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[snrkiwi]

hi, can anyone help me with connecting my motu. Iv moved house and lost manuals, so far ive hooked my fantom x7 to the interface and then interface to computer via firewire and im trying to work with it on ableton live 7,today i actually hooked it up and managed to assign keys from my control surface(fantom x7)through midi mapping Ableton live c/s connection tutorial, so midi info was going threw and sound was comming out my studio monitors but wen i recorded a set it wouldnt play there was movement jus no sound comming through speakers. Iv tyrd control panel sounds and devices menu swithing between midi/output=ultralite and default on commputer speakers and so on. and after changing wiring, LOL i got no sound at all jus a buzzn sound comming through my monitors has any1 got a similar setup and give me a step by step wiring config :'( be much appreciated add me on skype lemamea

[Jester_Fu]

So, you got midi signal into Ableton and you can hit notes on the x7 and have sound come out the monitors.

Are you recording the midi signal or trying to record the audio output?

If it's the midi signal/notes not being recorded, i think you've got an Albeton issue, and i canna help but someone will who use Ableton.

If it's an audio recording issue, i suspect you haven't configured your Ableton Audio channel to use the DSP/Mixdown channels of the Motu. This will result in an empty track... particularly if you're using a VSTi as the sound for the VSTi only comes out of the Motu, not back into it. Not sure how you change that in Ableton, but would be worth checking that you have the DSP/Mixdon channels of the motu selected as the input channels in Ableton.

[snrkiwi]

hey jester, exactly! im gonna reconfig wiring and il recheck abletons audio setup .cheers

[snrkiwi]

hi jester, connected it up again, im at the stage wer im playn my beat i created thru my synth audio is playn thru my monitors which is still cnnted 2 my motu interface. And its shown up on ableton live program that audio is comming thru but still cant get play back sound once i recorded it. my set goes like this fantom x7 quarter inch jacks in L/R mono output balanced ---------------> interface balanced analog inputs 7,8 as well as midi cables...... and monitors cnnted to interface main outs and comp via firewire  :bang:  could i run my fantom on 1 analog jack ? and maybe cross wire in/outs on interface or will my speakers or somthing blow up lol  :-

[Jester_Fu]

'ang on... are you trying to record midi into Ableton and play a VSTi with the x7... or are you trying to record sounds coming from the x7 into Ableton?

Is Ableton showing anything recorded in the file now? Like, does it have a wave looking shape? If it does, then you've fixed the record issue and now need to select your Ableton channel outputs to the Motu "Main Outs" (if that's what your monitors are plugged into).

If that doesn't help, try re-posting your question and setup in the Ableton section of the site. Your audio setup sounds like it's OK to me - just an Ableton config issue.

[snrkiwi]

hey dude!first of all thnx for gettin involved! mann i got a track to lay down 4 a dude quick fast i normally do it the hard way which is i use acid pro sound forrge for recording and lay it out analog style but my copies botched thats wat happens wen u buy pirates. man if i could get ableton to jus record id be happy but wud defnite like to work with it in midi i kno it wud be a lot easier to structure it insted of on the fly il check that other post out bro cheers