mikah912 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I've been doing most of my recording direct with the Helix, but I wanted to use Native as my signal processor and just keep my actual LT as a DI interface. I set it up in Ableton Live 9, but seemingly no configuration of the monitoring options or input options will let me hear only the signal being processed by Native on the track. I got around this when I had a full Helix Floor by turning the big volume knob all the way down - thereby "silencing" Helix itself, and using the headphone volume knob to monitor my recording. But the LT only has one knob. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 What USB inputs are you using for the track in Ableton? If you use USB7, that isn't monitored by the Helix, so you won't hear it through the Helix itself. It won't matter what you have in the actual Helix preset then. You can just mute everything in the preset by putting a volume block in it and turning it all the way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikah912 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 9 minutes ago, phil_m said: What USB inputs are you using for the track in Ableton? If you use USB7, that isn't monitored by the Helix, so you won't hear it through the Helix itself. It won't matter what you have in the actual Helix preset then. You can just mute everything in the preset by putting a volume block in it and turning it all the way down. I tried it with 1/2 stereo, 1 mono and 2 mono. Then I tried USB 7. So you're saying if I do USB 7, but then put a volume block (turned all the way down) in the blank preset on my hardware LT...I'll only hear the effected signal from the Helix Native track in Ableton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, mikah912 said: I tried it with 1/2 stereo, 1 mono and 2 mono. Then I tried USB 7. So you're saying if I do USB 7, but then put a volume block (turned all the way down) in the blank preset on my hardware LT...I'll only hear the effected signal from the Helix Native track in Ableton? Yes, that should be how it works. Typically, how I record in Reaper is I'll record wet and dry tracks simultaneously. The wet track is using USB1/2 as the input and the dry track is using USB7. I never hear the dry track through the Helix this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikah912 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, phil_m said: Yes, that should be how it works. Typically, how I record in Reaper is I'll record wet and dry tracks simultaneously. The wet track is using USB1/2 as the input and the dry track is using USB7. I never hear the dry track through the Helix this way. Can't wait to try this tonight. Thanks, Phil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 What Phil said above. Be sure to mute the tracks in the DAW that you are recording when monitoring through the Helix hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikah912 Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 23 hours ago, phil_m said: Yes, that should be how it works. Typically, how I record in Reaper is I'll record wet and dry tracks simultaneously. The wet track is using USB1/2 as the input and the dry track is using USB7. I never hear the dry track through the Helix this way. The volume block worked like a charm. Set my input to USB 7. Golden. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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