Sending Midi Clock with a Macbook and No Audio 8
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    Default Sending Midi Clock with a Macbook and No Audio 8

    I just got Traktor Scratch Duo pack that comes with Audio 4. This is fine for my needs but I sometimes do back to back sets with a friend that uses and all Ableton 8 setup.

    I was wondering if the following is possible to keep Traktor and Ableton in Sync for B2B sets.

    1. Upgrade to Traktor Scratch Pro for Midi clock functionality.
    2. Purchase a midi to USB cable and a USB hub (Macbook has 2 USB sockets - Need 1 for Audio 4 and other for nocturn, hub would be used for Nocturn and Midi cable)
    3. Follow steps to sync programs.

    I have literally just bought Traktor and don't want to upgrade Audio 8 straight away until I get used to software or see if a new controller/soundcard like Xone 2d comes out in 2010.

    Would the above solution work ?

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    check out this thread:
    http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/sho...8887#post48887

    i'm not sure you'd be happy with the "syncing" even if you did get it to work via usb midi.
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    I think the solution that you posted is a little bit overkill, charo. Another solution is to buy a LAN crossover cable (couple of bucks) and send your midi data over LAN through ipMIDI (http://nerds.de/en/ipmidi.html). How to setup Traktor and Ableton so that they are synced, you'll have to do a search on this forum, since there are already two articles posted on how to do it on a Mac and on a PC.
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