The drawback here is you cant really use Instrument Racks, Ableton Instruments, or automate the VSTi's parameters in Live. Plugin delay compensation will work properly. Then their audio can be routed to Live's audio tracks via the multiple Bidule outs. Using Maschine inside Bidule again, you can just route midi to other VSTi's right inside Bidule.
(If you turn delay compensation off, then you can more easily play Machine but then every other track with plugins will be somewhat out of time.)Ģ. Once you start adding plugins in Live, your midi-outs from Maschine will be seriously out of time. The big catch here is plugin delay compensation doesnt work. Then you can select channels 1-16 from that port on a Live midi track. You can use Maschine inside Bidule running as a VST in Live, routing the midi out to a virtual midi port (Midi Yoke, etc) inside Bidule. I'd like to see if there are others I'm not aware of?ġ. So far, it seems there are at least a couple of different workarounds, but with serious drawbacks. As others have pointed out, the problem with this is Live cant access different midi channels from a plugin. Like many, I'd like to be able to use Maschine within Ableton Live, and be able to decide when I want to use internal sounds, or other instruments in Live.