Reply to Xone 22, FX loop as 3rd channel

I've found an interesting use for the FX return of the Xone 22.

By accident I found that you can play anything through it. Even if the FX loop button is off.

So what I have done is turn it into a 3rd channel of sorts. Actually since I have traktor on a laptop and a computer what I have done is have external mixing on my desktop and internal mixing through my laptop and have access to 4 decks + 2 sample decks.

I'm really tempted to buy a twitch now so that I have a midi controller and therefore some real knobs and buttons to play with on this "3rd" channel.

Some quirks when used this way.

1) The volume of the "channel"? is reduced with the FX button off. I don't know why but turning it on enables the channel to be at regular volume.

2) You basically lose the ability to have the Xone filter on channel's 1 and 2. However what you gain is that the filter is on all the time for the FX return channel. This also means that by changing the filter type you mess with the sound. However you can obviously change the filter when you are playing instead on channel 1 or 2 and nothing on the FX return.

3) You can't cue the FX return, so you need to have another set of headphones or replug them into a different sound card for cueing.