Ableton Forum

hi there,

Thanks for your response.

Not sure I follow you about holding a key? You mean on my keboard?

But it then plays a sound...

My Audio and Midi preferences are set properly, which I did when I opened it as a stand alone.

I'm sorry, this is probably really simple!

Thanks anyway

Hi gang,

I'm trying to record with the effects in Absynth 5 within Ableton, but I can't find how to record.

I know how to do it if i open Absynth 5 as a stand alone without ableton but somehow I can't make it work when I open it as an audio plug-in within Ableton.

Or can it not be done?

Many ...

haha, thank you so much.

My mistake was to think it was the hardware as you say, so only looked at the forum for questions related to the Saffire...

But thanks for taking the time to point me in the right direction, i might have been in there for a few hours at this pace!

Hi everyone.

Things had been going too well lately, on my way to actually do something that vaguely approaches music.

But, that was until I installed the Saffire and tried to play with the mic.

Now I might just be completely incompetent here, but when I plug the mic on the 1st slot, it only ...

I seeeeee.

Thanks again.

hold on, quick last question.


@rbmonosylabik

Do you mean I can plug the MPK in the saffire through the normal usb cable I already use to plug it to the laptop?

I thought I'd need a midi cable to go from the keyboard to the saffire.

yes that's the cable I need.

success!

Thank you so much. You are my saviours.

Wish I had seen that website before!

Thanks again!

Thank you so much guys, much more than I was expecting.

Ok, so I have a firewire 800 success! (thanks for the tip on how to get the info, amazing!).
So it would seem I need a cable firewire 800 to 400.
Like that one?
http://amzn.to/jDYvJD

You are so right John. I knew it would be difficult, but I ...

Thanks guys.

I bought my Mcbook pro in may last year, i guess not that recent in Mac's world. Do you think it will have a 800 port? And if so, do I still need a cable as I think the saffire only comes with a 400 cable?

I will have a look, I just realised I bought the saffire pro by mistake, I'm ...

Hi everyone,

Sorry, this is a dummy question, but I haven't been able to find the answer for it anywhere, probably because its so dumb. Anyway, here goes.

I've got a recent Macbook pro running ableton 8.

I've got a MPK49 and a shure58. No monitors, just headphones.

I've just bought the Saffire ...

also a bit confused with the type of cables I need for the saffire.

I've got the cable for the mic, but do i need another midi cable for the keyboard and how do i plug it back into the laptop? and if so which ones?

thanks again,J

Thanks scaper, that's interesting.

Do you think it makes a big difference? I've bought the Focusrite already but can always sell it again.

I'm never going to plug anything more than my keyboard and the mic in it and probably won't use it to perform.

It's coming tomorrow, i'd better not open it ...

Thank you so much, you are a star!

Hi everyone,

I've spent the last 10 hours reading and browsing the forum and other websites trying to find out what equipment to get and its driving me nuts as its time i should have put learning the damn thing!

In a nutshell, I'm totally new to ableton. I'm interested in recording some electo ...