Setting Up Saffire 6 to 2 Channels of Mixer

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Ayjent
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Setting Up Saffire 6 to 2 Channels of Mixer

Post by Ayjent » Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:39 pm

Looking to see if anyone out there has a similar set up where they are using the two RCA stereo outputs (1/2 for one stereo channel and 3/4 for the other stereo channel) from a focusrite saffire 6 into two separate channels of a mixer for DJing, and how they have it set up with Ableton to send separate audio into the separate channels. I can only get the same thing to play in each channel. I want to use mixer's crossfader to mix the separate channels coming in from ableton and also utilize my turntables which are hooked up to the mixer as well.
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
MIDI Controllers: M-Audio Oxygen 61; Trigger Finger
Soundcard/Interface: Focusrite Saffire 6
Other Equipment: 3 channel DJ mixer, 2 Technics 1200s

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Re: Setting Up Saffire 6 to 2 Channels of Mixer

Post by Warrior Bob » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:20 pm

Generally the way you'd do this is to have two tracks in Live, with outputs set to 1/2 and 3/4 respectively (instead of Master). Make sure your Saffire's routing is set up to allow this - check the drivers and documentation.

Ayjent
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Re: Setting Up Saffire 6 to 2 Channels of Mixer

Post by Ayjent » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:30 pm

Warrior Bob wrote:Generally the way you'd do this is to have two tracks in Live, with outputs set to 1/2 and 3/4 respectively (instead of Master). Make sure your Saffire's routing is set up to allow this - check the drivers and documentation.
I think I've got the routing part down because both the 1/2 channel and the 3/4 channel are showing a signal in Live when assign the audio track to a particular output - my guess is that I am getting tripped up in the between the separate audio tracks and the Master Output. The Master Output only allows either 1/2 or 3/4 to be the main channel output and the other is assigned to the cue. I can crossfade the channels through Ableton's mixer on the master channel, but I don't want to do the mixing of the channels within Ableton, I want to do the mixing of the channels on my hardware mixer's crossfader. It seems like I am almost there, but I am missing a fundamental step.
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
MIDI Controllers: M-Audio Oxygen 61; Trigger Finger
Soundcard/Interface: Focusrite Saffire 6
Other Equipment: 3 channel DJ mixer, 2 Technics 1200s

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Re: Setting Up Saffire 6 to 2 Channels of Mixer

Post by doghouse » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:23 pm

Then don't crossfade or cue in Live.

Set up two submix channels, one goes out 1/2 and the other 3/4. Route the master to nothing...

Ayjent
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Re: Setting Up Saffire 6 to 2 Channels of Mixer

Post by Ayjent » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:51 pm

doghouse wrote:Then don't crossfade or cue in Live.

Set up two submix channels, one goes out 1/2 and the other 3/4. Route the master to nothing...
I knew I must have been close, that did the trick. Thanks a bunch.
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
MIDI Controllers: M-Audio Oxygen 61; Trigger Finger
Soundcard/Interface: Focusrite Saffire 6
Other Equipment: 3 channel DJ mixer, 2 Technics 1200s

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