Tascam US 16x08 Mix-Minus?

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Im looking at the Tascam US 16x08 as an I/O but just can't definitively figure out if it'll do a mix-minus thru its included 'DSP mixer'.
There's a screenshot on the Tascam website of the mixer, but it just kinda shows 1 channel going to 1 output on the back. There's also a youtube video of some guy talking about it, but he flat out says its confusing and unintuitive (I agree).

Would I be able to route several channels of my choosing through 1 single output?

I guess worst case scenario I could run a patch cord from each out into an analog mixer that'll bounce the selected tracks down to 1 signal, but I would hope the tascam could do it internally right?
 
The Tascam isn't a mixer. It is an interface. The interface does no routing of signal on its own. Though it does look like the DSP mixer has some abilities to create monitor mixes, I am not sure whether or not that works as a standalone feature without a DAW.

You can for sure route any of the inputs to a specific output via your DAW software.

What exactly is it you are looking to accomplish?
 
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I'd like to send all of my inputs minus an incoming phone line input, to a seperate output from my monitor mix that I will feed into the microphone input of said phone, so that the phone caller doesn't hear his own voice's echo.
According to Tascam's website the US 16x08 incorporates a software mixer that can manipulate which individual channels go to which outputs on the back.
I could just throw a patch cord on each output (minus the phone channel's output) and run those into a Behringer 1202 analog mixer, then run the Behringer out, into the phone line mic input, but that seems terribly redundant and/or overkill.
Since the Tascam reportedly has a mixer, I was hoping somebody could confirm whether it allowed multiple channels to be mixed into 1 mono output (or even 2 as stereo).
I use GarageBand as a DAW and am not sure if it would allow me to manipulate the Tascam's outputs.
If I'm getting this totally wrong I apologize, I'm new to it.
 
Hmmm, after further reading it looks like I need something with separate busses. Maybe I'll have to step up to the Tascam US 20x20.
 
No experience with that AI, but it can be done with the Tascam US800's software mixer.
 
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