I think USB but you are the only one who can find out whats better in your individual setup.

Click the output channel of your headphones (it gets brighter) and raise the fader of the channel with the iTunes signal. 

best regards
Knut

When you click on Phone 1, Phone 2, and Main in the control room section, what you see is "independent mixer panel" for that selected output. In other words, think about you have three mixers, one for each output port: Main speaker pair, Phone 1, and Phone 2 jacks. To recognize which "Mixer" you are looking at, take a look at the PH9/10, PH11/12, and AN1/2 which is shown just under those faders, right? If you see PH9/10 under all the faders, you are looking at the "Mixer" for Phone 1. Does that make sense? If you see AN1/2 under all the faders, you are looking at the "Mixer" for Main output.

So, if the signal from iTunes/CDs are correctly routed to S/W return channel 1/2 (seems like they are, because you can monitor them through Main), you need to click on the Phone 1, and then move the slider of the S/W return channel 1/2. You may be seeing the signals from iTunes/CDs on S/W palyback channel AN1/2, but you may be still looking at the "Mixer for Main".

This is as much as I can explain by text. Hopefully it makes sense.

Okay.....I don't know what else I can say.....
1. Signals (from iTune) are coming in AN1/2 S/W playback.
2. The slider of the AN1/2 S/W playback is up, when Phone 1 is selected as routing target.
3. The slider of Phone 1 is also up.
4. The signals come to Main (via AN1/2 S/W playback), and monitor no problems.
5. But, you don't see any signal bar going up in the Phone 1 in the control panel section, and don't hear anything.

Is this what you are experiencing? The only one I know which can do this is the mute button for Phone 1......but, other than that..hummm...strange.

Does the Phone 2 work, by the way?

You have either Talkback or Listenback active. Check F3 and/or perform a mixer Total Reset.

Try Imageshack.

Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

I believe guys@RME will chime in soon, but is this right after you reset to default?

Your AN1/2 software playback fader is all the way down, for the Phone 1 routing target.

Not from your posted image. You set the mixer to the default status? As you can see in the image in this setup only the main gets all signals from inputs and playbacks (green rectangles with 0dB).

The send level of Inputs/Playbacks to Phones 1 is not active. Phones 1 (assigned to ...?) gets only a signal from Playback channels PH 9/10 (0 dB - passed through).
If you want Inputs/Playbacks signals to the phones the "numbers" should look like on the main output column. You can set the mix in the matrix, but the most easy way for a start is to copy the main output mix with a right click on the main channel and paste it with a right click to the phones 1 channel.

best regards
Knut

Hi everyone,

Another question somehow related to this threat is how can I assign the software return to one or another channel of the corresponding software playback channels?

for instance, my itunes is routed to the channel AN 7/8 of the Software channels. can I route them to any other of these sw channels if I wish?

thanks!!

Press the button "Record view" in the right panel of TotalMix to see the Record and playback buttons in every channel.

best regards
Knut

I am trying to do USB recording.  The Recorder panel (the panel with the button "Record view") dosen't show up in TotalMix.  Also when I press the Meters button on the unit the Record page dosen't show up in the display.  This happens wiith or without a USB n the front USB port.  I think this might be an install problem.  Should the "Record" panel (lower right panel) always be visible?  Do I need to be online to install the drivers and TotalMix?