Open your Ableton preferences and select ASIO4ALL. Route a third piece of gear, or whatever else you want, to your audio interface.ħ. Route your modular to your audio interface or to the TR8-S external in.Ħ. Even though we will be using the USB, not physical outputs, if you ever wanted to use the TR8-S master effects this will be useful.ĥ. For this reason, route your Master L/R (the physical master out, with cables) of your TR8-S to your regular audio interface. Delay, Reverb and the master FX knob are disabled.Ĥ. Note when sending audio over the TR8-S USB interface it will not record or play master FX. This saves your preferences so you don't have to do this every time the TR8-S boots up.ģ. Then click "Write", scroll over and select "System". Go to TR8-S Utility page -> USB Audio -> Set to INDIVIDUAL instead of assign. Just select everything that way if you have a problem with the driver it's easy to get it set back up.)Ģ. (The reason we do this is sometimes ASIO4ALL will reset, it is a pain to figure out which I/O you selected and which you didn't. Make sure to select all inputs and outputs for both of them regardless if you use them or not. Download ASIO4ALL and select your TR8S and your regular interface in the ASIO4ALL setup window. Here is how to do it, and I included a great Ableton Live template I made as well.ġ. Must be in real time, with everything on its own track, and being able to hear it all, with no lag. Parameters: I want to be able to jam live with my TR8-S, hear everything, record each drum track INDIVIDUALLY, also record any other gear like my modular.
When playing/recording live with any other gear this becomes a problem, especially if you want to use your studio monitors. The problem is when using the TR8-S interface you cannot use your regular audio interface and therefore can't hear anything, unless I suppose you are using headphones on the TR8-S. The only way to record individual drums is to use the built in USB interface. TR8-S has multiple outputs, but not enough for each individual drum. I had a difficult time doing this so I wanted to make a brief tutorial to save others the hassle. This is an Ableton Live template for using your Roland TR8-S with a modular synth and recording live.