VoidLinkAudio v0.2.0 — first public Ableton Link Audio implementation for Pd vanilla

Reply to VoidLinkAudio v0.2.0 — first public Ableton Link Audio implementation for Pd vanilla on Sat, 02 May 2026 20:18:21 GMT

julienbayle — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:18:21 GMT

Hi all,

I just released VoidLinkAudio v0.2.0, which includes — to my knowledge — the first public implementation of Ableton Link Audio on Pure Data vanilla.

Ableton Link Audio is the audio extension to Ableton Link, shipped with Live 12.4 (publicly released May 5, 2026). It allows audio buffers to be transmitted between Link peers over a local network, beat-synced and sample-accurate, in addition to the tempo/transport sync that Link has provided since 2016.

Demo video showing all hosts in action:

The Pd port consists of two externals:

void.linkaudio.send~ publish 2 audio inlets as a stereo channel
void.linkaudio.receive~ subscribe to a channel; output L/R audio

Both expose Link timing as audio-rate signal outlets (tempo~, phase~,
transport~) and accept tempo/transport messages that propagate to all Link peers (Live, Max, TouchDesigner, VCV Rack, openFrameworks, other Pd instances). Help patches are included.

Builds available for:

macOS Universal (arm64 + x86_64), notarized
Windows x64
Linux: planned for v0.3.0

Important: most peers run at 48 kHz (Live default), so set Pd to 48 kHz
in Media > Audio settings to avoid drops.

Source code (GPL-2.0-or-later):
https://github.com/gluon/Void-LinkAudio

Pre-built binaries on GitHub Releases:
https://github.com/gluon/Void-LinkAudio/releases/tag/v0.2.0

Pay-what-you-want bundle (also free) for all hosts:
https://structurevoid.gumroad.com/l/voidlinkaudio-connectors

The project also covers Max/MSP, TouchDesigner, VCV Rack, and openFrameworks (in a separate repo: gluon/ofxAbletonLinkAudio). A VST3/AU plugin pack is in the works for DAW users.

Happy to answer questions, discuss the implementation, or hear about
any issues.

Best,
Julien Bayle
Structure Void
https://structure-void.com

Reply to VoidLinkAudio v0.2.0 — first public Ableton Link Audio implementation for Pd vanilla on Sat, 02 May 2026 22:25:19 GMT

dreamer — Sat, 02 May 2026 22:25:19 GMT

@julienbayle The repo is missing pdlibbuilder third party module and a Makefile in the pd directory

So right now it's not possible to build this.

Please also submit to deken!

Reply to VoidLinkAudio v0.2.0 — first public Ableton Link Audio implementation for Pd vanilla on Sun, 03 May 2026 10:54:09 GMT

dreamer — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:54:09 GMT

@dreamer This is resolved now, although it doesn't seem to be fully functional on my machines (mainly not getting audio).

[edit: ok the instructions in the help files were not clear (or missing). The peer and channel names have to be adjusted so they match up. Then it works!]

Reply to VoidLinkAudio v0.2.0 — first public Ableton Link Audio implementation for Pd vanilla on Sun, 03 May 2026 15:36:14 GMT

EEight — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:36:14 GMT

@julienbayle Thank you for sharing your work! Question: what's the difference between your implementation and abl_link~ external?

Cheers~

Reply to VoidLinkAudio v0.2.0 — first public Ableton Link Audio implementation for Pd vanilla on Sun, 03 May 2026 20:29:39 GMT

dreamer — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:29:39 GMT

@EEight Last year Link was updated to include sending and receiving audio.

The original Link was only used for synchronizing tempo/transport.

Reply to VoidLinkAudio v0.2.0 — first public Ableton Link Audio implementation for Pd vanilla on Sun, 03 May 2026 21:20:06 GMT

julienbayle — Sun, 03 May 2026 21:20:06 GMT

@EEight New Ableton implementation provides audio over networks.

If you are interested, beside of my website, and github, Peter Kirn wrote about it on his blog https://cdm.link/void-link-audio/