in this case you must set up the es-9 in the audio preferences as your interace and set the driver as well
btw…Ableton Live + ES-x has been asked many times in this community…have you taken a look?
the problem is that “vanilla” Live is not a multichannel DAW, it only works in stereo. 1 track = 2 channels. period.
I don’t have time now to explain everything in details, but what you are trying should be perfectly achievable.
I say “should” because I don’t have a Mac, but if I can do it in Windows…
the problem is Live’s routing, because ES-9 (I have one) + VCV Rack work fine together.
in Reaper it’s easy AF.
start looking for “Ableton Live ES” (and so on) in this forum.
grab some basic infos here (read all the discussions from the beginning):
for other workarounds look for “Michael G. Wagner spatial audio” on the web
