Sync Visuals With Ableton Live (Via Resolume)

Learn how to sync and launch videos/visuals with your Ableton Live performances by linking Resolume with Ableton with OSC and Timecode. (This works with both Resolume Arena and Avenue)
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Resolume:
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Max for Live Plugin for OSC linking:
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SMPTE Generator website:
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Blackhole (aggregate audio device for Mac):
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Voicemeeter (aggregate audio device for Windows):
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[@JulianGrayMedia]

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[@marekstora]

I’m trying to prep a simple set with visuals and your video was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!

[@paulmackpaulmack]

Depends on your use case, but the following information may or may not be useful. This is what worked for us to have our Live 11 Suite session cue clips in Resolume Arena 7 on the same M1 MacBook Air without any additional plugins: [mac] - Open Audio MIDI Setup on Mac - Command+2 to Show MIDI Studio - Double-click IAC Driver and make sure it is online [ableton] - Ableton > Preferences > MIDI. Check IAC Driver Output track and remote options - Create a MIDI track and output to IAC Driver, MPE channel - Set MPE settings to multi-channel mode - Draw MIDI notes. Each note unique to a Resolume clip. We did this is arrangement view. [resolume] - Open Preferences and enable IAC Driver Bus 1 MIDI Input - Navigate to Shortcuts > Edit MIDI - Select a clip - Go to Ableton and play the unique MIDI note that corresponds with the clip. This will assign that note to the clip. - Exit out of Edit MIDI view and test. End result: when the Ableton session fires the MIDI, the data goes through the IAC driver, and launches the assigned Resolume clip. A note about timecode: Blackhole works fine. But we just made a physical loop out of an unused output into an unused input and then assigned that input as the SMPTE source in Resolume.

[@daveedbay]

perfect description thank you so much

[@paulmackpaulmack]

@@daveedbay Another observation: MIDI track should output to MPE channel when MIDI mapping into Resolume, but would be more reliable during playback when switching the MIDI track output to Ch2. I do not have an explanation for this, as I am not familiar with either Ableton or Resolume, and this was determined via trial and error only,

[@daveedbay]

@@paulmackpaulmack Just a quick note on this - i succesfully had a live performance using the setup you provided. MPE settings were multi-channel and you're correct that sending this to Ch2 only was the correect move for it to work with Resolume. However, this does mean I can have a gigantic set of notes sending to resolume and as long as the channels are set correctly I could essentially have over1000 individual clips or parameters being set by ableton. Same note, different channel :)

[@JonValtandtheEvilRobots]

Description says "Works with both Resolume Arena and Avenue," but that is not true. SMPTE only works with ARENA.

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Good note!

[@themusicalstrings412]

Hey Julian, great tutorial, a true pioneer. Question: do you ever link Resolume with Ableton with the "Link" feature? Would this replace the need for SMPTE? Thank you!

[@ZEVENXOFFICIAL]

yes please! do more resolume tutorials , there arent many great ones on here!

[@wiresounds135]

You never ever start SMPTE session on 00:00:00:00 . All pros start at 01:00:00:00 just in case you want to add something in the start so you don’t have to reprogram everything. With only two programs that’s easy but if you have 50 it is not fun.

[@designhuddlepodcast]

A lot of great tips in here. Thanks for all the effort making this ep happen!

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Great, deep run through. 2023 update, there are a lot more tools for native use in ableton, esp now that M4L/vizzie was put on steroids and bundled with suite…plus COVID probably lending to lots of spare time from devs. Some suggestions, esp if performing live is session view is your game, @ebosuite @showsync (video sync), @t3x2r, and some other more project ish M4L devices. In any case, this setup with resolume is def still the most code free winning setup I’ve seen so far if trying to go outside ableton. Party on 🎉🎉🎉

[@jacktheripperbass3401]

Oh yeah, I'm learning

[@JOSOdubz]

Hello, the link for the osc generator after hitting download on the website is not working is there another place to download the plugin bundles from?

[@chotawa]

Did you find another download page? no meeting...

[@yuanquan5797]

Software loopback audio doesn't work on a live setup, as it introduce too much latency. So I just plug the spdif output of audio interface back into the input. It worked perfectly

[@JulianGrayMedia]

If you can afford an extra input and output in hardware, that is the best solution yes!

[@LUCKYKATmeowsic]

no link in description to the Ableton Resolume bundle you are using in video. went on a hunt but got a dead web page. any way you can dm me the zip or link? thanks J ✊

[@hedydd_ioan]

Can't find it either, commenting and linking in hope to get the link to original bundle too

[@zpSoaD]

Did you find plugins? Is there any source to get them?

[@vlphvdio7574]

thanks for the video bro, one question - why not just to use ableton link? few clivks & its done or whats the difference ? Danke

[@jerefreeman2488]

My thoughts too? Why not just use Ableton Link, Resolume is set up for it?

