[LAD] aBLETON lINK

[Patrick Shirkey]

> 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.
>

Because netjack isn't good enough or cross platform enough or LGPL enough
or adopted enough?

> Link does not allow to synchronize devices on a WAN.
>
> The complete source code is free (GPLv2) you can read it, no strings
> attached.
>

Be careful, apparently you might get brainwashed ;-)


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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd