Getting Started 1 - Audio interface

Hi, I'm Huston Singletary with Ableton. This tutorial shows you how to set up and connect your hardware interface with Ableton Live. An external audio interface connects you to microphones, instruments and other real-world sources to your computer, so that you can record them into Ableton Live. You can use Live without an interface, but with a lot of limitations. The sound will be output from your built-in speakers. You can only connect devices via the audio ports your computer happens to have. External interfaces use USB or Firewire to connect to your computer. We use a USB interface for this example. To connect the interface, plug the narrow, square side of your USB cable into the port on the interface, and the wide side into a USB port on your computer. Now launch Live. Open Live's preferences. These can be found under the Live menu on a Mac, and in the "Options" menu on Windows. Click the "Audio" tab. In the "Driver Type" chooser, choose the driver type for your interface. On a Mac, choose CoreAudio. On a PC, choose ASIO. If these options aren't available, install driver software before using your interface. Check the instructions in your interface to learn more. In the "Audio Input Device" and "Audio Output Device" choosers, select the interface you're using. In this case, it's a Focusrite Saffire 6 USB. The "Input" and "Output" buttons let you select which interface's audio inputs and outputs will be available for Live to use. In this example, we'll enable "1 (mono), 2 (mono)" for stereo inputs, and we'll click OK. Select "1/2" and "1/2 (stereo)" outputs and click OK. Plug the headphones into the interface's headphones port. Ensure the speakers are turned off before any connections are made. Plug the outputs of your audio interface into the inputs on your speakers. It should be safe to turn your speakers on. Now your computer and Live are connected to your audio interface. Copyright © 2011 TITELBILD, Berlin Subtitles: V. Trespalacios et al.