Ableton Link Support

With Ableton Link, you can synchronize the song tempo and the current beat with other devices.

Ableton Link uses broadcast messages in the local network for communication. It only works if the devices are in the same network/WiFi and SongBook+ has permission to access the local network. If you turn on the feature for the first time, the operating system will ask if you want to grant permission to access the local network.

SongBook+ can send the tempo set in the metronome settings of a song to other devices via Ableton Link when opening the song, send start and stop signals to other devices, and respond to start and stop signals from other devices.

For example, an external metronome can adopt the tempo from SongBook+ and then be started in sync with SongBook+.

Unfortunately, Ableton Link can only transmit the tempo and the phase of the beat, but not the time signature, meaning which beat should be emphasized.

Since the playback tempo of songs in SongBook+ is fixed and cannot be changed, SongBook+ does not respond to tempo changes requested by other devices.