DEEPER SYNC WITH EXTERNAL TECH IN ABLETON LIVE
TECHNIQUE DEEPER SYNCING WITH LIVE DEEPER SYNCING WITH LIVE TECHNIQUE
Last time, we covered using Ableton Link to synchronise software on macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android, over a wifI network. It also works cabled over ethernet, and even with wifi-enabled hardware such as Akai’s Force groovebox. Link is great, but there are times when we need to use more old-school solutions. This may happen because the other software involved doesn’t use Link, or we want a deeper relationship with audio and MIDI routing, or because we’re using hardware gear that doesn’t have wifi.
ON THE WIRE
ReWire provides perfectly timed sync between two or more applications, but it only works within one computer. However, it makes fantastic setups with combos such as Logic and Live, with Live’s spontaneity and Logic’s detailed programming. The other classic ReWire team is Live with Reason. Back in the earlier days of Live, when it
