Linking two comuters running live

Regie_Boy · Post by **Regie_Boy** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:48 pm

If I have 2 laptops, both running live, is it possible to sync them?

If so, how is the best way to go about it?

Many Thanks in advance
DE

mr-e · Post by **mr-e** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:54 pm

connect both with a midi cable

there are some apps that allow midi transfer over LAN like
- http://midi-over-lan.qarchive.org/
- http://www.musiclab.com/products/rpl_info.htm

advantage is you can connect wireless this way and you don't need midi interfaces ... don't know if performance is better/worse than midi cables though

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:26 pm

By "comuters" do you mean you will be traveling by bus, train, or plane? This will make all the difference in the world on how you sync Live.

synnack · Post by **synnack** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:55 pm

http://www.teragon.org/wiki/index.php?title=MIDI_Sync

Or read the section on this in the manual

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:08 pm

One must be generating the clock signal, the other must be set to receive. So, one commuter must have Sync set to On in Live's MIDI preferences for it's MIDI output device. The other commuter must be set to receive Sync on it's MIDI input channel, and you must click the button in Live that says EXT to turn on external sync....also very important is that the slave commuter must be running when you hit EXT for it to work.