The plugin that knows when playback stumbles.
Pulse runs on each computer in Ableton Live. It reads the Vitalsign code clip, holds the failover tone while the show is clean, and stops it the instant something goes wrong.
PULSEPLAYBACK ATrips on what matters
Skips, gaps, repeats, unplanned stops and CPU overloads. Each trip is named and time-stamped to the millisecond.
Latched until you say so
A trip holds until Reset, so the rig never silently flips back to A mid-song.
Remote control, safely
Arm, disarm and reset from Companion or Stream Deck. Reset and Disarm while playing need a confirm. Lock remote control for the show.
Tells the crew
Live state to Companion, AbleSet and any OSC or HTTP target. One click writes a ready-made Companion page.
A log for every show
One file per show: settings, events and a summary, the last 20 shows kept by default.
One active copy per computer
Pulse claims the machine so a second instance can never fight the first.
Monitor shows every Pulse in the rig over Nerve, the private network built into both. It comes with the rig package.
The whole rig on one screen
Every machine as a tile: state, code and tone meters, CPU, and what to do next.
A rig-wide show log
Every trip, arm and reset from every machine, in one timeline.
Set up once
Copy settings between machines, push licences and the rig key to new computers.
| Plugin formats | VST3 · AU |
|---|---|
| Host | Ableton Live |
| Platforms | macOS 11 or later · Windows [TBC] |
| Interfaces | iConnectivity PlayAUDIO1U · DirectOut EXBOX.BLDS · DAD Thunder|Core · any interface with pilot-tone or signal-loss switching |
| Remote | OSC (port 9001) · HTTP (port 9002) |
| Licensing | Works offline. Checked at load only. |