Tempo sync with live Pianist
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:52 am
Hi fellow Abletonites,
I'm looking for a way to real time sync Ableton to a live pianist.
The basic idea is to set up an orchestra in warping clips and have a pianist play the lead. Doing this with a rigid time signature sounds very odd. The pianist being able to play dynamically is the key here, so I need Ableton to somehow constantly track and follow the players tempo.
There's Beat Seeker for drums (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH18KBNnARk) and I was wondering if there's something like that using either tonal or MIDI input and intelligently extracting tempo from that. I doubt that, for instance, just mapping MIDI keyboard keys to the tap tempo button would lead to usable results when playing classical pieces, that's why I am saying "intelligently extract".
Anyone can help?
Cheers, Tim
I'm looking for a way to real time sync Ableton to a live pianist.
The basic idea is to set up an orchestra in warping clips and have a pianist play the lead. Doing this with a rigid time signature sounds very odd. The pianist being able to play dynamically is the key here, so I need Ableton to somehow constantly track and follow the players tempo.
There's Beat Seeker for drums (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH18KBNnARk) and I was wondering if there's something like that using either tonal or MIDI input and intelligently extracting tempo from that. I doubt that, for instance, just mapping MIDI keyboard keys to the tap tempo button would lead to usable results when playing classical pieces, that's why I am saying "intelligently extract".
Anyone can help?
Cheers, Tim
