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Old 03-15-2012, 07:46 PM
SidMonshi SidMonshi is offline
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Syncing Ableton with a loop station

Hey guys, I posted here a while ago asking for your opinions on my live set up. At this point, my set up consists of my delay pedal and tuner pedal going through my Boss RC-300 loop station, going through my half stack. On top of this, I have been playing along with beats that I've made on Ableton, which are being played through a separate speaker system. This seems like the ideal set up for a solo musician like myself, but I've run into a problem.

I can't get my loops to sync up perfectly with the beats. So the loops get more and more off from the beat with every consecutive loop. What are my options here to make this work?

Any info is much appreciated!
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Old 03-15-2012, 10:18 PM
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midi?
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Old 03-15-2012, 11:41 PM
SidMonshi SidMonshi is offline
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How does that work if the laptop is going through the PA and the guitar is going through the stack?
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Old 03-16-2012, 07:32 AM
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How does that work if the laptop is going through the PA and the guitar is going through the stack?
That doesn't matter. They just need to both be using the same clock. You need to run a midi cable from the computer to the looper and per Roland:
"(*) MIDI synchronization is possible with other RC-300 devices or when RC-300 is set to master."
So the clock in the RC300 will set the tempo for the clock in Ableton.
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Old 03-16-2012, 08:36 PM
SidMonshi SidMonshi is offline
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Just got it working! Thanks guys
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Old 03-29-2013, 08:09 AM
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Hello guys,
we are trying to sync Ableton Live (6.0.11) (as slave) with a Roland RC-300 loopstation (soundcard is a RME fireface 800).
We've tried everything but nothing seems to help.
We think that it is some settings in Ableton Live that are not correct.
Can anyone explain how to set Ableton Live as a slave?
Thanks
Jan
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Old 03-29-2013, 03:06 PM
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Hello guys,
we are trying to sync Ableton Live (6.0.11) (as slave) with a Roland RC-300 loopstation (soundcard is a RME fireface 800).
We've tried everything but nothing seems to help.
We think that it is some settings in Ableton Live that are not correct.
Can anyone explain how to set Ableton Live as a slave?
Thanks
Jan
Upgrade to 9.
Ableton had a lot of problems syncing to external midi clock in older versions. 9 isn't perfect, but a LOT better than previous versions.
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