User Guide
CHAPTER 22. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 335
ReWire Options Shown
in the Routing Choosers.
If another track in your set contains a multitimbral plugin, you can select this track in the top
chooser. In this case, the second chooser allows you to select a specic MIDI channel in the
plugin.
The Audio From chooser provides options for returning the audio from the hardware synth,
plugin, or ReWire device. If you're routing to a hardware synth, use this chooser to select the
ports on your audio interface that are connected to the output of your synth. The available
choices you'll have will depend on the settings in the Audio Preferences.
If you're routing to a ReWire slave, the Audio From chooser will list all of the audio channels
available in the slave. Select the audio channel that corresponds to the instrument to which
you are sending MIDI. If you're routing to a multitimbral plugin on another track in your Live
Set, the Audio From chooser will list the auxiliary outputs in the plugin. Note that the main
outputs will be heard on the track that contains the instrument.
The Gain knob adjusts the audio level coming back from the sound source. This level should
be set carefully to avoid clipping.
Since external devices can introduce latency that Live cannot automatically detect, you can
manually compensate for any delays by adjusting the Latency slider. The button next to this
slider allows you to set your latency compensation amount in either milliseconds or samples.
If your external device connects to Live via a digital connection, you will want to adjust your
latency settings in samples, which ensures that the number of samples you specify will be
retained even when changing the sample rate. If your external device connects to Live via
an analog connection, you will want to adjust your latency settings in milliseconds, which
ensures that the amount of time you specify will be retained when changing the sample
rate. Note that adjusting in samples gives you ner control, so even in cases when you're