Ableton Forum

Hello,


I have a demo version of Ableton (try before You buy), and from what I can see it is

brilliant!!! the only thing that I can't get working is recording Audio. As far as I know I

have done all the steps, but nothing!!T here is an input signal going in but I don't see any

action with the LED meters in the track I am trying to record into. My soundcard is a Pulsar by Creamware. I will outline all the steps I have taken:

For example in the arranger view, I choose for example to record on track 1. What I see on

the far right of the screen are TRACK 1 and four icons which from left to right are a) a

speaker icon (coloured green), b) an S button ,which I know is for solo and muting the other

tracks (it is grey or a light blue when enabled), c) a button that looks like a microphone,

which is for monitoring (grey in colour or white when enabled-perhps it has to be a

different colour to white when enabled???), d) finally a button with a black cicle in the

middle, which I know arms the track for recording(grey when disabled and white when

enabled-again perhaps it should be a different colour). Beside this is a tiny VU meter which

shows no activity even when I have enabled the track for recording.

In the OPTIONS/PREFERENCES section I have se up my DEVICE TYPE as ASIO and and my input and

output device type as Pulsar Scope. So everything there seems normal. In the BUS VIEW

chooser I can see a signal going in because the VU meters show it, though nothing for output

(maybe that is irrelevant).

I have armed the track for recording (though the button remains white in colour)and when I

am ready to roll the record button at the top of the screen goes red. But nothing!!!
Have I overlooked something simple?

In Options>Preferences>Audio I have chosen device type as ASIO, then device ASIO SCOPE, I

have enabled MONITOR THROUGH LIVE, then when I press on INPUT CONFIG I have enabled the

input through my Soundcard (the buttons are green). The input LED meter in the BUS INPUT

page shows a signal going in. But when I try to record the button still remains white and I

see no activity in the recording LED meter.
So I can't see where I am going wrong. Again, have I overlooked something obvious??? I can't

get it working. You must think I am a complete idiot or novice, but I can assure you that I

am not. I have managed to get Logic going (which many people say is complicated) to run

without any problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Guest

Guest,

Please go to the View Menu and select In/Out.

You should now see some more options in the tracks for configuring Input Type, In Channel, Out Channel. This is easier to see in the Session View, IMO....

If you are trying to record external devices, choose Live In as the the Input Type. If you are trying to record the output of Live, choose Master Out.

This should get you on your way to recording.

harb

Hello Harb,

Thank you and at last!!!! It seems so obvious now. I feel like a complete dork. You don't know how grateful I am!!

You did a very good job of posting an in depth description of the problem.

Glad it works now.

harb