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turns out you have to allow Live to access the Microphone in System Preferences by navigating to Privacy & Security and entering "Microphone"

This cleared it all up.

rectangular connectors, and ferrite blocks.

no change

[jur] wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 14, 2026 3:01 pm

Sounds stupid but, are you using the provided usb-c cable?

Is that the cloth braided one?

- I copied all my projects and user settings from Push onto my laptop
- I deleted Live 12 from my laptop
- I moved/renamed the Library/Preferences/Ableton folder
- I reinstalled Live 12
- I reset the Push3
- re-authorized everything

Still have the same problem - no input seen on the Push3 in ...

Same behavior with previous build.

Any idea when it appeared?

The unit is 2 weeks old - I updated the software as soon as I booted it up the first time. The audio input for controller mode audio interface has never worked for me.

Redoing the preferences on the laptop did not make a difference. I'm not inclined to backtrack on the ...

[jur] wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:37 pm

are you seeing the same issue with the 2nd input?

yup.

the exact same inputs and rig works fine in standalone mode.

[jur] wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 13, 2026 6:06 pm

Is Push set up as your input soundcard in Live's Preferences?

In the latest version of the software it's called 'Settings' and yes, it is both set as input and output and the output works just fine.

Just to be clear: the meters on the P3 register no input.

12.4.2 (Build: 2026-06-04_a687113d71)
P3 is 'up to date' with latest as of today

Connect P3 to Live
Create Audio track
Plug guitar into Input 1 in P3
Set Preamp Type to High (or Inst.)
No input is registered in the meters

Notes:
- Macbook M1 Pro 2021 / Tahoe 26.3.1 (a)
- I can input guitar in ...

yea, I'm seeing this all of a sudden on mbp

open a new project, no plugins, nothing...

drop in a clip - buffering takes a few seconds
drop in a second - buffering takes 4x longer
drop in a third - now we're up to 1/2 a minute
more clips - exponential growth in time

this, after working for weeks ...

Wanted to let everyone know that all the original solo studio tracks for DJ Vadim's latest album "Sound Catcher" are all available under Creative Commons over at ccMixter

Thanks,
Victor

Considering the renewed interest in the "funky breaks" tutorial thanks to this thread I've updated it for Live 5 (not a lot of differences but hopefully clears up what could be confusing for new users).

Peace,
Victor

Thanks folks for all the nice words and thoughs, it's interesting to see people's reactions. Let me know if there's another area you think could use this kind of treatment.

Peace,
Victor

matteo wrote:About soundfonts. Which program to use to open soundfonts.

If by 'open' you mean 'edit' there's no shame in looking it up. Meanwhile if you have a Creative soundcard then Vienna is the industry standard. Many sythns/samplers like VSampler also does the trick.

Jeez am I having fun now.... (selflink)

(I may just be done with fruity loops.)

EDIT: ok I just uploaded Part 2