Originally Posted By: Leandrusi
Hello! Is it possible to get stereo in direct monitoring a digital piano thru a scarlett 2i2?
I´ve read 2i2 only gives mono when direct mon. but maybe someone knows a way around this, messing around with some software/driver perhaps??
Any ideas are welcome! As well as suggesting other usb interfaces in the same pricerange that you know can monitor in stereo...

THANKS IN ADVANCE!


Focusrite is a good brand. Nice quality and you should easily be able to monitor in stereo. Since the interface has 2 channels, it can and does monitor in stereo. Be sure to use the ASIO driver with the 2i2.

Most of the midi based functions are done in a DAW or in the various music software. Some software packages are more capable than others, so be aware of that upfront.

In Sonar, it's really easy to hear what you're doing in real time. I have my Focusrite set up as my default soundcard. It's my only sound card in the custom built DAW.

All of the Focusrite interfaces should be able to do this. IN fact, if you set the Focusrite up properly, and let it be the DEFAULT sound card, you don't even need any software running for it to echo the audio inputs back to your speakers in real time. To get a digital keyboard to echo back, you will likely need to either run it's audio outputs into the audio inputs in the Focusrite or have a DAW running where you have a sampler set up and running from the keyboard's midi input.

To get stereo monitoring, you must have a stereo source. For audio on the 2i2, that means having a left and a right output from the keyboard and putting one into the 2i2's right channel and the other into the left channel. Waaa laa.... 2 channels and the result is stereo.

With midi, I'm not sure if you can even get stereo from it. I've always dealt with midi as mono. I've never tried to get stereo from midi and don't know if it's possible. It's one of those things I never tried to do of had a need to do. Maybe someone else who works alot with midi can elaborate further on midi and stereo.

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