How to Use Ableton Live with Outboard Gear

[@sweetwater]

In this episode of Mitch’s Hybrid Workflow series, learn how to use external gear with Ableton Live. For an overview of hybrid studio setups, check out the video “Building a Hybrid Studio at Home” here 👉 bit.ly/3whUOOj

[@intwist]

Huge thumbs up to this video and to Sweetwater for making such great content. A+ - thanks!

[@johnstecker5825]

Clearest explanation I've come across so far, thank you

[@danielvought1802]

Best tutorial on the subject

[@FelixPatek]

True

[@anomusproductions1131]

Really appreciate it. I’ve had a hard time trying to figure this out.

[@mobdevice]

Thanks for the video Mitch!

[@michaelkonomos]

Followed everything, but none of it records. I hear the external effects, but it only captures the dry sound.

[@benjaminiwaniec4541]

Thanks, very useful tutorial

[@austincelaya1139]

Just the video I have been waiting for. When you export the master of the song, do you have to print the master first with the fx or will they be added automatically during the export?

[@AdamGarrett72]

They get added, but make sure you add time at the end to compensate for delay / reverb trails

[@davidhrivnak]

Adam's right about that, and a couple other things to make sure you have in order before exporting are latency compensation and making sure everything is correctly phase aligned (as mentioned in the video). I personally don't like printing a master with active external effects in the mix. I always create new tracks for my hardware sends, record them back in, and then make sure everything's looking and sounding good before muting the original tracks and exporting a final mix. It's a little more work, but it works every time.

[@skovbowden]

Perfect! Thanks for the very useful video!

[@northkaskazini721]

Yes!

[@Hassan_Omer]

I have been trying to use my external gear with Ableton and I was following everything but I was unable to listen to the wet signal in real time, after watching this video I have realised that my monitoring button on the track where external effect plugin is inserted was not turned to IN , I am not sure whether this was the reason why i was unable to hear the wet signal from the outboard gear in real time, but in another video the monitoring button was not set to IN and the guy was still able to hear the wet signal in real time. I will try turning it to IN. Thank you Mitch.

[@RomeoRivera2C]

Did this end up working? I have the same issue.

[@Fear.of.life.dark.ambient]

I don’t understand the latency. If the processed signal come after the original one in what way can I adjust it? I have to change the timing of original signal and delay it. But in this way this two signal will be out of phase with the other tracks of the mix.

[@pietervannieuwenhove5657]

Great Vid !! I want to use my Avalon 747 in the same way .. looking for an audio interface with 4 outputs .. Can I use the Apollo Solo? or do I need the Twin version .. before buying it .. thx

[@everydaysame4880]

when using as a send you could not use the plug in as you could compensate for latency and get a better signal as less processing

[@royalemuzikproductionz]

Hi Mitch i have 2 interfaces I’d like to use in a similar way. I know i can connect my Scarlett 18i20 via light pipe to my uad Apollo twin x duo but how would i route the i/o 😢. I’ve got a 50/50 mono tube preamp for my bass or kick and a lexicon reverb hardware . I’m now awaiting the Behringer 369 KT which is going to do my mix bus or Drums depending on the sound. Do you have any video suggestions please

[@FelixPatek]

Anyone knos if tje RME 3/4 is left/right, like 3 is left and 4 is the right channel. With all my old Midiverbs im a bit confused now…

[@jazzywillo10]

Thanks Mitch

[@peterskorec4421]

Is it possible to I use multiple outboard processors on one channel by adding another external effect plugin with different outboard gear?

[@keenann.9075]

I want to run vocals through my wa76 compressor but it makes a crazy delay when i turn the "wet" knob past 30% on the "external audio effect" plugin. So i turned the wet to around 5 - 15% and its ooorite. I can see the compressor squashing the vocals on my wa76 , but when i freeze and flatten, its not compressed at all. Am i doing everything right or is pro tools is the answer to my problems?

[@3xAudio]

actua;ly really helpful ty

[@everlong11175]

My confusion is how do i use the same out oard gear on each track with different settings. When we use plugins it is unlimited we can drag the same pluging to 20 channels and use different setting but with analogue gear it's not possible. I mean nobody will by 20 LA 2A compressors for each channels. How do I save different settings on different channeks using only one outboard EQ for instance?

[@everlong11175]

@@infanterambles 😁😁😁

[@EXiiTBMX]

looking at buying an external compressor but wondering this issue also, only way i can imagine would be to use on master channel only or bounce to wav

[@warrenoids]

When you drag 20 plugins into different channels with different settings, you are opening twenty different instances of the plugin. If you only have a single LA2A for example, only that one instance is available for you to use. So yes, the only way to do this with twenty channels is to have twenty LA2A compressors.

[@FelixPatek]

Great, but you need an great PC/Mac for that, otherwise recorrecting latency all the time is jusg horrible

[@paulkern7229]

I have tried to use this function of ableton numerous times, it never works in any useable way.

[@steveh1273]

lost me after 3 minutes