How to Sync your Hardware with Ableton Live (with Usb, Midi & CV)

[@audioreakt]

I am really sorry I realised that sometimes I do things in Ableton but don't show it in realtime (mistake at the video editing), luckyly you can always see what I am talking about usually few moment later. So don't worry if I do something in Ableton that doesn't appear in the screen first, you'll be able to catch it exactly few moments later.

[@habasoundprod]

All You Need Is Live As a foreigner, it is important for me to clearly see what you change in the DAW on the screen and how you connect the instruments to the sound card. And also a small sketch with an example of how all this can play at the same time

[@audioreakt]

My fault, I understand, to be honest I am still struggling a lot on how to structure and create video related to hardware as I just started to do that lately. Thanks for your feedback anyway, I relly appreciate.

[@seabearho2188]

Thank you so much for that! You are right. There are a lot of videos that describe sync to one device but this is the first I've that describes syncing to multiple. A great help.

[@audioreakt]

Thanks mate , happy to help !

[@BluffMunkey]

If you're using external devices with their own sequencer, it's often better to set the outgoing midi clock type to pattern in Live's settings. It's usually set to song mode by default.

[@audioreakt]

I am gonna try that, thank you !

[@VNDM-MUSIC]

Me too!

[@lukakentucky937]

Thank you for that video. It will help so many people. And I've learned some things. I have some trouble with my Gear and know I know what to do. 🙏

[@audioreakt]

Thanks Luka, I am glad it could help !

[@maykit]

Great video, thx. I read a comment on a similar video and putting the Clock out on the master channel solves the latency issue with Volca Modular.

[@DennisKaneSound]

I swear my TR8S drops time just to mess with my emotions when playing live. This is a great vid as always 🔥

[@audioreakt]

Thanks, really ? I thought it was good when I saw how many people using it live !

[@DennisKaneSound]

@@audioreakt Oh yeah its great. I think my problem is that Live has been giving me CPU spikes since upgrading to 10 awhile back.

[@Luckyball8]

Thank u very much matte! Midi latency is a really headache and you solve it in a quick an easy way :)

[@audioreakt]

thanks mate, glad it could help !

[@Fauna_ofc]

Thank you for making this your channel is a source of knowledge and inspiration !!

[@audioreakt]

you're welcome !

[@85ringostar]

THIS IS AMAZING. I CAN NOW HAVE HYBRID ANALOGUE GEAR AND DIGITAL WITH ABLETON. I USE ABLETON AS MY BRAIN AND ALSO MASTER EFFECTS FOR LIVE USE. THANKYOU FR THIS AMAZING VIDEO

[@audioreakt]

my pleasure, glad I could help !

[@solidcapsulerecords]

you maded my day and saved me hours again:) Thx

[@audioreakt]

Haha happy to hear that, I totally feel you !

[@gabbers76]

Super intéressant Paul ,merci...

[@audioreakt]

Au plaisir !

[@Snairsw]

You are a Monster Need a friend like u thx so much

[@audioreakt]

ahaha cheers !

[@technogl48]

Dude I need your skills to set my behringer edge/crave/rd-9 push2 and live 9 suite

[@Snairsw]

Wish u where here for one day in my hobby studio 😅 ur always do great content 🙏

[@audioreakt]

haha we would probably spend the afternoon ranting about midi, audio input and why is not sync, and why it's not recognise in ableton etc...hahha, this is a struggle we all face no matter how experienced you are haha

[@Snairsw]

@@audioreakt thats the point hardware works great as long as I don't start ableton. With ableton midi clocks goes Crazy 😂 Yesterday i installed MOTU Midi Express XT hope next week It works🥳 Good evening

[@chafaisimo]

Great vidéo !! Thanks ! Are you putting reverb on your KICK? If yes wich one? coz it sounds great

[@audioreakt]

thanks mate, yeah I usually always have a rumble for the groove (kzbin.info/www/bejne/joilhmeErbWFrbc) and sometime I use a very short reverb for the top end too, to help the kick cut through the mix.(kzbin.info/www/bejne/nabdnqFqo82ZnZo )

[@DarlesFlow]

Great tutorial tnx a lot 🙏. Quick question , can i somehow sync ableton 11 with cdj nexus 2? So the dj will play a regular dj set and for example i want to follow with some loops, fx, percussion etc. Our gear is Pioneer Cdj nexus 2, mixer DDJ 900 with 2 sound card integrated, ableton push 2 and roland handpan. It seems is really hard to follow the bpm of the dj set, i tried everyrhing, but too many cables, too complicated setup with midi sync clock 😰. Tnx a lot for your awesome video keep up with your good work.

[@audioreakt]

thanks, I am not really familiar with the nexus 2 and his functions...but with the new ableton 11 you can ask ableton to follow the tempo of an external source, it might be a way

[@VNDM-MUSIC]

Thanks alot Paul! After seeing this I realized I could optimise the sync for my 303 ( by 11 ms!) As you can understand that's a biggie for me. Also and off- topic: sold my Minibrute 2S (awesome synth but didn't 'click' with me) and bought the Korg Minilogue XD module: awesome as well. Very versatile, hands-on and sounds like a beast.

