Abelton Link
  • timbrass
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    Abelton Link

    by timbrass » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:09 pm

    I have Abelton 11 (Intro edition) running at 80 BPM in arrangement mode and MM set to "Abelton Link" (both on same machine), but I don't see any difference in (say) strobe speed when I increase/decrease the BPM in Abelton.

    What does the Abelton link actually do? Do you need to set something in Abelton (some macro perhaps?)
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    Re: Abelton Link

    by mad-matt » Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:39 pm

    Did you enable Link in Ableton ?
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    Re: Abelton Link

    by timbrass » Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:52 pm

    On WIndows 10 and Abelton 11 Intro edition I don't see the Link option UI.

    Abelton help says "As of Live 9.7.1, Link usage is only possible with ASIO drivers. If Direct X/MME is selected in Audio Preferences, Link will be automatically disabled and therefore not show up in the Live Transport Bar."

    I don't have ASIO drivers (I have Direct X/MME) so it would appear it doesn't work :-(
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    Re: Abelton Link

    by timbrass » Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:35 pm

    So you can install an ASIO driver from https://www.asio4all.org/ and LINK appears in Abelton UI (and then works as expected in MM). The only issue is that the sound is terrible (will see if I can fix that, but its an Abelton issue).

    Anyway the upshot is you need working ASIO to get it to work!
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    Re: Abelton Link

    by mad-matt » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:34 pm

    Sorry I wasn't aware Live needed ASIO for Link to be available... Annoying.
    ASIO4ALL is indeed an option!

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