Description

DO NOT USE THIS DEVICE, use my "Zaps External Synth Tools" instead, it does this, and a lot more :)

https://maxforlive.com/library/device/7315/zaps-external-synth-tool

This does one, very simple thing. You put it in a MIDI chain, and it will stop passing MIDI data through when the track it is on gets muted (or when it's "Test/Mute" button is pushed).

Why would you need this? Live treats track "mute" as muting the *audio*, not stopping the MIDI. The actual synth's continue to play, creating note tails and other things that will pop in when you unmute. Also, if those are *external* synths, mixed down on an external mixer and arriving in Live on a separate input, they will keep playing.

Just plug this device onto the track, and now the "mute" button on the track will block the MIDI data flow and make "mute" behave accordingly.

This is great for live "DJ Style" sets driving real-world synths from LIVE using a control surface. (I use an APC40mkII to run a bunch of analog gear)