# Is there a way to use the akai and vestax at the same time so the sound will go out

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**Category:** Off-Topic / Lounge\
**Tags:** vestax-help, sound-issue, akai-mpd26, output-routing, akai-mpk-mini\
**Created:** [January 1, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-akai-and-vestax-at-the-same-time-so-the-sound-will-go-out/73123 "2016-01-01T04:52:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isaiah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Isaiah](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Isaiah)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-akai-and-vestax-at-the-same-time-so-the-sound-will-go-out/73123/1 "2016-01-01T04:52:38Z")

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**Is there a way to use the akai and vestax at the same time so the sound will go out**

I have a little Vestax Typhoon and just got a akai mpk mini 2, I tried hooking it up to FL 11 but the akai doesn’t even play . I have the Vestax as the output but even when I put the akai as the out put it wont play. unless i disconnect the vestax and have the akai being the only one plugged in. Even then it comes out the t.v. speakers not the sound system. There is a two sided red and white wire and i have one side in the sound system and the other end in the vestax and thats how i usually listen to everything. the vestax being the main controller pretty much, and when i unplug it and plug the akai in it uses the t.v. speakers. Is there a way to use the akai and vestax at the same time so the sound will go out through the sound system ? I have a akai MPD26 coming in and was also wondering if i’d be able to hook all three up or atleast just the mpk and the mpd26.  
Thank you for any help

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**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-akai-and-vestax-at-the-same-time-so-the-sound-will-go-out/73123/2 "2016-01-05T12:07:09Z")

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The Akai is an INPUT device - not output.

Ypu should have the Vestax set as your output device, and teh Akai as an input device.