Reference Manual

565 Synchronization and ReWire
MIDI signals, and all of its audio tracks and MIDI tracks containing instruments are accessible as
audio sources.
If you have not used Live yet, please launch Live so that it can install its ReWire engine in your
system.
Live will run in ReWire slave mode if it detects a running ReWire master application upon startup.
Therefore, always start the ReWire master application first, and then start Live.
Likewise, you will first have to quit Live, then the ReWire master application.
Live’s operation in ReWire slave mode differs from the usual operation in some regards:
•Live will not have direct access to the audio interfaces; audio input/output is handled by
the ReWire master application. No audio input will be available to Live.
•The sample rate is determined by the host application rather than by Live.
•External synchronization will be disabled (synchronize to the ReWire master application
instead). Live will not send sync or controller messages to the MIDI output. Controlling Live
via MIDI is still possible.
•Live will not act as a ReWire master application. For instance, you cannot run Rebirth as a
ReWire slave of Live while Live is running as a ReWire slave of Cubase. You can, however,
run both Live and Rebirth as ReWire slaves of Cubase at the same time.
•Time signature and tempo will be determined by the settings in the ReWire master applica-
tion. If your Live Set contains any tempo or time signature changes, they will be ignored.
31.2.3 More on ReWire
You can find additional information about configuring and using ReWire at Ableton’s FAQ web
pages
11
.
If you cannot seem to find an answer there, please contact the Ableton support team
12
.
11 http://www.ableton.com/pages/faq/rewire
12 http://www.ableton.com/support