Please refer to the chapter on synchronization ( see Chapter 32) for details. The respective settings are made in the Link/Tempo/MIDI Preferences. You can have an external sequencer (or drum machine) play along with Live or have Live play along with the sequencer. Setting one knob to control coarse tempo in BPM and another to control fine tempo in hundredths of a BPM allows for enough precision to adjust to live performers or other unsynchronized sources. For maximum tempo control during performance, you can MIDI map ( see Chapter 29) separate controllers to the Tempo field on both sides of the decimal point. You can even automate the tempo ( see 21.5.8) to create smooth or sudden tempo changes along the song timeline. The Control Bar’s Tempo field allows you to change the playback tempo of your Live Set at any time, in real time. Mixing and matching audio from different origins is therefore extremely easy.
This happens without affecting the pitch, which can be changed independently. Live is capable of time-warping samples while streaming them from disk so as to synchronize them to the current Live Set’s tempo. Unlike music stored on tape or in a traditional digital audio workstation, the music in Live remains “elastic“ at all times.
