Ableton/Tap Point

• Tap Point

  • In Ableton Live, a tap point is the place in one track's signal path where another track picks up its audio. To tap a track is to take a copy of its signal from that point, leaving the source track's own sound unchanged.
  • Set it on the receiving track: Audio From names the source track, and Input Channel picks the tap point (Ableton/Live/UG/17 Routing and IO/05 Internal Routings/01 Internal Routing Points):
    • Pre FX — the signal as it enters the track, before its devices.
    • Post FX — after the devices, before volume and pan.
    • Post Mixer — the track's final output, after volume and pan.
  • Instrument, Effect and Drum Rack chains have the same three tap points.