I didn't mention my ID14 is mark 2 Just in case the hardware is relevant to the software.
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I am running a Focusrite 18i20 gen 1. In that case headphone 1 is 7/8 out and headphone 2 is 9/10 out. This means I don’t only have a custom mix for my headphones, I even have a different mix for the headphones that go to my drumkit.
I appreciate the informative response. That's a little outside my budget (~£420 here) and looks like more of a rackmount than something I can take on the road / gigs. I nearly went with their 2i2, but could've sworn they were much cheaper back in the day... £200+ now! I think what I'm going to have to do moving forward is dig really deep with questions to manufacturers; good to know that Focusrite have this feature in some of their interfaces, it'll be my first port of call when putting questions to customer service to discover which products have this feature.
After I let Presonus support know that learning their DAW wasn't quite what I'm after, they informed me the 24c has a 'loopback' function so I'm going to have a play around with that before I return it, who knows I might be able to sort it.
The Audient id14 software allows you to decide what you send to the headphones and the physical outputs. The software is pretty flexible. Not as much as my trusty old Saffire Pro 40's MixControl (which now serves as additional preamp into the ID14 via ADAT), but it's good.
Thanks very much for the suggestion, I've just been on with support @ Audient and they recommended the id14 / 24. Said it's possible with the 14, but might be better off with the 24 as it has more flexible routing options for the 'phones. I've had a few suggestions for the Saffire so will give them a shout too and see how their setup works.