[@BBoyXy]

It was really hard to find this video. Maybe because I was looking for "resolume timecode sync". Maybe you could try adding more tags? Thanks for the tips :)

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Sorry about that! hope it was insightful.

[@sharchik916]

How do you get this to sync up in Arrangement view instead of session view? Session view always hurt my brain and I'm trying to also automate lights and stuff that only make sense to me in arrangement view.

[@jessem3731]

please do the two computer version!! i am trying to figure this out now. any leads?

[@victoriamleitner274]

Thanks for this tutorial, very helpful! I have a doubt tho, by selecting Blackhole as your audio output, how do you get your audio to play on the speakers of the venue or your own? You still need to use your soundcard as an output to get the sound to the mixing table am I right? Ableton only gives you one output option so it's a bit confusing.

[@ANGELDISENY]

I have the same question. I'm trying to solve it but it's impossible. I have tried to configure "Multiple Outputs Device" on OSX Configuration Audio Midi but it only creates a Stereo.

[@jordanphilippe1438]

Hi Victoria, did you find a way to do so ?

[@jedho1972]

Hey Julian! AWESOME VIDEO...so informative.... So I've been using this heavily with the parameter forward functions with able 10 and res 6...I'm looking at able 11 but remember a while back when I upgraded (maybe it was a res upgrade, I don't remember), I had a lot of issues as the dispatcher needed some different coding in the maxforlive device.. you can confirm that there were no problems for you going from able 10 to 11? thanks!!

[@nevio___2290]

this tutorial is insaaanee. Super simple, love that. If we are linkin twc pc'c, could we connect them with a wire ore something thats not a network?

[@DrakDeth]

oi m8 the ooeevv site is gone and fb and telegram chnl are totally dead. can't find that plugin pack or anything else from them mirrored anywhere. what do? from my archeological digs it seems they had a resolume 6 version too, which i could use too.

[@byroncos]

Hi! I can't download the file from the link you provided... is there another link?

[@JulianGrayMedia]

If you search Ableton M4L to Resolume I think they have them on the official resolume website! :)

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

@@JulianGrayMedia Same issue. Your link does not have the M4L devices you use in the tutorial, so can't follow the tutorial. Shame!

[@zpSoaD]

@@JulianGrayMedia We searching for AbletonLive-Resolume plugins. Do you have a copy of them? Could you upload them somewhere and add a link to the description? The site does not work, the video becomes irrelevant now without these plugins.

[@chotawa]

Hello, Download page for Max for Live Plugin for OSC linking is down. Does anyone know where to download? I'd be really grateful. Thank you :)

[@sometimesjune1022]

Same! have also been looking for it!

[@kaki3609]

same here! @@sometimesjune1022

[@ashrahul6970]

Do more in depth video on this topic please

[@GarrettMusic1]

Awesome man! Thanks for making this

[@trancodingertranscodinger387]

Two computers please! Good one!

[@GustavoJacob]

I's waaaaaay simpler than what you explain here.

[@Acousticat84]

If you route the SMPTE via main audio output settings from Ableton via Blackhole to Resolume (Ch 3), the SMPTE connection works fine BUT it is not possible, to still listen to the Master (Ch 1/2) sound of Ableton via Interface (Komplete Audio 6) on my speakers or PA. How do you solve this when you want to perform live (both on the same computer)? I already tried to build a multi output device via Audio-MIDI-Setup which includes Blackhole and my interface and chose this as my output, but then the SMPTE connection in Resolume is not working anymore, because there is no possibility for multi device input (?) - it only works with Blackhole alone. Do you have a solution for that? How can i send the main audio signal from Ableton to the interface and the SMPTE signal to Resolume?

[@JulianGrayMedia]

You can use another program like audio hijack to receive the Blackhole signal and route it to your audio interface. Unfortunately there's not many options for this if you're using an aggregate device.

[@jpol221]

are you using 2 different computers to run Resolume and Ableton simultaneously? and if you are, what type of computer are you using?

[@jessem3731]

what i dont understnad is...if you are using a virtual output from Live, how do you output the literal audio?

[@JulianGrayMedia]

you route it through your soundcard, into the sound input on your second machine.

[@mohambobujambo]

hello what do i do if i'm trying to sync the official video of a song to a reproduced backing track that doesn't naturally match the official video and thusly the original track?

[@Luminyst]

this was extremely helpful to my project, thank you so much dude :)

[@kristapspucens]

There is no visual difference at 44 and 48 khz, what you want to do, is to use same sample rate as audio... if audio is in 44 or 88 use 44... if audio is 48 or 96, use 48....

[@tromal217]

Hello there ! I would really be interested to know in how to do that with 2 computers ! As you mentioned in the end. On computer plays the musique, the 2nd computer is doing live show via resolume, and when sync is needed, it would be awesome that the music computer can play his music and lauch the sync video clip on the 2nd computer at the same time. Thanks !

