Ableton Live is adding audio streaming for real-time musical collaboration
Ableton is rolling out the Live 12.4 Beta with a number of new features, but the headliner is Link Audio, which enables real-time collaboration between devices on a local network. Having to be on the same network is a serious limitation and, as the name implies, Link Audio only supports streaming audio. That means your buddy can't tweak MIDI or take over automation in your Live session from another device. But it does streamline cross-device collaboration, which normally requires exporting projects and sending them back and forth.
Link Audio builds on the existing Ableton Link, which allows you to sync BPM over a local network. Link has wid …