Audacity and the Akai EIE Pro Interface

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I recently bought an Akai EIE four channel USB A to D / D to A interface. I wanted to take some four channel files I have edited on Audacity and play them back through this outboard gear and record each channel on another multitrack recorder.

I thought if I set each of the four tracks to mono, they would play back via USB track for track. They did not, they were all jammed mono.

So is what I want to do possible in Audacity? Or is Audacity only capable of playing back mono or stereo via USB to an Akai D to A interface?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

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We sort of semi-determined in other posts that it requires ASIO software to do its tricks. Audacity doesn’t directly support ASIO.

https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/will-audacity-allow-me-to-record-with-three-mics/34738/4

Also.

https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audio-recording-too-fast-skipping-effect/36273/1

Koz