only be on the later models with that rather extensive software that comes with those models.
 
A good rule of thumb is if someone asks a question, download the manual and look at the block diagram first. It is generally a good idea.

Ok, I stand corrected, from 3 years ago, which I doubt the OP will ever see.

Kennybern asked about connecting his outputs to the headphone amp and that's what brought this 3year old thread to the top again.