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> Hi,
>
> Desperately need some advice and was wondering if you could help?
>
> I want to be able to use Ableton Live 7 as a traditional DJ tool,
> being able to hear the cueing track through headphones separately from
> the master volume. For this I assume I need a dual-output soundcard? I
> have an external soundcard with a number of inputs and outputs but
> cant seem to configure my set up to work in the way i want it too.
>
> What i want to do seems incredibly simple: in Ableton set the master
> to route out via 1/2 stereo and set the cue to route out through 3/4.
> The soundcard appears to have the settings and sockets (lines out) to
> do this but i cant seem to get any sound out of it
>
> My current set-up consists of PC, Ableton Live 7 and Terratec Phase 26
> USB (I also have an old Phonic MM1002 mixer I want to use for inputs
> like mics but assume this does not need to be considered in the
> equation for this specific problem).
> For performance purposes I saw on a forum that ASIO4ALL could be used
> to convert the wdm driver to ASIO if preferred working that way. I
> dont fully understand this
>
> but strangely the preferences>output config in Ableton Live gives me a
> number of output channels when ASIO4ALL is only picking up my onboard
> single channel soundcard (?!) which I have connected separately to my
> amp for desktop sound. Whenever set ASIO4ALL (or Ableton without
> ASIO4ALL) to use my external soundcard Ableton only sees stereo
> 1/2.Considering how many input/output options the soundcard offers I
> assumed it had dual output capability but i am now starting to doubt
> that (although then i am also not sure why the soundcard has those
> output sockets?).
>
> I am getting incredibly disheartened and frustrated and thinking I
> have been sold a dud. What i want to do seems incredibly simple: in
> Ableton set the master to route out via 1/2 stereo and set the cue to
> route out through 3/4. The soundcard appears to have the settings and
> sockets (lines out) to do this but i cant seem to get any
> sound out of it.
>
> I am waiting on support from Ableton (if they can or will help on
> separate
> hardware) but the support on the Terratec website might as well be non-
> existant
> whilst my vendor Thomann seem to have abandoned me. This is why I'm
> scouring groups
> for info
>
> If can please help!
>
> thanks for your time
>
> Simon
>
Or here :
http://www.ableton.com/community
Cheers,
Jerry
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