Ableton Link

Introduced in Onyx version 4.10

 

Ableton Link allows for synchronizing tempo, beat, and phase from Ableton Live and Ableton Link-enabled applications via a network connection.

Information from Ableton Link can be applied to Chase cuelists or Dylos input channels.

 

 

Setting up Ableton Link

  1. Navigate to the Library (default view 5), and select Input Source

  2. All Input Sources will be blank if you're starting from scratch. To create one, Right-click or press and hold EDIT , then press an empty slot.

  3. Select Create Input Source...

  4. Select Beat Provider from the Processor section

  5. Select the Source Type

  6. Select Synchronization, then Ableton Link


  7. (Optional) Enable "Output Active" - When enabled, changes made to Tempo (BPM) will be sent to all device devices in Link Session.

  8. Press OK to create an Ableton Link Input

 

Ableton Link Options

 

  1. To edit a Ableton Link Input, right-click on or hold Edit and select the Ableton Link Input.

  2. Select Show Details


  3. From the menu below, you can change of the properties of the Ableton Link.


    Table of Controls

    Control Description

    Properties

    Active/Inactive State: Toggles the state of the Input between Active and Inactive.

    Change Input: Used to select a different source input for this Input.

    Fixture Selection State: Select the Input as a fixture for making changes using the Channel visualizer (CV)

    Beats Per Minute: Shows the current detected or operating BPM

    Ableton Links: Shows the number of active Ableton Links

    This Selects if the changes should be made to the default properties of the Input or put into the programmer like if editing a fixture.

    Defaults: Used for changing the default state of the Input

    Programmer: Used for temporary changes recorded into a cue.

    Intensity

    Output: Sets the Output level of the Input

    Opacity Level: Sets the Opacity level of the Input

    Gobo

    Beat Display: Sets the Beat mode between Phase, Flash, Alternate, and Pulse

    • Phase: Beats trigger a fading flash
    • Flash: Beats trigger a flash every beat
    • Alternate: Beats trigger a flash every other beat
    • Pulse: Beats trigger a pulsing fading flash up and down

    Quantum:  The Quantum as the number of beats in one bar of the music/ the number of beats before a loop starts again. A quantum of 4 means the beats are numbered as 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,...

    Beam Effects

    Startup BPM: Starting BPM when beat control is set to "LOCK" 

    Beat Control: Sets if the input should Track the BPM or Lock onto the BPM set using Startup BPM

    Beat Fade Time: Sets the Fade Time for each beat.

    Beat Latency: Sets a positive or negative latency to the beat timing

    CueLists

    Shows the CueLists currently using the BPM as timing information.