DAW interoperability solved

Export Ableton tempo maps to any DAW in seconds

Upload your .als file. Download a MIDI file with tempo changes, time signatures, and markers. Works with Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper, Studio One, and Cubase. Web-based. Files never leave your browser.

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.als upload → parse & convert → .mid download

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Drop your .als file here

or click to browse · runs locally in your browser

Parsing tempo map...

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0 Tempo
0 Time Sigs
0 Markers
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▶ How to import in your DAW

Pro Tools

  1. Go to File → Import → MIDI and select the downloaded .mid file
  2. In the import dialog, check "Import Tempo Map from MIDI File"
  3. Also check "Import Key Signature" and "Import Markers"
  4. Click OK — your session tempo map updates instantly

Logic Pro

  1. Go to File → Import → MIDI File and select the .mid file
  2. In the import dialog, ensure "Import tempo information" is checked
  3. Logic will apply the tempo map, time signatures, and markers to your project
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How It Works

1

Upload your .als file

Drop your Ableton Live Set file into the converter. Supports Live 8–12.

2

Extract tempo, markers & signatures

We parse your session and extract every tempo change, time signature, and marker.

3

Download your .mid file

Download a standard MIDI file ready to import into Pro Tools, Logic, or any DAW.

The problem

The old workaround is a joke.

01

Create a MIDI track with a Drum Rack and a single percussive hit

02

Manually extend a clip across every tempo change in your session

03

Export that clip as audio (not MIDI, because Live strips tempo data from MIDI exports)

04

Import the audio into Pro Tools or Logic

05

Use Beat Detective or Smart Tempo to reconstruct the map from audio transients

06

Pray it's close enough. Manually fix the rest.

"I usually get a tempo map that is either just slightly off all the way to wildly off, both becoming a manual process."

— r/ableton

What you get

One upload. Perfect transfer.

BPM

Tempo Automation

Every tempo change in your session, including gradual ramps and sudden jumps, written as proper MIDI tempo meta-events. No beat detection. No guessing.

T/S

Time Signatures

All time signature changes preserved. Whether you're switching between 4/4 and 7/8 mid-song or doing anything in between, the MIDI file carries it all.

MRK

Markers & Locators

Your arrangement markers (Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge) come through as MIDI marker events. Pro Tools and Logic read them natively.

SMF

Standard MIDI File

Outputs a proper Type 1 SMF with the right meta-messages. Not a hacky workaround. A file that any DAW knows how to import correctly.

Compatibility

Built for real sessions.

priority

Pro Tools

Import MIDI → Tempo Map

priority

Logic Pro

Native MIDI tempo import

 

Cubase / Nuendo

SMF tempo support

 

Studio One

SMF tempo support

The real cost

2–4 hrs

How long producers and engineers spend manually recreating tempo changes in Pro Tools — per session.

Every major DAW converter handles notes, clips, and plugins. Not one of them handles Ableton tempo maps. They skip it entirely — leaving you with a workaround that was never designed to work. Unableton fixes the one thing nothing else does.

Pricing

Simple. No subscription.

One tool, one problem, one price.

free during beta

Free

Pricing goes live at $49 one-time.
Early users will be notified first.

What's included

  • Unlimited conversions
  • Tempo automation — ramps & jumps
  • Time signature changes
  • Markers & locators
  • Files never leave your browser
  • Works with Ableton Live 8–12
Tool Price Handles tempo maps?
Unableton $49 one-time Yes — built for this
AATranslator $199 No
SSL Pro Convert $699 No

Free while we're in beta. No signup required. Use it now.

Scoring in Ableton shouldn't mean losing your tempo map.

Every film composer, mixing engineer, and producer who works between Ableton and Pro Tools knows this pain. Unableton exists to kill it.

.als in → .mid out → session synced