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soundtechdan · 03-31-2008, 10:30 PM

hi

ok I have finally got around and bought ableton live fully professional version. So I decided to try some of the new features out. I have to say I love ableton live new features. There is only one problem I tried out the external Fx plugin. I could get it going out of my computer using my presonus firepod and then into my effect just a basic guitar stomp box effect pedal and even back into the presonus firepod and back into ableton live. I was very pleased with my self. I then tried to record the effect but for some strange reason when I listened back to the recording only the loop was recorded and not the effect. Can anyone help and try and explain to me what is going on?

bit more info if you can help.

I used just one audio track playing a simple drum loop over again. This was so I had something constantly playing.

I had the signal coming out of output 1 and back in on input 1. I made sure they were right one the firepod and on the plugin. I even tried changing the channels both in/out on channel 2 and output on 1/input on 2. Still the effect did not turn up.

I could hear the effect all through the recording and just to make sure I varied the effect, turning it on and off and then to one extreme and then the other. Still nothing.

I also varied the dry/wet on the plugin and still nothing.

Where am I going wrong? To me it seem like for some reason ableton live is just recording the loop rather than any inputs or outputs its told to record.

cheers

dan

Ramirez · 04-01-2008, 11:35 AM

Maybe I'm on the wrong track here, but you here we go:

The effect works when you're just playing the loop, right? This is how any other plugin you put on a track works as well. You don't 'record' the effect, the sound just passes through it all the time, which is how you can add a plugin, then remove it, or add more, while leaving the original signal unaffected- this is the flexibility of inserts and plugins, as you can vary the effects, and don't have to settle on one setting early on.

If you actually wanted to record the sound with the effect (i.e. you could not remove it later) you'd have to route the effects unit's outputs into a new track in Live, and then record that.

03-31-2008, 10:30 PM	#1
soundtechdan Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 62	Ableton live problems hi ok I have finally got around and bought ableton live fully professional version. So I decided to try some of the new features out. I have to say I love ableton live new features. There is only one problem I tried out the external Fx plugin. I could get it going out of my computer using my presonus firepod and then into my effect just a basic guitar stomp box effect pedal and even back into the presonus firepod and back into ableton live. I was very pleased with my self. I then tried to record the effect but for some strange reason when I listened back to the recording only the loop was recorded and not the effect. Can anyone help and try and explain to me what is going on? bit more info if you can help. I used just one audio track playing a simple drum loop over again. This was so I had something constantly playing. I had the signal coming out of output 1 and back in on input 1. I made sure they were right one the firepod and on the plugin. I even tried changing the channels both in/out on channel 2 and output on 1/input on 2. Still the effect did not turn up. I could hear the effect all through the recording and just to make sure I varied the effect, turning it on and off and then to one extreme and then the other. Still nothing. I also varied the dry/wet on the plugin and still nothing. Where am I going wrong? To me it seem like for some reason ableton live is just recording the loop rather than any inputs or outputs its told to record. cheers dan

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04-01-2008, 11:35 AM	#2
Ramirez Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: North Wales Posts: 384	Maybe I'm on the wrong track here, but you here we go: The effect works when you're just playing the loop, right? This is how any other plugin you put on a track works as well. You don't 'record' the effect, the sound just passes through it all the time, which is how you can add a plugin, then remove it, or add more, while leaving the original signal unaffected- this is the flexibility of inserts and plugins, as you can vary the effects, and don't have to settle on one setting early on. If you actually wanted to record the sound with the effect (i.e. you could not remove it later) you'd have to route the effects unit's outputs into a new track in Live, and then record that.