Someone asked me to explain this in another thread, so I thought it made more sense to break it out into its own.


As most people who have used a Xone:62 will have realised, it doesn't have cue mix (the ability to fade between channels in your headphones). There's a way around this, which in my opinion actually results in about the most versatile cueing system you can have.

This does work on the Xone:92 as well, although I expect you'd be less likely to bother because the 92 has got a normal cue mix knob anyway.

Not sure if it works on the Xone:464 - I've tried it a few times and couldn't get it to work properly, but it's possible the one I was playing on was set up weirdly.




Here's how you do it:

1. Make sure no CUE buttons are pressed down.

2. Press the AUX button in the top right hand corner. This allows you to hear the aux output in your headphones, but only when no CUE buttons are pressed down (as they override it).

3. Make sure the PRE button is pressed down at the top of each channel you're using. This makes each channel send to the aux before their fader volume is applied, so it'll still be sent to the aux when the fader is down.

4. You can now use the AUX knob at the top of each channel as an independent cue level for that channel. This allows you to get the exact mix of channels you want in your headphones.

What's more, if your channels are assigned to the crossfader, you can use the AUX XFADE knob on the right hand side as an independent cue level for the master channel in the same way.


As I said, the CUE buttons override this, so if you press down a CUE button at any time, you'll just hear that channel in your headphones. This makes it easy to switch from "aux cue mode" to "normal cueing mode".


When NOT to do it

Bear in mind that in some club systems installations they do use the aux system for its 'intended' purpose (i.e. they'll be using it as an additional output with some equipment connected to it). If this is the case, you could really mess things up for them by playing with the aux system like this!

Either check with the sound engineer, or take a quick glance at the back of the mixer if you've got access:



If there's nothing plugged into the AUX holes (left hand side in this picture, but they'll be on the right hand side as you peer over the top of the mixer), you should be good to go.


Happy cueing!!

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Can i do this with my xone 32

Wow, that really is pretty fucking tight. I need to learn how to headphone mix for real, not that this would apply to me as I don't have a 62.

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Originally posted by orTofønChiLd Can i do this with my xone 32

From a rather ignorant viewpoint on my behalf, it doesn't look like it. You don't have an aux button or pre buttons.

Interesting. I'm having a hard time conceptualizing this without actually having the unit infront of me though.

I almost bit on a 62 off of ebay about a year and a half ago, but one of the things that stopped me was the cueing issues I'd read about. Nice to know theres a good workaround.

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Even though I don't own a Xone mixer, or intend to pick one up, I do think this is pretty cool. It definitely works around a possible issue and solves it in a great way with tons of control.

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Originally posted by orTofønChiLd Can i do this with my xone 32

Unfortunately not. It would be possible with a loopback cable if the aux sends on the Xone:32 were pre-fade, but they're not - they're post fade.


Not that you'd gain much by it anyway though, seeing that there's a cue mix slider on the Xone:32 anyway.

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Originally posted by Polt Even though I don't own a Xone mixer, or intend to pick one up, I do think this is pretty cool. It definitely works around a possible issue and solves it in a great way with tons of control.

Yeah and as much as anything I think it's a great example of how you can often do more with a bit of kit than you might first think, just by thinking slightly laterally.

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theres no point doing this on a xone32, it has great cue already.

Thanks mate for clearing this up for me. Savage work around