Sonar X1 MOTU 896mk3 Phones Config. Monitoring

With my 896HD if I select Main Outs (not master) for the master bus I get signal at both the MOTU's main outs and the headphones.

When I just want the headphones I select Headphones out for the master bus and the Main Outs go silent.

Try that.

best regards,
mike

I don't think you are going to have to set up a bus for phones... you simply select the phones as the output of your existing master bus..

My MOTU 896 has a hardware switch that offers more options but I haven't used that in sveral years so I simply forget the details about it.

I have it set so that the phones always output what the Main Outs have going on.

If I bypass the Main Outs by selecting a different output in SONAR then I can, as I mentioned above, send to the Headphone out and keep the Main Outs silent.

Where is the output of the Master Buss? Effects Sends, I dont' really see an output per say.  And, I selected phones from that and it didn't work anyway. Sonar should sence there is a phones connection just like it automatically routes to the Master Mains out. There should be 2 faders right next to each other called Mains and Phones. If the Phones is engaged in the MOTU software to control the Phones, Sonar should recognize that and automatically route a buss for it no?

I've used a million recording programs and never had to go fishing for a headphones control.  Who records audio and doesn't need a phones out? I have been switching off my monitors to record sax and the such and using the mains out on the 896 to monitor from. Then I have to go switch the damn things back on when I'm done so all of us can hear the mix.  I got 3 people over here trying to figure it out.  Nothing seems to do anything.

So, you have to change the output in the Mains to Phones? You Shouldn't have to change anything! Really it's 2 stereo outs! It doesn't matter what they are called! One goes to the Mains and one goes to the front of the interface. They should function independently like every other recording program I've ever seen in my life.

Why would I need to set up a Master Bus? It's already there along with metronome. In the MOTU audio console I have phones set to phones. I don't see phones as any option anywhere in the options for any buses. The default for the output for all the channels is Master. That works fine. What do I need to create?