Can you sync Ableton from the machine?

Elektron Software Overbridge
#1

If you press play on the AR or A4 will Ableton start playing? Or is the sync still the other way around?

Thanks!

#2

Yes? No? Maybe so?

#3

AR: clock send on, Live: Input ports sync on (AR), upper left corner in Live, EXT-Button on…

#4

I may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure if you do this it will be sync over midi, as opposed to using elektron’s proprietary OB sync protocol.
As far as I can tell from playing with it, the transport using OB sync only works the other way (i.e… DAW=host, AR/A4/AK=slave)

#5

Thanks. I’m out of town and the 1.0 release says sync saw to Elektron sequencer but I had a feeling that wasn’t the case. Just checking.

#6

I may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure if you do this it will be sync over midi, as opposed to using electron’s proprietary OB sync protocol.
As far as I can tell from playing with it, the transport using OB sync only works the other way (i.e… DAW=host, AR/A4/AK=slave)[/quote]

Yes, you are right imho, syncing Live as slave from AR would have made sense before OB was out (in particular setups).

Due to rock solid sync of die OB-plugin it makes no sense anymore to use Live as a slave, furthermore u need to downgrade the AR to non-.OB.

#7

I also wish a lot that it was possible to start Ableton by using the Elektron transport buttons.
It’s the only thing left that I’m missing from OB.

I guess it’s a bit complicated with different hosts. It took while until Maschine finally had this feature.

#8

The fact that OB sync only one way is a bit annoying for me as well : I have to change the way I connect the machines when I put the computer in the game, whereas otherwise I would just plug AR USB cable.

While waiting this to happen, maybe you can enslave Ableton to another gear ? That’s what I’ll do with the OT as mater, because OT is the Master, isn’t it ?