[@audioreakt]

Hello Pepijn, glad it could help ! Really oh shoot, yeah that's show synth works, ome people will love it some not ! Glad you liked the XD, yeah it seems like a great synth for a great price !

[@mrbass093]

Thank you for this 👍🏻

[@audioreakt]

My pleasure

[@latergarside-244]

Man ive been looking to get a motu interface but they are out of my budget, turns out the 828mk2 firewire goes for a really good used price on reverb. May be have to get one! Or if u where me do u get a brand new one and take the hit?

[@audioreakt]

Yeah I got mine 250£ years ago, it's very solid and still working very well without any problem (considering how old this card is). Check focusrite scarlett 18i20 I think, which seems to be a good card for the price

[@aounms]

@@audioreakt focusrite is not dcc

[@latergarside-244]

M. Aoun what is dcc?

[@audioreakt]

@@latergarside-244 Yes he is right, dcc mean dc coupled, I forgot about it, you need an interface with dc coupled i/o if you want to sync your hardware by cv. Second hand motu 828 mk2 might be the cheepest option, check more info here : help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004966139

[@gupymusic1199]

Thank you so much!

[@audioreakt]

You're welcome!

[@romantio]

how did you connect so many synthesizers if your sound card doesn't have so many inputs? are you using a mixer?

[@audioreakt]

I have a mother 828mk2, which got 8 input so was enough until recently, then I got an ferrofish 16 for more input and output via adat

[@Eriser]

Au top comme d’habitude. Je remarque que ton clavier d’ordinateur bouge sous la table tu le garde sur les genoux en permanence ?

[@audioreakt]

Merci, non c'est juste pour la video, vu que je filme d'en haut et que je ne veux pas que le clavier apparaisse dans la video, je l'avais mis sur mes genous, sous la table. Il me faudrait un bureau avec un tirroir coulissant pour le clavier lol

[@jonydemon]

Bro super fast speaking 🗣️ Cool bro 😃 I think you will very fast rapper 😜 great lesson ☺️ Thanks 👍

[@audioreakt]

haha I need to chill when speaking I know... it will come with time haha ! cheers

[@SchulleHBS]

Hey you‘ve setted midi clocktype in songmode for your Minibrute. Would you choose this Setting also for Digitakt?! best regards

[@audioreakt]

Ableton is master, all the hardware is slave.

[@flix3o3]

Thanks dude

[@audioreakt]

you're welcome !

[@stolencoats63]

Alot of the delay you are getting is due to monitoring your audio in Ableton while recording. You have to direct monitor through your audio interface (set that up in your interface config app) and make sure Ableton monitoring is set to OFF.

[@rollitkvah4238]

Hello, Could you help me, Im using MPK249 midi controler with ableton, through MIDI track with External instrument running to Arturia Minibrute 2S, I can manage to control MB2S with MPK249 through Ableton. My issue is I can't have the ARP randomisation to work with the MPK , the arp is just steady , however when I press the pads on MB2S I can hear the randomisation. Thank you

[@audioreakt]

But the randomisation on the minibrute work only with the Sequencer no ? I am not sure it work with the arp.

[@finionio91]

Cable from 16:41 Is it "stereo" 3.5mm to two 1/4 inch trs? but, the ring of both trs is "floating"? (both rings arent connected to anything)

[@audioreakt]

Yeah I used a trs cable because I dindt have a ts cable but it work with ts cable,

[@finionio91]

@@audioreakt so now i can conclude.... that for synthdevice sthat just use +/-3.5 V, that FLOATING RING CABLE ,topic is not relevant. It can take it, volca modular can take it. It says on the manual +/-3.3V. I thought to make this "Y" cable, trs miniplug to two trs plug with floating ring,its no use to worry about, if voltage use is low.... (may i ignorantly presume). Thanks so much for this great content.

[@koolvapes8099]

super tuto ! l'edirol j'avais la meme :)

[@audioreakt]

Haha putain, je l'ai toujours en backup, mais je lui ai mis la misere a l'epoque haha

[@koolvapes8099]

@@audioreakt la mienne est dead ;)

[@alienlovetunes]

Hmmm missing the actual hardware to midi connection which is what confused me, maybe it’s in a different video

[@audioreakt]

the part with the volca nubass no ?

[@mojodrum3215]

Could you tell me if l can use my cobalt8 synthesizer in Ableton to connect to scaler 2 and use the sound patches from my synth in scaler 2, I can't seem to make it work.

[@audioreakt]

I never used scaler, so check if you can play with your vst/external instrument in scale. It should be I think, captain chord does it

[@mojodrum3215]

@@audioreakt l'm only using Ableton live lite could this be the problem because l don't see the external instrument feature.

[@arjanpetersen]

I think you can set the latency in the external instrument plugin

[@audioreakt]

yeah but if I remember well it's just positives values

[@ecilo307]

Brothers i have simple question for routing when u connect analog to daw, some of gear is double sound, how i turn off that?

