Built on the road
Every tool starts as a problem we hit on an actual show, built in the environment it has to survive, and shipped only after a full show day without babysitting.
Flagship · LiveTC™
Lock Ableton Live to SMPTE timecode, and capture the show.
LiveTC™ reads incoming SMPTE off any audio input and keeps Live's transport locked to it, without the re-seeking and glitching that plague bolt-on chasers. Run it in reverse and it captures a full timecoded session, from any DAW, straight into an empty Set.
Software, systems, and education from Gainware™. Built on the road, tested at showtime.
SMPTE LTC · 29.97 DFGRID
- Ableton Live
- SMPTE LTC
- macOS
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What we do
Software, systems, and the people who run them
Gainware™ makes the software, builds the rigs, and teaches the craft. Pick the door that fits.
SoftwareFour show-critical macOS tools: timecode, plugin hosting, network audio, and crew comms.See the tools ServicesWe design and build playback, in-ear, front-of-house, and lighting systems: racks, cabling, software.Have it built EducationLearn audio and lighting from working touring pros, then get certified and get booked.Start learning
The tool · LiveTC™
Not just chase. Capture.
Live has no native LTC chase, so LiveTC™ keeps the transport locked to your timecode master and holds it there through song changes, mid-song starts, and master jumps, with no audible corrections. Point it at a timecoded session from any DAW and it records the whole run into an empty Set instead.
- Rock-solid lock: steady playback never re-seeks, stutters, or glitches.
- Grid and TC-Only sync modes, for warped sets and unwarped clips alike.
- Capture Mode records a whole timecoded show into an empty Set. Not just chase: capture.
Explore LiveTC™Available now · macOS
LiveTC™ · at a glance
- Platform
- macOS 12+ menu-bar app
- Host
- Ableton Live 11.3+
- Frame rates
- 24 / 25 / 29.97 / 30
- Sync modes
- Grid · TC-Only
- Capture
- Full-session record
The tools
Four tools. More on the way.
Gainware™ is a software studio run by working touring professionals: small, sharp, single-purpose tools for the people who run live shows for a living. Each one does exactly one show-day job, and does it instead of everything else.
Available now
LiveTC™
Lock Ableton Live to SMPTE timecode, and capture the whole show.
macOS · Ableton LiveExplore LiveTC™
Available now
LiveRack™
A live plugin host for the show: AU and VST3 chains, snapshots, MIDI control, crash isolation.
macOS · AU + VST3Explore LiveRack™
Available now
Audioduct™
Stereo to 32-channel audio between Macs over Ethernet, with failover built in.
macOS · gigabit EthernetExplore Audioduct™
Free · macOS
Gainware Chat™
Talk becomes text the whole crew reads live, on your own network, no cloud.
macOS · iPhone · Watch · web viewerExplore Chat
How we build
Software for the one night it can't fail
Reliability over features
Show-critical software is judged on the one night it can't fail. We'd rather do one job perfectly than ten adequately. Uptime wins.
Made by the people who run the show
We're a front-of-house engineer and a lighting designer who spend the year on tour, so the vocabulary and workflows already match the job you're doing.
Fail safe, not silent
Things go wrong at showtime. Our tools degrade predictably, hand off cleanly, and tell you exactly what happened. No mystery states.
Get the tools
Put them on your rig tonight.
Four standalone macOS apps, one clean install each. LiveTC™ locks Ableton to your timecode master. LiveRack™ hosts the show's plugins. Audioduct™ carries multichannel audio between Macs with failover. Gainware Chat™ puts the crew's words on one screen.
All four run on macOS · Gainware Chat™ is free