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Looking for a way to quad pan with an x/y controller in Live 5. This involves 2 stereo outputs going into 4 speakers.

Don't want to rewire. Note: not looking to do "surround sound", just multi-channel mixes for Live performances.

The tricky thing is controlling directions on a track with 1 x/y controller.

Any Suggestions??

You could try:

Track 1 is your source track. Set it "A" on the crossfader, and outputting to master 1/2.
Track 2 is empty but has "audio from" set to Track 1, output to master 3/4, and monitoring on. Set it "B" on the crossfader. Set the x axis of the controller to the pan pots of both tracks, and set the y axis of the controller to the crossfader.

..or just use a quad-pan, like the one on this page:
http://www.oli.adbe.org/plugins.htm

Route the 1+2 to the master bus, and use a second audiotrack to grab 3+4 and send it to the rear speakers. It also does modulation, for that swirling thing, and the gui's nice.

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My Ozonic controller has separate volume control sliders for each stereo pair, so front/rear control is easy. 1 & 2 go to FOH, and 3 & 4 go to the rear. I also have sends set up on A and B to control the amount of the main track that is fed to the rear. For swirling, swishy stuff, the Ozonic's joystick can control 4 parameters, or I use follow actions with volume automation to move stuff around the room, and it stays tempo-synced to the track.

hmmm.... quad pan looks like the easiest solution. unfortunately, it seems like it's only for PC. I'm OSX.

maybe there's something i can do in BIDULE? I'm not so familiar with the program, but it looks like something I'd be into.

bidule is definitely the complicated way to go - just search kvr or macmusic or whatever for a surround panner for osx.

Machinate wrote: http://www.oli.adbe.org/plugins.htm

I love discovering wonderful shit like this on this forum. I can't believe I never knew about these plugs - they look awesome! Thanks Machinate.