Ableton Link Support
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:03 pm
Hey,
This was mentioned once in a post dated 2017, but things have moved on a bit since then!
To be clear, the beat detection in MMV is pretty good, but I think it could be made even better with actual BPM info and start/stop messages from Link.
My particular use case for supporting Ableton Link is beat information from a Denon DJ Prime Go which, as of the onboard OS 2.0, outputs Ableton Link data. Having Link support in MMV means avoiding annoying hacky work-arounds like using an iOS app to convert it to hardware MIDI, then connect that to a MIDI interface which is plugged into the machine running MMV.
There are likely ways of outputting Ableton Link from a DAW into MIDI sharing software, but that's still very much a workaround and having direct Link support in MMV simplifies the process greatly!
This was mentioned once in a post dated 2017, but things have moved on a bit since then!
To be clear, the beat detection in MMV is pretty good, but I think it could be made even better with actual BPM info and start/stop messages from Link.
My particular use case for supporting Ableton Link is beat information from a Denon DJ Prime Go which, as of the onboard OS 2.0, outputs Ableton Link data. Having Link support in MMV means avoiding annoying hacky work-arounds like using an iOS app to convert it to hardware MIDI, then connect that to a MIDI interface which is plugged into the machine running MMV.
There are likely ways of outputting Ableton Link from a DAW into MIDI sharing software, but that's still very much a workaround and having direct Link support in MMV simplifies the process greatly!