Operation Manual

CHAPTER 4. LIVE CONCEPTS 22
Plug-In Devices Are
Available from the
Plug-In Device Browser.
Consider an audio clip playing in an audio track. The audio signal from the clip reaches
the leftmost device in the chain. This device processes (changes) the signal and feeds the
result into the next device, and so on. The number of devices per track is theoretically
unlimited, (although there is a limit of eight instruments and twelve audio effects within a
single set when using Live LE). In practice, the computer's processor speed also imposes a
limit on the number of devices you can use at the same time, a topic that deserves separate
discussion. Note that the signal connections between audio devices are always stereo, but
the software's inputs and outputs can be congured to be mono in the Audio Preferences.
When the signal has passed through the device chain, it ends up in Live's mixer. As the
Session and Arrangement share the same set of tracks, they also share the mixer. The mixer
can be shown in both views for convenience. To optimize the screen layout, the individual
mixer sections can be shown or hidden using the View menu's entries.
The Live Mixer in the
Arrangement View (Left)
and Session View (Right).