how to send audio to more then 2 outputs?

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spinnen
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how to send audio to more then 2 outputs?

hi
how can i get more then two outputs? for example, if i load in ableton track 1 a drumrack i'm able to select in an other audiotrack the components of the drumrack one by one. so audio track 1 is routed from kick, audio track 2 is routed from snare and so on. how can i do that in m4l? i have a sampler an want to do exactly that, route my drumslots to different outputs.
im happy for all tips u can give!
 
cheers

Antorni
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I think you don't even need the m4l to do this because the Drum Rack comes with that option by itself just click on the triangle at the top of your drum rack and then all your channels will appear so if you want to send them to a different channel each one you should activate the IO option at the rightmost side oft the ableton live (if you have not activated yet) and in the channels you opened you can chose in "audio to:" tab
I hope this helps you

spinnen
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no, that drum rack thing was only an example. i have my own drumsampler done with m4l. now i want to implement that feature in my drumsampler. i want to route the outputs of my own drumsampler but dont know how.

Anonymous

Yeah, same problems here. How to route different audio signals from Max to different audio tracks in Live?

Anonymous

no ideas?
hmmmmm...

negotiator
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go to
http://docs.monome.org/doku.php?id=app:mlr_2.27_maxforlive

download the 1st archive on the list

hit him a thanks in the comments :)

extract the package

in the folder mlr multi outs you have 6 different "output" devices, which you will put on a midi track of your choice

in your patcher link your audio to plugsend objects and give em the names you find in the plugreceive objects when you open up the 6 devices

e.g. for your first output, left channel
plugsend~ 1[mlr]outp1
for your first output, right channel
plugsend~ 1[mlr]outp2

for your second output, left channel
plugsend~ 2[mlr]outp1

and so on... i hope that works.... btw if you want to use his awesome app be sure to rename the objects in the satellite devices as it will conflict with his application

if you want to use the satelites on already existing audio tracks, all you have to do is (at least i hope se):
make a new max audio effect device and copy paste the code from 1 satelite device

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mchenetz
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M4L only supports stereo outs. You would need the full blown MaxMSP without live to support multiple outs. You can however route your audio to other tracks by using multiple audio devices and using live to route it..

negotiator
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hmm i dont quite understand

isnt it possible to send audio to other m4l patches inside ableton?
and if so how come that sending audio to other m4l patches works in the patch i mentioned above? :)

spinnen
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that plugsend thing is working but with a big latency. i found it some weeks ago for my self but thanx to you negotiator.

@ mchenetz: what do you mean when u say "You can however route your audio to other tracks by using multiple audio devices and using live to route it.."?

greets