#1

I know bitwig can act as midi clock slave but is anyone aware of a DAW that can go a step further and actually record the tempo information it is being slaved to including changes?

I love the power DAW’s bring for things like arranging but I really wish I could have them slave to and record arbitrary tempo changes that I might generate with Max.

#2

in ableton you can automate/midi map tempo if that’s what yr thinking of

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#3

There’s a M4L device by James Holden to slave sync Ableton to a live drummer. I don’t have Ableton anymore, but maybe that gives you the ability to do what you are asking for.

#4

Logic Pro X does this with “Smart Tempo”, but I’m not sure it can act as a MIDI clock slave.
Hope this helps (my first post on this forum)!

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#5

By automate, do you mean, you can draw in tempo changes? A lot of DAW’s seem to offer that and few allow you to slave the DAW. I’m hoping for one that let’s you slave the DAW and while its a slave, have it draw in the tempo it detects. So for instance, if I program tempo changes into the master, not only will the DAW follow those tempo changes but it will also record those tempo changes into the ‘master tempo track’ or whatever.

#6

I’m only familiar with doing this in Ableton, but in short, Yes, this shouldn’t be a problem, it’s at the bottom of this page if you’re getting stuck: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209071149-Synchronizing-Live-via-MIDI