djing with live and the firewire audiofile?

sherpa · Post by **sherpa** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:05 am

Yes, but where I live it's 5:00pm....

sherpa · Post by **sherpa** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:28 am

While trying various settings to make this thing work, I tried modifying settings in the mixer of the M-Audio preferences.

For example switching the 3/4 on and off in the "1/2 ss rtn" column allows me to preview a mix of the track playing and the cued track. But this still only works by adjusting gain levels in the M-Audio prefs each time, and I still have to have the gain at zero in my Live session view to prevent it playing over the speakers, even though it's in cue mode.

So it's a really hacked-up and limited "solution" but obviously not at all useful to be modifying different gains in different applications while also trying to mix. There must be a better way.

Any advice gratefully appreciated.

sherpa · Post by **sherpa** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:14 am

After more f***ing around for weeks I still can't get this thing working.....

Any suggestions what's wrong in my setup? I've missed 3 live gigs now because I can't get this set up properly. Having bought a laptop and Ableton and Audiophile I would like to be able to use it!
This is what I have:

Wiring:
Macbook Pro connected via F/W to M-Audio.
Line outputs 1/2 on Audiophile connected to main amp and speakers.
External drive with audio files connected to second F/W port on M-Audio

M-Audio prefs:
mixer -
1/2 and 3/4 selected in "1/2 s/w rtn" column
3/4 selected in "3/4 s/w rtn" column
output -
3/4 selected in "phones" column
hardware -
1/2 selected for A
3/4 selected for B

Live prefs:
Audio:
Input Config: 1&2 Mono and Stereo
Output Config: 1/2 stereo and 3/4 stereo
Session view mixer:
Cue out set to 3/4
Master out set to 1/2

What happens in Live:
Both audio tracks are set with Audio From: Ext In and 1/2 Audio To: Master
If I set the M-Audio source as A, I hear BOTH audio tracks with levels set by the gain on each track (on speakers and headphones). If I switch the M-Audio source to B, then I still hear both tracks on the speakers, but if I bring the gain of the cued track to zero I still hear it in the phones.

I tried changing the M-Audio mixer preferences to select only 1/2 in "1/2 s/w rtn" column.
This had the effect that choosing B source on the M-Audio i hear
only the cued track on my headphones, but I still hear both tracks on my speakers.

So it seems the only way to cue something is to manually bring its track gain to zero, cue it, and then guess what level I need to bring it in to the mix. I can't hear a "premix" at the tracks gain levels without playing it over the speakers.

I know many people are using the same hardware - could someone please be kind enough to suggest a fix here?

Thanks in advance.[/i]

controlphr33k · Post by **controlphr33k** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:26 pm

sherpa wrote:After more f***ing around for weeks I still can't get this thing working.....

Any suggestions what's wrong in my setup? I've missed 3 live gigs now because I can't get this set up properly. Having bought a laptop and Ableton and Audiophile I would like to be able to use it!
This is what I have:

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Dude!. . . why haven't you called M-Audio tech support? They're lifetime free, and they can most likely walk you through the setup with no problem.

-cF