How can I get Ableton 9 to load without audio interface, which is away for repair.

[djrickdawson]

I have taken my Allen & Heath Xone:4D to be repaired....
How can I get ableton 9 to load without my 4D that is set?
Without the Xone:4D, ableton hangs upon boot (windows).

I thought of temporarily changing ableton to use my Native Instruments Audio 10.

[Patch]

You'll need to change the Audio Interface in the Preferences - but, if your not even able to open Live, I don't know how you'll get to teh preferences page.

Maybe try runing as Admin?

[djrickdawson]

no dice running as administrator.

Uninstalling the 4d ASIO drivers worked...

which means re-installing them once I get beck to the repairer to test my 4D.

[Patch]

How long does it hang for? HAve you tried just letting leaving it and seeing if Live opens?

[tilldrop]

There should be a pop-up saying that audio playback has been disabled due to the missing audio interface. I sometimes find myself waiting a long time for Live to start up when my audio interface has been unplugged, because the clicked on another program and the pop-up gets hidden. A similar case can occur with an additional monitor.

[djrickdawson]

see the edit above.

I've managed to use decks C+D of traktor to run output of ableton in and line from tower to my audio 10 temporarily, whilst I await the outcome.

and Decks A+B in traktor are still controlled by the timecodes on my 1200 mk2 technics

My ipad running TouchOSC is the controller for running traktor in internal mixing mode.

I can continue to play my live sets online.

will look quirky to be using my ipad between two vinyl decks though.

[djrickdawson]

There should be a pop-up saying that audio playback has been disabled due to the missing audio interface. I sometimes find myself waiting a long time for Live to start up when my audio interface has been unplugged, because the clicked on another program and the pop-up gets hidden. A similar case can occur with an additional monitor.

Once I uninstalled the Xone:4D ASIO drivers, I got that pop-up / dialogue box, and was able to select the audio 10.

[Kwal]

Weird seeing this, if my interface is unplugged it'll tell me and I'll just hit OK and Live will open and play out of my laptops output, or headphones if plugged in. Weird.

[atontheproton]

My ableton sometimes takes like 2 mins to load once the add pops.

[William Gibson]

Sounds like a cracked copy of Live.