You have to put the 45000 into Record Ready mode for it to begin recording. Try the following two different options:

1A. Set the 45000 to Beat Sync mode. The 45000’s EXT SYNC LED should be blinking.
or
1B. Set the 45000 to normal EXT SYNC. The 45000’s EXT SYNC LED should be lit solid.
2. Ensure QUANTIZE is enabled on the 45000.
3. Press the NEW LOOP button on the 45000, the REC LED should blink.
4.Now press the REC button. The REC LED should blink rapidly.
5. Press PLAY in Ableton. The 45000 should immediately begin recording.
6. On the 45000, to end its loop recording and set the loop length, press its PLAY button. The 45000 will quantize the loop length to the nearest bar either by recording out to the end of the current bar or by truncating to the end of the previous bar.

Hi there, running into a similar issue, I tried both methods, and recording seems to be engaged when pressing play on a drum machine, but pressing play does nothing.. if I press record again the red rec led goes out, loop isn’t saved. I’ll continue to troubleshoot, but any help would be greatly appreciated

I assume user stories will help;
– if i restart ableton and don’t move the tempo on 45000, i can make ableton stay on a similar bpm
–> however i want to change the BPM often during a live performance, this functionality breaks ableton and the performance
– if i touch the tempo on the 45000, ableton starts bugging out, and can’t remain consistent w/ the bpm, causing loops to jump around
–> this functionality breaks ableton
– if i restart ableton, get a chance to start all of this over
–> this is a lot of work and I can’t do this live
– ableton is unable to send start/stop record to the device
–> unlike every device in my studio
– ableton breaks when i use the device as the master of the tempo or play button
–> which is the only reason i bought this item
– the EXT clock button does nothing.
–> however it does say it’s a thing

I’ve spent the last few days trying to find workarounds and not making any music.

The 45000 is amazing hardware when i do not plug it into a computer and expect it to function like the rest of my gear.

I had a feeling midi started before this product was generated and likely there are success stories on this forum, however ive found none by googling or searching the forum.

I will read the interesting printed document that came with this item, however it’s not exactly worded in a manner that makes a ton of sense when I read it and has often required me to read it multiple times before making sense of the product. I find it’s easier to use it to figure it out before I can understand the text being used.

Hope I can figure it out, really wanted this to be a part of the ableton experience, however it’s becoming a nightmare of troubleshooting in forum posts that predate my purchase, which leads me to believe i should consider the 95000 or other alternatives.

best, keamo