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Take a two-minute tour of the panel.
A quick, guided walkthrough of every control — no video, just the real layout.
Mind The Beat listens to live audio and locks onto BPM and bar position using a real neural model — not a simple energy detector. No tap-tempo, even on a big tempo jump mid-set. Four pips show you exactly where it thinks beat 1 is, live, so you always know at a glance — and if it's ever off, one click fixes it.
Tap along to seed the tempo. Tap again when it drifts. Hit resync when it lands on the wrong beat. It works, but it's babysitting — one more thing to watch instead of the show.
Your chase sequence should always start on beat 1 — it's just a matter of making sure the software agrees with you on where that is. It gets there on its own most of the time, and when it doesn't, one click on the right pip fixes it instantly.
Identifies the full bar structure, not just tempo — so your flashes and chasers start on the actual downbeat, not just somewhere in the right tempo.
A DJ jumps from 122 to 140 mid-set — no tap-tempo, no re-tapping to find the new tempo. It just keeps up, automatically.
If it ever misreads the downbeat, click the pip that's actually landing on beat 1. The whole bar realigns instantly — no cutting, no stutter.
Push the offset slider positive to counteract system or output delay — something energy-based detectors simply can't do.
If the detected tempo reads double or half of what it should, one click fixes it — kept within a sensible 50–200 BPM range so it never snaps to something unusable.
Outputs directly to your rig — visuals, lighting, or DAW lock to the room, not the other way around.
A compact, always-on-top window that ducks down with one click when you need your screen back.
Adjust input gain directly in the app to get a clean read on quiet or hot signals — no need to touch your interface settings mid-set.
Pick the exact input channel from a multichannel audio interface, so you can tap the right feed without rerouting your rig.
Built-in mic works fine for testing, and for shows too — as long as you're under direct sound of the speakers and it's not too loud.
Watch the input meter as it plays. At least a centimeter of green, nothing hitting red.
No tapping — it keeps re-listening until it locks on. Starts pretty tight, then gets even tighter over a few bars as it gathers more to go on.
If the green pip (1) doesn't land on the actual downbeat, click whichever number feels like beat 1 right now. It self-corrects from there — no restart, no re-detecting.
That's usually input or output latency from your gear, not a detection problem. Nudge the Offset slider until it lands exactly where it should.
Ableton Link goes out automatically the moment you're running — no setup needed. Need MIDI clock instead, or as well? Pick your interface from the MIDI dropdown.
A quick, guided walkthrough of every control — no video, just the real layout.
No DJ mix, no manual cueing — random stations from around the world, jumping genre and tempo with zero preparation.
Don't run macOS on your main rig? Ableton Link syncs over your local network — Wi-Fi or Ethernet, no cables. A low-cost Apple Silicon Mac mini on the same network as your Windows or Resolume machine works fine as a dedicated beat-detection box.