NDLR Distorted recording of soft synth in Ableton

[Jesse Johannesen]

Appreciate the reply, I’ve got a feeling it’s not set up correctly. Do you have a set-up DAW guide especially Ableton Live? I’ve got a feeling a lot of people will be using the NDLR to control a mixture of hardware and software from within a DAW environment.

The manual has a PC soft synth / DAW setup guide on pages 28-29. There is a diagram there as a reference but here's the text from that section:
PC Soft Synths
        The NDLR supports four MIDI ports over USB. This makes it easy to connect The NDLR to
        individual (stand-alone) synths on the PC without needing a DAW or virtual MIDI channel
        splitting.

        1.  Plug The NDLR to the PC.
        2.  Open the soft synth.
        3.  Choose a MIDI Port and Channel:        NDLR PORT 1, NDLR PORT 2, NDLR PORT 3, or NDLR PORT
              4, channels 1-16.
        4.  Choose the same MIDI Port and Channel on The NDLR (Settings 1 menu).

        DAWs (VST, AU, etc.)
        Follow the steps above for soft synths and setup the DAW’s instrument channels for MIDI Port
        and Channel and choose the same MIDI Port and Channel on The NDLR (Settings 1 menu).
       
        Configuring each DAW and synth plug-in is different, refer to your DAW’s manual for setting up  
        MIDI instrument tracks.

The full manual is available at https://conductivelabs.com/wp-content/up...l-v1.6.pdf