[@audioreakt]

That's weird, check you soundcard sometime on some sound card you can choose to hear the input even without being connected to your computer. Which sound card do you use ?

[@ecilo307]

@@audioreakt Scarlett brother. Finally i found it that is the problem from Behringer pain in the ass lol

[@mdseries.5260]

Hello bro do you think that your sync config it could function with tr8 vía usb + neutron + pocket operator po- 12

[@audioreakt]

I don't own this machine so I can't tell exactly. But I think you can sync the tr8 via usb, then you can take the midi out from the tr8 to sync the neutron. And for the PO-12 if you have something like the volca modular to sync with a small jack cable, you might use ableton cv clock to send clock to your po12

[@finionio91]

22:40 why not using negative track delay on the audio modular track?

[@audioreakt]

yes indeed, maybe there was a reason but I don't remmember, I probably tried it and wasn't as good as I wanted

[@finionio91]

@@audioreakt more cpu? ... Have to really congratulate you. This video is awesome,. Your channel is awesome, two years have gone. Advanced content

[@JustyJ312]

I was thinking the same thing...

[@ickebins6948]

Somehow I cant get my hydrasynth to sync properly... It doesnt matter what value I set in the "Midi Clock Sync Delay" It stay's at around 70ms

[@audioreakt]

That's weird it should compensate, other wise use Ableton Delay compensation per track

[@ickebins6948]

@@audioreakt I got it working with the "Driver Error Compensation" it is alright with one external instrument. Otherwise it will be the Track compensation :) Thanks for the reply

[@truckwillis]

cool vid

[@audioreakt]

Thanks man !

[@finonomastropiero4261]

Can a scarlett 2i2 output cv with its two mono balanced outputs? supposing i dont have monitors, which I don’t. kek

[@audioreakt]

check ableton website and the cv tools info, you have a list of all the soundcard that are compatible

[@finonomastropiero4261]

@@audioreakt lmao i just bought a presonus studio 26c interface. Its cheap, its not shitty, it has 4 dc coupled outputs, as well as a midi interface. But i have just read, that on this model , since its a bus powered device, it has a lower range of control voltage... have i wasted my money? This voltage range reduction, could it be fixed on the cv clockout device? Like not reducing that much the “amp” of cv clokcout?

[@audioreakt]

@@finonomastropiero4261 To be honest this kind of information you need to check on ableton website or ask focusrite or ask ableton because I reckon it is a complex things and better double check two times before.

[@finionio91]

juejue, did buy presonus studio 26c audio interface! its nice.... But that damn cable for sending cv's..

[@Stacity]

I am just starting out with hardware if it gets overly complicated il just get a sound engineer to set it all up for me.

[@audioreakt]

get ready to struggle, between midi and audio laytency, the struggle is real. if you get someone to set it up, make sure they explain to you how to set it up, even if you have to pay more because you will always have some struggle here and there along the way

[@howlinberry1645]

I ended up just having to get the ERM Multiclock.

[@audioreakt]

Same 🤣

[@hasan7786]

Live doesnt have tight sync. The End. It will always be off, even if you get it to sync by the 2nd bar, that start is always off. Best case, record multiple bars and trash the 1st bar.

[@audioreakt]

with midi yes indeed, that waht I usually do (scrapping the first bar). On the other hand My Analog Rytm sync perfectly to live with usb...probably because of the editor that make the link between hard and ableton...

[@hasan7786]

@@audioreakt Thats good to know.

[@cristiansoto2001]

merci bcp ! c est tres clair même si mon français est mieux que l anglais

[@audioreakt]

De rien !

[@Metaphysticles]

How many times are you going to mention why you are making this video

[@habasoundprod]

Синхронизировал пол часа и ничего в итоге синхронно не играет. 🤦‍♂️ Дизлайк чувак

[@audioreakt]

Where ? The sync is perfect with midi and usb either when using the internal sequencer of the hardware or using ableton sequencer. I only strugled with the clock of the Volca Modular but still came out with the solution by passing throught the sync of the nubass connected via midi.

[@habasoundprod]

All You Need Is Live , I put a dislike for the last part of the video, where the delay could not be compensated. In addition, you could do a little sketch of playing all the instruments at the same time that you synchronized. I am sure that then micro delays were especially audible.

[@habasoundprod]

Pepito Jose tnx. I will check it

[@audioreakt]

​@@habasoundprod I understand,, in retrospect I would have probably done the video a bit differently and much more visual than it is. Again thanks for your feedback anyway, it help me progress and make better video for next times !

[@alexconroy696]

This shit here? p u r e k n o w l e d g e a n d g u i d a n c e

[@audioreakt]

Haha thanks mate !

[@beytullahkeskin1153]

Ableton's Sound Engine Is Very Bad ....

[@audioreakt]

haha you're back, if it's that terrible just switch DAW and watch video about other DAW than ableton.

[@beytullahkeskin1153]

okey