Hey gang,
I bought a 2i4 a while ago for some home-studio work. Then I noticed that I could use it as a general monitor on my PC, however the 2i4 will output 4-channel audio to my stereo headphones. Anything on channels 3/4 is not sent to the headphones.
Is there a way to force 2-channel output? Or have channels 1/2 mirrored to channels 3/4? Thanks!
angelie
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Member 11 years ago
20 September 2018 to 01:38
#2
I bet this is a setting problem.
Headphones should give you main monitor output also.
I know you have to choose :
Output 1/2 or output 3/4.
Is there a soft mixer available or something?
Check for headphone settings.. I guess something is routed incorrectly
Please let us know your progress...
- Angelie
It's not about what you got to use .... but how you use what you got...
smooth_jazz
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Member 7 years ago
23 September 2018 to 16:53 (modified on 23 September 2018 to 16:57)
#3
Hey Angelie, thanks for the response!
I found a tool called Voice Meeter to soft-mix my system audio. After some tinkering, I think this may be a viable solution but there is still some work to do on my end. Duplicating channels 1/2 onto 3/4 is actually pretty easy to do, but I learned that this doesn't solve my problem. I need to mix 1/3 and 2/4 together.
smooth_jazz
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Member 7 years ago
23 September 2018 to 17:02
#4
Ah! I figured it out!
Attached a snapshot of Voicemeeter. "Mix Down" is just what I need. According to the manual (who would have guessed?), anything higher than stereo (4, 5.1, etc) gets mixed to 2ch.
angelie
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Member 11 years ago
02 October 2018 to 10:45
#5
Good to know...
Other people will find this very helpful...
Thanks for letting us know
-Angelie
It's not about what you got to use .... but how you use what you got...