Ableton/Live/UG/17 Routing and IO/02 External Audio In-Out

• 17.2 External Audio In/Out

  • Choose Ext. In as an audio track's Input Type to use the interface's inputs; the Input Channel chooser lists them with level meters that flash red on overload. Outputs work the same way. Changes apply to all selected tracks.
  • The Configure… entry opens the Audio Settings, whose Channel Configuration dialogs choose which interface inputs and outputs Live uses and whether they are mono or stereo pairs.
  • Channels can be renamed in those dialogs (Tab moves between them); the names show in the choosers and belong to that audio device.
  • Ableton/Live/UG/17 Routing and IO/02 External Audio In-Out/01 Mono-Stereo Conversions

    • 17.2.1 Mono/Stereo Conversions

      • A mono input records mono samples; anything else records stereo. Inside the device chain the signal is always stereo.
      • Mono becomes stereo by copying the signal to both sides. Routing to a mono output sums left and right and lowers the result 6 dB to avoid clipping.
      • See also Ableton/Track/Q/How can I turn a mono signal into stereo in a channel?