Topic: Babyface pro and subpac
I have some questions about my RME Babyface pro I am hoping you can help me answer.
Basically I have a new subpac ordered, just the subpac itself not the new C1. I am also not very well versed with TotalMix FX but know its powerful, so I am not sure if this issue has to do with that.
What I am wondering, is I want to use sonarworks ideally with my Headphones on and subpac on (subpac plugged into RME headphone out, and headphone amp in other headphone out and Headphones on that -- monitors on the rear outs of RME).
From what I can tell I can only output to the same 2 stereo tracks with ableton with the RME and the Headphones and monitors are shared anyway, so what comes out for my Headphones comes out for my subpac, which means they will both be affected by sonarworks. (Otherwise I would split outputs to them like suggested).
How can I accomplish splitting these up without buying another interface? I am not super well versed in audio gear, is there a converter or something I can buy that won't be insanely expensive?
And an offshoot, from what I can tell a line level output will be mono and balanced which I think the subpac would need? Opposed to my RME headphone out which is stereo and unbalanced and has no line out? Is there a device that could allow me to address both these issues?
There also comes another issue about turning the system up as a whole, so when my subpac is on and I want to hear everything louder, a main control that would turn phones and subpac up together, and at the same time monitors (assuming I have them on at that time?). I assume I could always turn up ableton master fader but I am thinking about a mixing situation where I want to keep that level locked and use a hardware override. (The main knob of the RME seems to switch volume control based on what output is selected so when I want to do speakers with subpac I feel like there is some sorcery involved? -- as I do speakers then have hit output select, then phones + subpac separately)