Ok, after some more youtube videos and reading the manual for another time, I've come a bit further on my research...
In the manual (1.4.10) I found the option to setup the "Phones 2" to control the "Speaker B".
That gives the ability to route the second headphone output signal to the Speaker B output, which allows the independent volume control of Speaker Output A (via the Master Volume knob) and Speaker Output B (via the Phones 2 Level knob) and having both speaker outputs A+B playing audio simultaneously.
So that should solve my first two requirements:
- Output Speakers A (audience/PA output) with separate volume control [Master knob]
- Output Speakers B (my personal monitoring) with separate volume control [Phones 2 Level knob]
>> Well I can't test it, but at least to me it sounds like this should work, right?
Then I found out, that USB input and output channel numbers differ, depending on the selected sampling rate.
(48kHz In:20 Out:18, 96kHz In:18 Out:18, 192kHz In:10 Out:10)
So there should be more than enough USB outputs (at least 10) available in the DAW to map the other two desired outputs (The "mono click track" and "mono band cues track") to the AUX L and R outputs - if I have understood correctly.
In the manual (2.4.3.1. Analog Outputs) it says: "The source for each set of Analog Outputs can be selected".
And in the displayed table underneath - the USB inputs are a valid option for the outputs "AUX L and R"...
Therefore I assume, that it should be possible to assign the "click" and "band cue" tracks in my DAW (Ableton) to some USB outs of the AudioFuse Studio (e.g. Click to "USB 9", Band Cues to "USB 10") and then route them in the AudioFuse Control Center (AFCC) to the "AUX L and R" outputs.
(Manual: "The USB inputs for the Aux channels are the ones routed to them via the DAW...")
So that should also solve my other two requirements:
- Output Aux Out L [Mono "Click track"] (for in-ear monitoring (band members) to the mixer)
- Output Aux Out R [Mono "Band cues track"] (for in-ear monitoring (band members) to the mixer)
>> I can not test that either, because I don't have the device (yet
) but it would be nice, if some actual owner could give me some reliable feedback respectively a confirmation of this.
(Ok, I can probably only control the volume for the AUXs in the DAW here... but I might still MIDI-map them to a fader of my keyboard or some externel controller later/if needed. And I'll lose the second phones out... but that would be okay for me.)
Do I understand correctly that this all should work?
Thanks for a feedback from a "more" experienced user, respectively from someone who actually owns the device.!
Many thanks and kind regards.