Ableton Live Tutorial-1-pt2 - Using External Effects with Live

[clamydag]

my sound card has one out and two ins. Is it possible to just monitor through the headphones jack of a kaoss pad and still be able to record the effects in ableton? Im trying to get away with not buying an audio interface

[MobiusB]

@clamydag Possibly, BUT when you aren't dealing with a dedicated AI, built-in soundcards typically have a lot more latency, so unless you are able to use the latency compensation in Live it might not work very well. And even with that, depending on what type of effect work you're doing on the KP (ie. if it's rhythmic at all) you might have a real difficult time with it. Can't hurt to try though. Good luck!

[raptorekpl]

Ok,I kind of disagree with this method.Why whould any one want to have TWO samples playing AT THE SAME time and balance the volume?Theres a difference between this and sending sample to external fx unit so it can process it live and just pass the result-controling wet/dry parameter in more gentle way than balancing volumes(which is better idea I think)True-later on you wont have control on w/d of the effect but still quality is better,right?Nicely done tutorial anyway!Keep on good wrk.AllTheBest

[MobiusB]

Hi, thanks for the feedback. If you are doing the dry/wet mix in the unit itself (like you are describing, then yes you would be duplicating the sample (and would have no reason to use this method.) However if you set the unit to have zero dry signal and you record 100% wet, then when you mix the two you will get the same result BUT you will have the flexibility of changing the balance later without re-recording.