Topic: Need to know how to hook up quadraphonic headphones for recording
I'm a beginner and just learning, so I don't know much. I just bought two RME HDSP 9632 PCI cards. I'm using Adobe Audition on a Dell desktop for studio recording and also a Dell rackmount for playback live gigs at jazz clubs. I had major problems with recording latency, so the RME board seemed to be a good fit from what I've read. I am recording a series of tracks from keyboards, bass, percussion, etc. in the studio. I want to use the prerecorded jazz tracks/songs to play the guitar along with live at gigs. The setup is basically a Dell rackmount computer, a RME HDSP 9632 card, an 8-channel analog output converter to 8 separate power amps and speakers for playback of all instrument tracks. No premixed stereo sound system. It's too karaoke sounding! Just a speaker where the actual players would be. Maybe a cardboard cutout of them! Lol. I want the sound of 8 channels sound system in the club to mix in the air like an actual band would sound. I'm a one-man band and I'm also on the cheap. I use a Behringer ADA-8000 for the analog output to the 8 speakers for the live gigs. I use a second smaller system with 4 Klipsch powered speakers (total of 8 channels) as reference speakers for recording and mixdown in the studio. Anyway, that's what I'm trying to get setup correctly.
My question: While recording in the studio, I want to set up a pair of "quadraphonic" headphones (my wife wants more quiet time) to playback tracks while recording and listening. I can mix the 8 recorded channels into 4 channels in Adobe Audition for playback through the 4 channel headphones while recording and building the songs. How would I do that? I don't want to have to physically disconnect the Klipsch monitor speakers to plug in the headphones into the back of the Behringer converter. I have a Rane 6-channel headphone amp that I can use to separately power the 4 headphone speakers/drivers. I also really don't want to use another Behringer with 8 analog outputs just for 4 headphone outputs. Is there a breakout on the back of the HDSP9632 that I can solder together and make a special breakout cable? Since the 4-channel headphone has 2 male stereo 1/4" musical input jacks, I need two female stereo jacks or 4 mono female jacks on a breakout cable (plus probably one stereo female headphone jack also, if possible). I couldn't find a pin configuration for the RME card. Or, do I need to get another separate converter for the headphones? Thanks for any help! I'm at a standstill.