In the “VST Control Room” settings, I would like to request a specification change to the “Use Phones Channel as Preview Channel” option by adding a new feature: “Enable preview monitoring on the Phones channel as well.”
In recent years, the number of headphone calibration plugins has increased, and more users prefer to apply calibration only to their headphones without affecting their main monitors, such as speakers.
For users who do not own an audio interface that supports profile loading, the only options currently available are either adding Monitor 2 separately for headphone routing or assigning a shortcut to toggle “Use Phones Channel as Preview Channel” every time. Without doing this, it is not possible to preview VariAudio or MediaBay.
Additionally, since some users may be using the Phones channel as a dedicated monitor for musicians during recording, I propose adding a separate option, “Enable preview monitoring on the Phones channel as well,” so that users can choose whether to enable this feature.
What do you all think?