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where (for instance, a ReWire slave program). With this setting, output from the clips is
suppressed. An “In“ monitoring setting can be easily recognized even when the In/Out
section is hidden by the orange color of the track’s Activator switch.
•Monitoring can be turned off altogether by choosing the Off option. This is useful when
recording acoustic instruments which are monitored “through the air,“ when using an ex-
ternal mixing console for monitoring or when using an audio hardware interface with a
“direct monitoring“ option that bypasses the computer so as to avoid latency. Generally,
it is preferable to work with an audio interface that allows for negligible latencies (a few
milliseconds). If you are recording into Live with monitoring set to “Off,“ you may want to
make the Audio Preferences’ Overall Latency adjustment, which is described in the built-in
program tutorial on setting up the Audio Preferences.
If multiple tracks are selected, pressing one of the Monitor buttons applies this selection to all of
the selected tracks.
14.2 External Audio In/Out
An audio interface’s inputs are selected by choosing “Ext. In“ from the Input Type chooser of an
audio track. The Input Channel chooser then offers the individual input channels. Entries in this
chooser each have meters next to their names to help you identify signal presence and overload
(when the meter flashes red). Setting up the audio interface’s outputs works the same way via the
output chooser pair. If multiple tracks are selected, any changes you make to these choosers will
be applied to all selected tracks.
The list of available inputs and outputs depends on the Audio Preferences, which can be
reached via the Input and Output Channel choosers’ “Configure...“ option. Note that the Audio
Preferences also provide access to the Channel Configuration dialogs, which determine which
inputs and outputs are used, and whether they are available to Live as mono or stereo pairs.
Essentially, the Channel Configuration dialog tells Live what it needs to know about how the
computer is connected to the other audio components in your studio.
14.2.1 Mono/Stereo Conversions
When a mono signal is chosen as an audio track’s input, the track will record mono samples;
otherwise it will record stereo samples. Signals in the track’s device chain are always stereo,
even when the track’s input is mono or when the track plays mono samples.
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