V-Studio routing issues

Hi guys, I'm a new member here and wanted to throw a couple of questions at you guys. I'm switching my small commercial studio over from a Roland VS-2480 based rig to the V-Studio 700 system and am experiencing a few growing pains to say the least. A couple of my initial problems are 1) trying to setup two (or more) headphone mixes to my studio rooms, and 2) trying to assign track outputs and busses to multiple outputs. Specifically, I want to have my Mackie control room monitors fed from the VS700 main outs and my subwoofer fed from the sub outs. I can get one or the other, but can't figure out how to have the main mix or duplicates of the main mix fed to multiple outputs at the same time. I know I'm missing something, just can't find it. Seems like Jeff addressed this once before, not sure.

Thanks for the reply Jeff. Ya, that all makes perfect sense, but I guess my question should have been more specific as to exactly how to to assign the tracks to the new busses or outputs. Where is the page I go to to set those output assignments? My subwoofer is active, so once I get a signal to it I can tweak levels, crossover point, etc.

Like many things, once you figure it out it is easy. It can be a little confusing at first with virtual sends going to hardware outs and trying to find them.

One thing I have noticed about sending anything to the SUB buss is that the output level there is also still dependant on the setting on the monitor volume control. I was sending some stuff to the sub buss recently and wondering why I was not hearing it. But the signal was actually there all the time. Just very low. As you turn up that monitor control the output really ramps up at the last minute.

Actually be careful with the MAIN and SUB outputs in terms of the monitor volume control. It can really send some serious level to your active monitors if you are a bit hasty in turning it.

It is better to send any sub mixes to either VS700R 1-2 etc through to 9 - 10. (or digital 1 and 2 of course) That way the signal is at full level (ie 0dbu or so) all the time and not dependant on any control setting. (It is dependant on the bus level control though but we are at unity there most of the time)

And to Audiodog I think the best approach is if the VS2480 gives you grief while connected to the VS700R then completely remove the VS2480 from your thinking. (Sonar with the V Studio can do everything and more than the VS2480) Unless it can be integrated really well with the VS700R, you are better off not having it at all. The VS700R likes really to be the main interface attached to your mchine. Its OK because it does such a great job of that function anyway. But like Craig, there could be a way to just get your VS2480 slaving somehow to the VS700R so it just gives you the extra inputs and brings them in under Digital 2. And send back to the 2480 for any sub mixing and or use of effects processing. I have got my Yamaha digital mixer working well now being able to send to it and get signals back and all digital too.

But I would like to say Audiodog has done some great sounding music composing and production with the VS 2480 so its only going to get better for you fully under Sonar. The V Studio is the perfect extension of the VS2480 type concept.