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Routing Ableton Live into Traktor Solved (kind of) Judging form my Google searches on the subject, this is something a lot of people want to do. A lot would recommend the opposite and say Route Traktor into Live, but I want the oddball for several reasons, namely: 1) Mixing is much simpler 2) Ableton effects are more set-and-forget/automation oriented than live 3) after days of writing python scripts, I don't want to do any more Live MIDI mapping I absolutely love both sampling and scratching. Beating on pads and spinning records are the most fun to me and there isn't a single software solution for both so I use Traktor Scratch Pro (where the sample/clip launching sucks even with the new remix decks IMO) and Ableton Live (ms pinky be damned, the layout/functionality is nowhere near turntablist friendly enough for me). This is what I have to work with: Kontrol S4 2 Stanton TTs Custon built controller for clip launching Korg mikro set What I used to do was have Live 's master output on ASIO4ALL and run a cable from my headphone jack to Input C of the S4. It worked fine enough, but it was a huge pain in that I could only use 1 TT at a time, so depending on what I wanted to do I would have to run over and switch the plugs which is super-duper gay. So I sat down and worked some VAC (Virtual audio Cable) magic and pulled this baby off: TT --> S4 IN C--> VAC Line 1 --> VAC Audio Repeater --> S4 Deck A TT --> S4 IN D--> VAC Line 2 --> VAC Audio Repeater --> S4 Deck B Live --> VAC Line 3 --> Traktor Deck C Traktor Master Out --> VAC Line 4 --> VAC Audio Repeater --> S4 Master Out (WAV)[as in not ASIO] Traktor Cue Out --> VAC Line 5 --> VAC Audio Repeater --> S4 Cue Out (WAV) It works. But...caveat. The latency is atrocious (no ASIO!)...from a scratching standpoint anyways. It works fine for simple playing tracks/effects launching/non-intensive clip launching, but no go for anything you really need to watch your timing on. And that's with all the services/processes I don't need running nuked. So...discuss/try it out. What i'm really hoping for is that somebody can find a better solution or some way to minimize latency to a workable level for scratching. Not having my dream setup is starting to get to me and screw up my workflow. | |
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