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By arzes Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:25 pm
I play in a live setting and the assignable outputs are very important to me. I have set them up and I use all.

I use them as follows:

1. Kicks
2. Snares
3. Hi Hats
4. Toms/Percussions
ST Left. Toms/Percussions
ST Right. Song samples and backing vocals

Now this is all good and works beautifully when coming from the mixer but if I am on the road away from a mixer and I need to do some quick programming then I have realized that only my sounds out of the ST channels can be heard in the phones. I was using an Akai 2000xl before with the same setup up and this was not the case. I hope this is not a design flaw with the 1000 and its me just doing something wrong.
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By rinseout Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:05 pm
Ive got the same problem

I think it already got requested for hte JJ OS, mybe he can do it.
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By le rat Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:05 pm
seems impossible because in the old FAQ JJ once said that the headphone output were linked with stereo outs.

By arzes Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:25 pm
Well I think we will just have to recognised it as a flaw in our beloved 1000's design. I have a temporary solution that I use though.

I have already set up all of my program files and mixed them according assigning the outputs and placed those files in the Autoload folder. Outside the autoload folder I have duplicated the same program files but only assigned them to the ST outs.

This way I can still sequence on the road using headphones with those program files outside of the folder. After I'm finished I just save the sequence files in my autoload folder.

A little more work but it is working.
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By freezerman Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:03 pm
I have found another way: use two Y cables and connect the 4 outs to the stereo rec ins, then set the INPUT to mono, so I dont get the sound hard panned left and right. This way you can hear in the headphones what comes out of the 4 outs.
It works fine and you dont have to mess up your program settings.

If you only use 2 outs then simple patch cables will do the job.