cueing in ableton live???

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:48 am

ok so here is what i am working with. i have a djm 600 and a motu ultralite and soon i will have ableton live 6. now one thing i do wonder. is it at all possible to preview loops/ tracks/ whatever from the browser but through a specific channel? what i was thinking was getting live to send the auditioned sound(s) to whatever track of the four was highlighted. is this possible?

Thomas D and Jack Thomas · Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:48 am

To the very right of the screen by the master volume, there are those four little circle buttons. There is one that says IO. Hit the IO button, and between the clips and the channel faders, a new box will pop up with all your routing options. Go to "Audio to" and select which audio channel you want to send it to. Remember you have to select your soundcard in the main preferences first.

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:38 pm

ok but how do i choose where the browser sends its audio out to?

Thomas D and Jack Thomas · Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:07 pm

that i am not sure about, but it seems like a realistic and useful option so I can't see why it wouldn't be possible. Try ableton.com's forums. They are really helpful.

Measax · Post by **Measax** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:19 am

the browser sends its audio to the que...with the motu piece your should set your head phones to 3/4 (you won't have to do this with the dj mixer though). you can run two outs to the mixer (or more) I set my cue to the spiddy out put 9/10 and set phones to that...that way i have four channels to route and mix on the physical dj mixer...its really easy once you set it all up...

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:58 pm

thanks mesax. but one more quick question. if i route the cue out to the spdif then will i have to get anything else other than an adapter for it? i mean i realize it is a digital cable so would it put out audio if i just plugged my headphones into it? if not what would i need to get in order to make it work?

Measax · Post by **Measax** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:02 pm

provaznik wrote:thanks mesax. but one more quick question. if i route the cue out to the spdif then will i have to get anything else other than an adapter for it? i mean i realize it is a digital cable so would it put out audio if i just plugged my headphones into it? if not what would i need to get in order to make it work?

no you can just cue right from your the motu piece....now if you cue from the dj mixer i would set the cue out to 7/8 or something like that....not sure if they make an adapter for spdif to rca...

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:11 pm

oh sh!t yeah i forgot about that. oh man that makes life so easy. i don't know why i never thought of that. doh! thanks again man.