Live vs. SL

[jesse]

In fact, you don't even need a midi router to do this, you can do it all within Live.

Just set it up as follows:
1. In SL's Preferences->Misc/Latency tab, select both "Output MIDI clock" and optionally "Send MIDI start event on trigger". With Live, you'll also want to turn on "Round tempo to integer values on record", because of the way Live rounds incoming sync.
2. In Live's Preferences->MIDI Sync tab, turn the "Sync" on for "Input: SooperLooperAU_out"
3. Then click the EXT button in the top left of the Live GUI to turn on external sync.
4. In SL, set the 'sync to' to one of the loops or internal. Record your first loop in SL, Live should start up and the tempo will be whatever SL's is. Voila.

[ZEF]

Thanks sam_square and jesse for the great sync tips!
Live and SL still integrate perfectly but now I don't need to start my songs with a click from Live to ensure sync. Just what I was dreaming for, yet it was always there. SL rocks!
Thanks

[Gabster]

In fact, you don't even need a midi router to do this, you can do it all within Live.

Just set it up as follows:
1. In SL's Preferences->Misc/Latency tab, select both "Output MIDI clock" and optionally "Send MIDI start event on trigger". With Live, you'll also want to turn on "Round tempo to integer values on record", because of the way Live rounds incoming sync.
2. In Live's Preferences->MIDI Sync tab, turn the "Sync" on for "Input: SooperLooperAU_out"
3. Then click the EXT button in the top left of the Live GUI to turn on external sync.
4. In SL, set the 'sync to' to one of the loops or internal. Record your first loop in SL, Live should start up and the tempo will be whatever SL's is. Voila.

Jesse - this is brilliant!

So in other words the tempo will be set by the TAP buttons on SL? Or is calculated on the fly by the start/stop of the first loop recording?

cheers!
Gabi.

[jesse]

The tempo is calculated from the length of the first loop (and the 8ths/cycle setting, or automatically) when syncto is set to one of the loops. If the sync-to is set to Internal the tap tempo button can be used to set it, or it can be set directly.