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180 Routing and I/O
output of the tracks that are feeding it. Also, you can still solo Track A and hear its output signal.
In this case, all other tracks are muted, including those that might also feed into Track B. Techni-
cally, what you hear is the output of Track B, with everything except Track A’s signal removed.
Approach 2, on the other hand, leaves Track A unaffected except for Track B tapping its output.
We can easily add more tracks like Track B that all tap Track A’s output. Instrument layering is a
good example of such a “one-to-many“ routing setup.
14.6.1 Internal Routing Points
Signals travel from Live’s tracks into their respective device chains and then into the track mixer,
where they might become panned or have their levels altered by the tracks’ faders.
Whenever a track’s Audio From input chooser is set to another track (as described in the previ-
ous section’s Approach 2), the signal received can be tapped from one of three different points
chosen from the Input Channel chooser: Pre FX, Post FX or Post Mixer.
Tap Points for Track Routing.
•Pre FX taps the signal that is coming directly from a track, before it has been passed on to
the track’s device chains (FX) or mixer. Therefore, changes that are made to the tapped
track’s devices or mixer have no effect on the tapped signal. Soloing a track that taps an-
other track Pre FX will allow you to hear the tapped track.
•Post FX taps the signal at the output of a track’s device chains (FX), but before it has been
passed back to the track mixer. Changes to the tapped track’s devices will therefore alter
the tapped signal, but changes to its mixer settings will not. Soloing a track that taps an-
other track Post FX will allow you to hear the tapped track.
•Post Mixer taps the final output of a track, after it has passed through its device chains