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Hey everyone

I am able to hook up my rack and get sound with an 'External Instrument" in Ableton. But when I mute the external instrument track and press a key, I still hear sound (the sound is quieter though). Why is this? It's almost as if there are 2 signals going into Ableton. This makes the effects I put on the External rack almost non existent because there is a signal coming from somewhere that is unprocessed.

thanks!

Maybe some monitoring still enabled on your soundcard mixer?

i have an mbox2 mini that has a knob that goes between the input signal and the monitor signal. its supposed to help out in situations where there is latency going on in order to help the performer stay in time, from what i understand. this could be your problem. what kind of interface are you using?

is there another Ext. Instr. in the set with the same In/Out routing?

Thanks for all the responses everyone

I have an Echo Mia Midi.

I muted this setting on my MIA midi and now the sound doesn't play when I mute the external instrument track in Ableton. I guess this was the problem.

thanks guys!

Check your audio interface entrance, the sound might be coming directly to your interface as well as ableton.
Turn the input volume down of your synth in the interface so that the only signal you hear is the one that's going to ableton.
That worked for me, i hope it does for you.

beat to be wrote:Check your audio interface entrance, the sound might be coming directly to your interface as well as ableton.
Turn the input volume down of your synth in the interface so that the only signal you hear is the one that's going to ableton.
That worked for me, i hope it does for you.

Dude, CHECK the threads date BEFORE posting. We really do not need more new users rehashing 7 year threads to get a mark on the board.

There has been quite a lot of this lately.

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In my case, my audio interface controller has a "Mixer Bypass" button to allow Ableton to control the volume of the instrument instead of the audio interface hardware mixer.