LinuxMusicians

Thanks the detailed response and yes I think you're right there.

I had had all four outs going at some point but I can't remember exactly how and now dealing with different laptop, pipewire, wireplumber, etc.

I'll take a look into some more of this info and report back.

ah so if I get what you're saying then, one of those to split each channel into 2...

I had been also wondering about say Focusrite 4i4 or whatever it is, or similar.

Do you or anybody know, would that be different situation? or same?

Thanks, yeah, I've run qpwgraph a bit and I like it but with pipewire, sometimes easyeffects, it's prob. more than I can deal with, wires everywhere.

Your first thought, by "y-split", do you mean physically? the cables? New term for me.

I've had the Alesis io4 for years but never totally mastered it. At the moment I've been using running laptop -> io4 -> Harman Kardon amp -> 2 floor speakers. I'm running pipewire and consistently I've been using EasyEffects with a compressor effect. But I don't have to be. I will be using Bitwig ag...

I have a bit of a Frankenstein setup that is in fact working but it feels kludgy, requires small changes to qpwgraph every run, and I'm hoping someone can enlighten me some as to exactly how and why it is working the way it is, and how I might be able to make it a little more sane. For now, I just w...