JAH wrote:Panning hard left/right does give you 16 Mono outs to your DAW. I think a higher priority would be exporting Mono tracks.
Why not have both @ the same time? And yes, panning is a completely acceptable as a short term alternative, but in the long term a modern software platform on a flagship product in a space that is loaded with competition needs to address this fairly rudimentary, legacy-driven and (based on the length of this thread) expected feature.
It does seem that Akai is willing to address user requests and understands why people want what they want, so I have no doubt we will see it. It's just a matter of patience and of reminding them from time to time that this one should be on "the list" (along with MIDI clock out on 4 ports!)
JAH wrote:
...by the time you set up 8 virtual audio outs and record in your DAW....128 audio tracks can be exported from the Ren and imported into your DAW in a fraction of the time. So 32 virtual outputs would certainly not be faster.
In my case I run the virtual outs of the Ren through the virtual Presonus "Studio Live" mixing desk that comes with my 1818VSL so I can leverage the EXCELLENT Fat Channel processing - then they go to my DAW from the Live mixer. Basically rendering does not fit my workflow. Not saying the world should revolve around the way I work, but I did want to point out that there are reasons why people need to use those virtual outs.