synchronisation traktor pro 1.2.6 et ableton live 8

Please note this feature is only available in TRAKTOR Pro and TRAKTOR Scratch Pro*.

To synchronize TRAKTOR and Ableton Live, follow these steps:

• Open the Controller Manager in TRAKTORS Preferences, click on Device->Add and choose Generic MIDI. This will create an empty Generic MIDI device page, which you will use to send the MIDI clock signal.

• Click on the Out-Port and select TRAKTOR Virtual Output.

• Close the TRAKTOR Preferences.

Go to TRAKTOR's Master Clock panel (it is right "under" the FX 1 panel):

• Activate Master Clock Auto Mode, by pressing the INT  button
• Activate the Master Clock Start button ( )

Go to LIVE's Preferences>MIDI Sync:

• Activate the "Sync" function of the Input of the Traktor Virtual Output

In LIVE's Master Tempo section activate "EXT" button.

FINE TUNING THE SETUP

• In LIVE if the MIDI connection is working correctly you should now see the the upper LED next to the EXT button blinking
• In TRAKTOR, turn the Master Clock Start button () On and Off and check that global Playbackbutton in LIVE starts and stops accordingly
• In TRAKTOR's Preferences>Audio Setup>Output Routing: switch to Internal Mode (this is required only for hearing the "TICK" via the main output and has to be switched back to External Mode. In theMonitor section, select the outputs connected to your speakers).
• In the In TRAKTOR's Master Clock Panel, activate the Tick button. You should now hear the tick of theClock on your speakers.
• In LIVE activate the Live Metronome. You should now also hear the tick of the Live metronome on your speakers
• In TRAKTOR's Master Clock Panel, turn Master Clock Start button () Off and back On to retrigger Live.
• In LIVE's Preferences>MIDI Sync, click on the the arrow in front of the used MIDI Input to open the details: Drag the "MIDI Clock Sync Delay" slider up and down until the TRAKTOR tick and the Live metronome run in perfect sync (-9.00 ms in this picture).

• In TRAKTOR's Master Clock Panel, verify the settings by turning the Master Clock Start button Off and back On. After a short initial offset, Ableton Live's metronome should catch up and get back in sync with TRAKTOR.
• In TRAKTOR's Master Clock Panel, change the master tempo by draggin the Phase Meter (in the Deck that is playing as Master) knob up and down. After a short initial offset, Ableton Live should again play in sync with TRAKTOR.

At this point everything is ready to go.

USING THE SETUP

In TRAKTOR's Master Clock Panel:

• Turn off the Tick button
• Activate the Auto button
• Activate the Master Clock Start button

- In TRAKTOR, load a track into a Deck, select Auto Mode in the Master Clock Panel, start playing it and press the Master Clock Start button. The track is now running in sync with the Master Clock. If additionally you want the track to follow tempo changes of the Master Clock, switch to Manual Mode. AFTER that activate the SyncMode button of the Deck, to synchronize the Deck to the Master Clock (The Sync Mode on the Deck will not activate if you are in Auto Mode in the Master Clock Panel).

- Make sure that in Preferences>Loading the option "Reset Controls>Reseting all deck controls when loading track" is unchecked.

In LIVE, turn off the metronome and load and activate the loop you want to play. It should instantly play in Sync with the track playing in TRAKTOR.

Note:
In TRAKTOR the Phase Meter of each Deck represents the offset to the Master Clock and thus to Ableton Live. For fine tuning reasons it is possible manually offset each track individually via the Pitch Bend buttons or via Phase Meter itself. The Deck's Sync button resets the offset of the Beatgrid of the loaded track to the Master Clock to zero.