The Endlesss Studio plugin is compatible with Ableton Live 10 and upwards. It comes as a VST3 and AU.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Discover the plugin

VST3

If you placed the VST3 plugin in the standard system folder for VST3 plugins Live should detect it automatically. You can issue a rescan by clicking Live -> Preferences -> Plug-Ins -> Rescan. Alternatively, point Live to your custom VST3 directory using the browse button.

AU

In the title bar, click Live -> Preferences -> Plug-Ins and enable Use Audio Units. Live will look in the standard audio components directory to discover AU plugins.


Midi Input

The Endlesss Studio plugin is a generator or instrument. This means it is placed on a midi track and accepts midi messages as its main input while the output of the plugin is audio, much like a synthesizer plugin.


Place the plugin on a midi track. Arm the track or set its monitoring to IN. Now you can play the built-in instruments using your midi keyboard.

Audio-In

There are several ways to route audio into the plugin, ranging from quick and fixed to slightly more complicated but also more flexible:

Use the Sidechain of the plugin device

Click on the plugin device's Sidechain dropdown and select the source track. The source track will still be audible through its regular routing (into groups or the master channel) and a copy is fed into Endlesss.


Pro:

  • Quick to setup and get started
  • To switch sources simply select a different track in the list
  • Live signal is audible without having to use the Monitor Input toggle within Endlesss

Con:

  • Only one track at a time can be fed into Endlesss this way

Route tracks into Endlesss

Click on a track's output dropdown. Among other tracks and the master bus, this list also contains plugins with a sidechain input. Select Endlesss for all of the tracks output to be routed into the plugin. Use the Monitor Input toggle in Endlesss to hear the track's audio in before looping.


You can route as many tracks as you like into the plugin at the same time, but they will all be summed into one stereo signal. 


Pro:

  • Quick to setup and get started
  • Can route as many tracks as you like into Endlesss

Con:

  • To switch sources you typically need to reroute or mute several of the involved tracks
  • Need to use the Monitor Input toggle to hear live signal

Use Sends and a Return track

Right click on a blank space next to the tracks and create a new Return track. Set the output of this return track to the Endlesss plugin like the previous method has shown.


To send a track into Endlesss, dial up the Send knob on that track. For example: If the Return track you created is named A, turn up the A dial on the source track. This can be done on several tracks at the same time with varying levels to create a sub mix that is fed into Endlesss.


Because using the Send creates a fork in the source track's signal, it is still regularly audible while a copy is send into Endlesss. This means you don't need to use the built-in monitor input toggle.


The biggest advantage of this method is that the Send dials are all midi mappable in Ableton Live. This means you can dedicate some dials or faders on a midi controller to creating the submix that is fed into Endlesss without having to reach for your mouse & keyboard.


Pro:

  • Can route as many tracks as you like into Endlesss
  • Live signal is audible without having to use the Monitor Input toggle within Endlesss
  • Send dials are midi mappable -> change track routings without mouse or keyboard

Con:

  • Switching sources is done by adjusting multiple dials
  • Requires minimally more setup time up front