Device Details
Overview
| Name | Version: | LTC Generator 1.2 |
| Author: | jensp |
| Device Type: | Instrument |
| Description: | This Max for Live device generates Linear Timecode (LTC) directly inside Ableton Live, without relying on pre-recorded audio files. It can output LTC based on: - The playback head position - Arrangement clips whose names define timecode anchors (eg. "TC=2m15s", "TC=5h") - The system clock Modes 1 and 2 generate LTC by jamming at playback start, and automatically retrigger whenever the frame rate, session BPM, or timecode offset changes, or when a playback jump is detected. This ensures a continuous and reliable LTC signal, even when using loops or jumping around on the timeline. Notes: - For now it'll only work with clips in the arrangement mode. I'll add support for session view clips soon. - The first two modes can't handle BPM automation while TC is running, only fixed BPMs. - Only NDF framerates for now, no 29.97FPS. - The timing is frame-accurate but not sample-accurate. - For now there is an occassional glitch that might output the wrong time in mode 2. I'll have to look into that. So maybe don't use this in important contexts for now. :) |
Details
| Live Version Used: | 11.3.35 |
| Max Version Used: | 8.6.5 |
| Date Added: | Jan 21 2026 12:22:41 |
| Date Last Updated: | Jan 21 2026 17:12:18 |
| Downloads: | 15 |
| ⓘ License: | AttributionNonCommercialShareAlike |
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Files
| Device File: | LTC generator.amxd |
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As a fail safe, wouldn’t you want to have it conform to the Live TimeLine, at least when SMPTE is selected? Or at least hiccup with a red light or something, if they don’t match?
I could see why you’d want them independent, particularly if you were doing a pulldown or a telecine process, but I think this could weave a very tangled web if folks didn’t know that their sample rates and timeline didn’t match up