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i'm trying to capture something on my iTunes so i've got this config setup.

iTunes (just playing on my computer) > soundflower (2ch) set to none (off) > ableton input's set to soundflower (2ch).

abletons output is set to built in... i'm getting signal but i'm only getting a mono signal... what am i doing wrong?

p.s. i didn't realize soundflower causes so much latency.

Make sure the input channel you have selected in the audio track (the chooser box just above the "Monitor" label) is the stereo one, i.e. the one labeled "1/2" instead of one of the ones labeled just "1" or "2"

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andwutt wrote:i'm trying to capture something on my iTunes so i've got this config setup.

iTunes (just playing on my computer) > soundflower (2ch) set to none (off) > ableton input's set to soundflower (2ch).

abletons output is set to built in... i'm getting signal but i'm only getting a mono signal... what am i doing wrong?

p.s. i didn't realize soundflower causes so much latency.

AFAICT Soundflower is NOT fully compatible with OS X 10.9 and later. What release are you using and on what OS X version? The latest 1.6.9 release from Rogue Amoba is from Dec 23 2013. I've read that some people have used it successfully on OS X 10.10 while others like myself can't get basic functionality from it so maybe it's a use case issue?

It might still work though. I couldn't make it work in any useful way in 10.9 as it worked in OS X 10.6. There many forked versions. Maybe one of them will work better? Unfortunately many forks doesn't provide a binary.

andwutt wrote:i'm trying to capture something on my iTunes so i've got this config setup.

You do know Live can open music files right? If not directly, you can use Max or XLD to convert the format to AIFF or WAV.

i'm using OS X yosimite 10.10.4

what i'm really trying to do is run iTunes through ableton so i can run Izotope and poke around and analyze the production on whichever track that's playing. i've had success (stereo) with Au Labs but i'd rather just run it through ableton, but i'm only getting a mono signal.

andwutt wrote:i'm using OS X yosimite 10.10.4

what i'm really trying to do is run iTunes through ableton so i can run Izotope and poke around and analyze the production on whichever track that's playing. i've had success (stereo) with Au Labs but i'd rather just run it through ableton, but i'm only getting a mono signal.

Well, if you can get a stereo signal to AU Labs you should be able to get it to Live. Can you please post the details for what you choose as input? How is it different from AU Labs?

andwutt wrote:i'm using OS X yosimite 10.10.4

what i'm really trying to do is run iTunes through ableton so i can run Izotope and poke around and analyze the production on whichever track that's playing. i've had success (stereo) with Au Labs but i'd rather just run it through ableton, but i'm only getting a mono signal.

Then you're over-complicating things....

Drag and drop a song from your iTunes screen onto an audio track in Ableton. There is no need to record it.

Once the track there, put Isotope on that track, hit play, and analyze away.