Hi all, this is a guide on how to sync two computers (osx 10.4) running Ableton Live. Enjoy:)
To set up network midi via 10.4's built in network midi controls is extremely easy.
On all of the machines you want to add into the synchronized pool...
1: Open AudioMidi Setup (/Applications/Utilities/AudioMidi Setup.app)
2: Double-Click the Network Midi device icon
3: Click the "+" button below "My Sessions" to create a new session, I name them the machine name and a number so I know later who's talking to whom.
4: Enable the session(s) that you created.
5: On the machine you want to send from, pull down the top bar next to where it says live routings. pick the session you will want to use to control others. On the slave(s), pull down the bottom bar and setup a route from the network to the session (incoming).
6: Under "Who May Connect to Me" I always choose "Anyone" to make things easy
7: In the Directory Window... select the machine to start the session and click connect.
when you open Live at this point you'll see Midi devices with corresponding names that will route over the network. Latency can be adjusted but on a Gig-E network (Cat5e or Cat6 patch direct between Power/MacBooks etc..) you shouldn't see much of a delay, within operating ranges once you get the feel.
Now the next fun part...Enable AudioUnits and route the audio over the network using the AUNet set of plugins. I don't know if all of these are typically installed, but if not, they're part of the Apple Xcode developer tools that are free to download from Apple. I really don't have that much of a need to do all of this, but when I tested it out, performance was better by far over something like Jack without taxing CPU resources (being an AudioUnit and harnessing CoreAudio instead of Live).
Ableton - Sync Two Computers (osx 10.4) Running Ableton Live
Saturday, 25 July 2009Posted by WIN at 19:26
Labels: Ableton live Techniques
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