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do i search for a 4 channel soundcard? or is there a certain term/prototocol that the soundcard has to support?

please some clearence about this, i think more people want to know...

thanks
ketboy

my 828 has multiple in/out. its simply a matter of assigning the bus I want to use to an output. comes with audiodesk which has some cool plugins for free and unlimited tracks.

Hi,

basically Master & Pre-Listen are just busses that can be routed to one of the stereo outputs provided from the currently used audio interface.

Example1: Assuming an interface with 4 (or more) mono channels....
you can set the Master to the first stero channel and the Pre-Listen bus to the second stereo channel. (inside the Audio part of the Live's Preferences dialog).

Example2: Assuming an interface with just 2 mono channels (= 1 stereo)..
In this case the routing is fixed. Pre-Listen and Master are routed to this one stereo out.


If the Pre-Listen is routed to the same bus like Master, the Pre_Listen works like a Solo. (always in Example2, but also possible in Example1 if Master = Pre-Listen).

BTW. the pre-Listen/Solo functionality will be changed a little bit in version 2.0.


regards,
Alex

thanks!

so i just need a multiple output card, but o have to be aware if the fect that i do not buy a 4.1 or 5,1 surround! thats why i asked for a certain protocol nakme or the like..

i think i get it now, thanks again