Ableton/Live/UG/03 Live Concepts/14 The Mixer
- A clip's signal passes through the track's device chain from left to right and then into the mixer, which Session and Arrangement share.
- Device-to-device connections are always stereo; inputs and outputs can be set to mono in the Audio Settings.
- The mixer has volume, pan and sends. Sends feed return tracks, which hold only effects, so every track can share them.
- The crossfader works like a DJ mixer's but can fade between any number of tracks, returns included.
- On a MIDI track, MIDI effects come first, then an instrument, then audio effects. A MIDI track with no instrument outputs plain MIDI and loses its mix and send controls.
- Show or hide mixer sections from View → Mixer Controls or the Mixer Config Menu at the bottom right.