Do I have to get a digital audio interface.

electroscruff · Post by **electroscruff** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:24 am

Is there no way for me to assign my cue output to my headphone jack on my pc...or do i need an interface? thanks for the help guys.

user1999 · Post by **user1999** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:14 am

I am realatively new to live as well...but im pretty much sure you need to purchase an audio interface. I do know this much...if you want to produce a quality sound you should get one regardless if there is a way around it or not.

Patch · Post by **Patch** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:21 am

Get yourself a "Y" splitter, and split your single stereo out into 2 mono outs. Then you can use 1 out for the mix, and 1 out for the PFL/monitor/cue.

You'll need to Pan all your audio (ie - all your tracks that you want to play through speakers should be panned left, and your PFL/monitor/Cue should be panned right. EXCEPT if you have Live 5/6. Individual mono tracks are assignable in these versions).

Dirt cheap - and just the job if you are just starting out.

electroscruff · Post by **electroscruff** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:11 am

Thanks for the advice!

laurence · Post by **laurence** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:06 am

Be wary about latency though, especially if you decide to play in a club or through a large soundsystem...

j0shu@ · Post by **j0shu@** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:34 pm

asio4all will let you gang up say a soundcard and onboard sound...

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:02 am

bear in mind that panning a stereo wave Left simply turns the right hand side off!

so if you are DJing some old Rolling stones type stuff and decide to go this cheapo mono route ... you will be monitoring a completely different thing than will come our of the other side! (vocals were on one side, guitars on the other)

a lot of people dont realise this is how panning works in a DAW. It doesnt move the whole sound stage to one side, it just turns one side off

bad plan to go that route IMO, unless you are confident all your tracks are mono. A lot of dance stuff is pretty mono in the bass end at least

serotoninsteve · Post by **serotoninsteve** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:21 am

Angstrom wrote:bear in mind that panning a stereo wave Left simply turns the right hand side off!

so if you are DJing some old Rolling stones type stuff and decide to go this cheapo mono route ... you will be monitoring a completely different thing than will come our of the other side! (vocals were on one side, guitars on the other)

a lot of people dont realise this is how panning works in a DAW. It doesnt move the whole sound stage to one side, it just turns one side off

bad plan to go that route IMO, unless you are confident all your tracks are mono. A lot of dance stuff is pretty mono in the bass end at least

Wouldn´t help an utility plugin set to mono on each track help to hear at last a mono sum from both stereo channels?
Not sure either.

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