Moog Minitaur & Sirin | Connecting the Minitaur/Sirin to Ableton

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Setting up a MIDI and Audio Connection in Ableton
  • Setup
  • MIDI Track
  • Audio Track
• Using the Editor Software in Ableton

Setting up a MIDI and Audio Connection in Ableton

Setup

1. Click PREFERENCES > LINK MIDI and select the synth or your interface as an INPUT and OUTPUT device. 
2. Turn TRACK and SYNC on for the INPUT and OUTPUT of the device and turn START STOP SYNC to ON. 
3. Click on PREFERENCES > AUDIO and select your interface as the AUDIO INPUT and AUDIO OUTPUT device. 

MIDI Track

1. Click CREATE > INSERT MIDI TRACK. 
2. On the MIDI track, select the synth or your interface as the MIDI FROM and MIDI TO device.
3. Turn MONITOR to OFF to avoid MIDI feedback. You may also want to set the MIDI FROM and MIDI TOchannels to separate numbers to further avoid MIDI feedback. 
   • For example, set MIDI FROM to channel 1 and MIDI TO to channel 2. If you do this, make sure that the IN and OUT channels are set accordingly on the synth (IN on channel 2 and OUT on channel 1). 

Audio Track

1. Next, click CREATE-INSERT AUDIO TRACK. On the audio track, select your audio interface as the AUDIO FROM device, it may also appear as Ext. In.
2. Select the audio input channel to the channel which you have the Subsequent connected. Set AUDIO TO to MASTER. Set MONITOR to IN.

External Instrument Setup (Live Suite, Standard, and Intro) 

1. You can also accomplish the above MIDI and audio routing via Ableton’s external instrument plugin. Select EXTERNAL INSTRUMENT from Ableton’s INSTRUMENTS tab and drag this on to a MIDI track in your session. 
2. In the device view, set MIDI TO to the Synth or your interface and select the desired MIDI channel. 
3. In the track view, set MIDI FROM to the Synth or your interface and select the desired MIDI channel. 
4. On the MIDI track, turn MONITOR to OFF and set the AUDIO TO to an available audio track. 
5. On that audio track that you’ve just selected, turn MONITOR to IN and select the appropriate audio input channel.

If you are using a MIDI controller with your setup, you will simply select it as the MIDI FROM device in all the above examples and turn MONITOR to IN.

Using the Editor Software in Ableton

1. Find the Editor in Ableton’s PLUGINS tab. Add the Editor to an available MIDI track. 
2. On the MIDI track, set MIDI FROM to the interface or the Synth and select the channel that the Synth or your interface are sending MIDI data on and set MONITOR to OFF.
3. Set AUDIO TO to an available audio track. On that audio track, select the interface and input channel that you have the Synth connected to and set MONITOR to IN. On another available MIDI track, select the Editor as the MIDI FROM device. Set MONITOR to IN and set MIDI TO to your interface or Synth and select the MIDI channel accordingly.