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I just got my X Station today, a found a few problems

1: you can't use it as a midi controller and use the built in synth! (the main reason i wanted it)

2: High latency problems make using a mic routed through live unusable (to much delay) but this problem seems intermittent , so it could be a ...

or consider using more than 1 track!

I often start recording a MIDI part, get something down, then want to add to it, so I click on the track name and Apple-D (duplicate) the whole track - plugins, routing n all, and away I go.

I find Duplicate so useful, now since 6 it applies to tracks and ...

Midi instruments only sound when the record arm button is active, Thanks people....

Switch the monitorbutton-popupmenu to in (instead of auto) and everything will be good :P


Hi! thats what they said at ableton, but when i do that the clips stop playing so i can't jam along, the OVERDUB button ...

longjohns wrote:That setting is only for testing and setup.

it is in live6 but it wasn't in version5

Hi All - I've just moved to live on the mac coming from cubase on pc all well apart from when i launch a clip in sesion view for the first time live noticably judders then carries on playing. it only seems to be the first time i launch a clip after that the clip plays fine, but as you can imagine ...

Switch off the Overdub switch. "OVR" in the top center of the screen.

In fact, a handy thing to do is assiggn the OVR button to a MIDI or QWERTY key so that you can jam along, and when ready, drop into record seamlessly.



Thanks, i thought there must have been a way! i was getting frustrated ...

Midi instruments only sound when the record arm button is active, which means that when the session is running any midi notes that you play will be recorded, but if you just want to jam along without recording what do you do?? seems like this should be basic? it is "live" after all!!

Thanks people ...

Hi All - I've just moved to live on the mac coming from cubase on pc all well apart from when i launch a clip in sesion view for the first time live noticably judders then carries on playing. it only seems to be the first time i launch a clip after that the clip plays fine, but as you can imagine ...