Ableton Link - timeline position marker won't follow

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CakeAlexS
CakeAlexS Member Posts: 52 Member
edited July 3 in Maschine

Hi

I tried to get Studio One 7.2.1 to sync with Maschine 3.2 via Ableton link, both apps have link "enabled" and "Start stop sync".

… and it does sync BPM, and starts/stops the transport etc, but it loses it's place in the timeline, plays from different positions and does not stay in sync. It mostly "rewinds" to the beginning of the song when I need it to.

I've tried to do the same Ableton Live 10 and Maschine 3.2 and I'm getting similar results.

(Windows 11).

Any ideas?

Thanks.

EDIT - I guess I should try Studio One and Ableton Live next to see if it makes any difference.

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  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 2,765 Expert

    I'm pretty certain Ableton Link doesn't support location info. It's only for tempo syncing.

    If you're jumping around the timeline in one app and want the other to follow, you'll need to use MTC or SMPTE (etc).

  • D-One
    D-One Moderator Posts: 3,772 mod

    Indeed. Link is meant to be a Jam Session aid to stay in Sync across multiple gadgets and not a rigid timeline follower thing. It should stay in Sync tho, not sure whats going on over there.

    Theres some fancy stuff like "Phase Synchronization" to avoid devices in the session to not end up in strange places time-wise, but that's it.

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