# \[idiot post\] Sync Traktor + Maschine with midi cable **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/idiot-post-sync-traktor-maschine-with-midi-cable/50451 "2012-12-07T13:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beisi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/beisi/32/12820_2.png) [@beisi](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/beisi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/idiot-post-sync-traktor-maschine-with-midi-cable/50451/21 "2013-02-07T21:20:55Z")
The latest most interesting thing I have seen on the subject is ‘Copperlan’ mentioned in this thread: > **[Problems syncing Traktor and Ableton -\> Traktor Audio 10](https://forum.djtechtools.com/showthread.php?t=67080)** > > Hi, > > I tried now a whole day to get rid of my actual problem syncing Traktor (2.6) and Ableton (latest). The problem is on a Macbook Pro Retina and on a actual iMac.. > > I have setup everything with Jack-Pilot, tried later also Soundflower, but the... Another idea might be to see if you can dual boot osx or use a hackintosh on the cheap. Also, my idea, a while back was to use a non computer external clock source, for which the cheapest and most accurate I could find was the midipal: [http://mutable-instruments.net/midipal](http://mutable-instruments.net/midipal) The thinking was to try and remove any dependence on the windows os, especially if it midi clock handling is being forceably reprioritized all the time. But, slaving traktor/maschine off this via a DIN cable still gave me drift issues. I really hope that NI would integrate Maschine as another type of Traktor deck in the near future, it surely wouldn’t be too hard for them to do, or alternatively implement midi time code, its already in ableton [Previous page](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/idiot-post-sync-traktor-maschine-with-midi-cable/50451.md?page=1)