[LAD] aBLETON lINK

Robin Gareus robin at gareus.org
Mon Sep 19 22:04:53 UTC 2016


On 09/19/2016 11:56 PM, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> 
>> why?
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Tito Latini <tito.01beta at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What is the content of the network packets ?
>>>
>>> Regardless, I'll ignore software with that technologogy.
>>
> 
> The OP seems to be suggesting that whoever has access to the data captured
> by Ableton Link or the potential backdoor that link *might* enable would
> use it for nefarious purposes.

Ableton link is used to synchronize software and devices on a *LAN*.
It basically broadcasts BPM and song-position to the *local* network.

Link does not allow to synchronize devices on a WAN.

The complete source code is free (GPLv2) you can read it, no strings
attached.

ciao,
robin


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