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Ableton (ALS File Export and Link)

Ableton is a music software company that developed Ableton Live (a DAW for macOS and Windows), software instruments, sample libraries and hardware controllers.

However there are several connections with IOS music making:

  • Some IOS apps offer the possibility to export into the Ableton Live format
  • Many IOS apps offer synchronization using the Ableton Link standard.

The ALS file format is an XML file format (packed with zip compression) that can contains midi notes and automation data from multiple tracks.

Apps with ALS export:

  • Gadget
  • Groovebox

From the Ableton Link Documentation: <html>

<p>Ableton Link is a technology that synchronizes musical beat, tempo, phase, and start/stop commands across multiple applications running on one or more devices.</p> <p>Applications on devices connected to a local network discover each other automatically and form a musical session in which each participant can perform independently: anyone can start or stop while still staying in time. Anyone can change the tempo, the others will follow. Anyone can join or leave without disrupting the session.</p>

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There more than 150 IOS apps supporting the link sync standard.

You can find a Link-enabled Products List at Abletons website. The app types range from audio mixers, recorders, sequencers, drum maschines, loopers to synthesizers.

The Ableton Link Apps List on the Synthyfrog website lists about 180 apps with link support.

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