Recording an external midi instrument into Abelton setup

This is a basic Abelton setup.

How to record an external instrument into Abelton 

I want to be able to send and receive MIDI note data.

I also want to record audio from the synth.

 

Some synths use USB MIDI. Others use DIN MIDI

The example below is a VIRUS which uses USB and DIN.

In this example look up the preferences menu & make sure the soundcard is selected.

It will then appear in the dropdown box of its MIDI channel (1 MIDI).

The Virus is a really simple audio interface.

It has just one stereo input. 

In this case, its set up as external inputs 1 & 2

For every synth we need two tracks 

Audio track & MIDI track