Loud noise in Ableton when trying to receive MIDI clock from Digitakt

Elektron Gear Digitakt
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Not sure I’m doing this right, but I’ve got Digitakt connected to Ableton Live 10 using a USB cable.

My MIDI out on the Digitakt is going to my modular system, which is sending audio back into Ableton via my Focusrite Interface.

When I click the EXT button in Ableton, it seems to synch up with the Digitakt. But when I hit Record/Play on the DIgitakt I get an obnoxious noise.

My MIDI settings in Ableton look like this:

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And I’ve got Clock Receive and Clock Send boxes ticked in the MIDI Sync settings on the Digitakt.

Help?

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Figured it out. Just had to turn Clock Receive off in the Digitakt. Hahaha.

Hope this post lives to help any other poor souls figure it out.

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Still getting lag in how long it takes to synch between stop and start. Takes a full 3-4 measures for Ableton to catch up with the clock on the Digitakt, which throws off any effects that are slaved to Ableton’s BPM.

Anybody encounter this?

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Can you not lock the tempo in Ableton so it doesn’t have to count again every time it starts?