[@belugapromotions]

Can you combine Emu with this software within the same Ableton project?

[@manuelnicolasgonzalez9396]

buenísimo lo del monitor che!

[@ChuckSilva]

MAC OS ONLY??? should say that at the onset and save most of us a lot of time???????

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

It’s free lol 😂🎉 party on

[@extrathicc78]

It’s not Mac only, no idea what you’re talking about lol

[@abhishekmestry5114]

Great great great 👍

[@ponchodeluxe]

Hi, where can I find the link to the Resolume/Ableton devices?

[@aminb165]

THANKS!

[@Solanaar]

Ok, I'm a bit in shock. First I noticed your mic immediately. It's the AT2020. I know, since I have the same one sitting in front of me. And then I noticed that you also sit in the same chair. The IKEA one. Correct me if I'm wrong. But if I'm right this feels real trippy.

[@ddominomusic]

my mind is blown

[@MyMaxSim]

Ciao Julian, ho provato a fare di tutto ma non riesco a richiamare i video su più colonne di Resolume. Saresti disposto ad aiutarmi a sincronizzare ableton e resolume su due computer spigandomi passo passo quello che devo fare su Ableton? Chiaramente il tempo che impieghi per me sarà a pagamento. Grazie, spero che mi rispondi, a presto.

[@MultiMam12345]

mp4 is not a codec. its a container.

[@amatteuur]

hello. thanks for the video. what if I could send midi automations on ableton to contron resolume parameters such as opacity and dry/wet?

[@3xAudio]

Can you send SMTE over wireless to keep in sync or does it need to be an audio input to an interface?

[@drdank9013]

I wanna know about the resoloom, an ableton controlled loom.

[@lyndajones1133]

you didnt show which plugin to use

[@MulletDragon]

how does video synch reach the projector from a macbook?

[@alexyventura9594]

What version of Ableton do I need to get for the plugin to work? Currently have Intro version of it

[@JulianGrayMedia]

All versions will work for this!

[@perception5700]

is it possible to do this with ableton 10 and resolume 6?

[@SinLambda]

9:43 name visual

[@giyan_glorymultimedia]

how do I get the plugin By Number Nama ?

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Its in the sorting menu on the top bar of the plugin window!

[@nicolajesteban9211]

Does this also work with madmapper? :)

[@Slavestep]

I didn't catch any part in the video where you mentioned this but does this method work for following along with BPM changes? I need a solution where if I play a song in Live faster or slower than it's native tempo the pre-edited video clip in Resolume stays in sync by adjusting its playback speed as well.

[@AaronLevitz]

Resolume does support Ableton Link, but I don’t know whether that pairs well with SMPTE timecode (or if the two mangle each other). Some testing required.

[@AaronLevitz]

I guess they have to run independently of each other. Your SMPTE audio should play unwarped, and ignore tempo changes. You’d link that with video footage that plays in time with prerecorded audio, also ignoring tempo changes. Ableton Link would then lock any generative effects you might be using to the tempo of your live set. You can then automate tempo changes at the beginning of each song, and everything locks together. …but if you make spontaneous unplanned tempo changes, your video will fall out of sync. Planning is key here.

[@emumist]

@@AaronLevitz Hi, thank you! Does the SMPTE audio have to play unwarped in order to work in general?

[@AaronLevitz]

@@emumist I've never heard of it working any other way. You can, of course, test for yourself. Should be a fun experiment, and maybe you'll luck out. Just don't get complacent about testing every application you run that code into, and re-testing after every software update. (Your life will be much easier if you just assume that timecode has to play back at the same speed it was generated to play back at.)

[@NickFromNetherlands]

Tempo changes in (MTV) video is complex to handle. With Steinberg Spectalayers you extract the Kick. In Cubase import the video. Set track to time. Video and Audio are sync. Analyse the Kick track to generate tempo track. Convert the click track to DAW Reaper. All the markers can be converted from Reaper to GrandMA2 with plugin. Lights will be beat sync. (So no need to type SMPTE time for every beat it is done auto)

[@JonValtandtheEvilRobots]

There's no harm in showing your local IP address (10.* 192.* etc)

[@theymayneverknow]

Hey Julian, thanks for the tutorial. I'm having trouble with the tempo flying all over the place as soon as I start the clip in Ableton. The connection to Resolume works, and triggers a clip there, but Ableton's tempo starts going haywire as soon as the clip starts. Any clue on how to resolve this?

[@theymayneverknow]

I managed to work around this by writing a static tempo into automation on the master track in Ableton. Removed it and everything's running smoothly. Weird!

[@SinLambda]

11:05 smpte

[@lyndajones1133]

all is good except your monitor is very blurry and compressed even fullscreen and highest setting. meh

[@athopi]

I don't see the big deal... Magix Music Maker did the same thing over 20 years ago...

[@JulianGrayMedia]

nobody said it was a new thing haha