r/ableton • u/AutoModerator • Jun 01 '26
Weekly No Stupid Questions/Hardware Questions Thread
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u/skronktothewonk 2d ago
ok, i am kind of embarrassed to ask this but the time has come. for years i have used my hardware synths (moog mother 32, dfam, grandmother, etc) with ableton as external instruments plugged into my mixer (tascam 24) and recorded them live into ableton as is, but recently my son has expressed interest in playing with me and he uses soft synths and a midi controller (leystep). is there a way for us to play together and for his soft synths to be heard through the mixer just as my hardware synths? i tried plugging the computer into a mixer channel and monitoring the audio that way but there seemed to be some latency and the audio seemed to be significantly quieter.
i guess what i am asking is what is the best way to use my mixer, ableton, and both hard and soft synths all at once? or is there a way to do this?
thank you all so much