Serato Scratch Live & Ableton Live in Sync?!

benjamingordon · Post by **benjamingordon** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:16 pm

Hi.

I sometimes feel that decks (2 sound sources) isnt enough but i like mixing and scratching. It would be good if you could get Ableton Live in sync with SSL so Ableton adjusts to the tempo of SSL?

Anyone know if this is possible?

I use the Allen & Heath - XONE:92 DJ Mixer which has midi out. It can send midi clock, but only based upon the tempo you hit a button on the mixer. This would mean consistently tapping a button during my set which would be very time consuming and would probably not be very accurate.

If there was a device that detected the audio tempo and changed it to MIDI or there was anyway SSL could tell another device that the song was at "?" tempo then that might work. . .

Just throwing ideas into the melting pot. . . Im probably day-dreaming but thats where lots of peeps get their inspiration from!

Cheers everyone, Ben

benjamingordon · Post by **benjamingordon** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:54 am

Anyone?

Daim · Post by **Daim** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:33 pm

there's ~200 threads about this on this and the serato board, why starting 2 new ones?

dphouse84 · Post by **dphouse84** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:27 pm

external midi clock

Scottery · Post by **Scottery** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:50 am

This seems like a lot of hassle!

Patch · Post by **Patch** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:56 am

DJ Decks does this (midi clock out) - and it works with Serato Timecode Vinyl. I'm (still) experimenting with this...

There is a shareware version of DJ Decks (works for 30 mins - with no restrictions) and there are a TON of decent skins for it (one that looks a lot like Serato, so if you're used to Serato's interface you might like to give it a go).

DJ Decks is not such a toy as many people wuold have you think.

Fidel · Post by **Fidel** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:08 am

Although Deckadance isn't entirely ready for prime time, The next version out will have the ability to sync with ableton as slave and master. Deckadance does work with serato currently under the Learn timecode button for vinyl and using the serato hardware. Something to consider..