Apple Silicon or Intel — both work. Windows support is on the roadmap.
SessionLinked installs its own 64-channel CoreAudio device on first launch — nothing to download separately. BlackHole 64ch is a supported fallback if needed.
Logic, Pro Tools, Reaper, Ableton, Cubase, Studio One. Any project. We attach to the bus, not your tracks.
Open the companion, join a session, and you’ll see a Monitor output dropdown in the audio status block. Pick your headphones, your interface, your speakers — anything on your Mac — and the live feed plays straight to that device.
No need to set SessionLinked as your system output. No macOS Multi-Output Device. Your DAW uses its normal audio interface for tracking; the SessionLinked device is only involved when your DAW arms a track to record a collaborator’s take (channels 3–4 and up).
When you set your DAW’s output device to SessionLinked (or BlackHole as a fallback), your local speakers stop receiving the DAW’s output — the audio is going into the virtual device instead, so your collaborator can hear it. You’ll still need to hear yourself. Three options:
Open Audio MIDI Setup → '+' → Create Multi-Output Device. Tick both SessionLinked (or BlackHole 64ch) and your real output (headphones/interface). In your DAW, set Output Device to this Multi-Output. Audio plays to both simultaneously.
Most audio interfaces have a direct-monitor knob that blends your input signal straight back to your headphones, bypassing the DAW. Use that for your mic/instrument, and the DAW handles everything else.
Coming in v1.3 — the companion grows a second picker symmetric to Monitor output, this one playing your own DAW's virtual-device feed to a chosen device. Same one-click UX as the current picker.
Download the companion from sessionlinked.com. SessionLinked installs its own 64-channel audio device on first launch — nothing to configure separately.
Logic Pro → Settings → Audio → Output Device: SessionLinked (or BlackHole 64ch as a fallback). Keep the Input Device as your normal audio interface so you can still record your own mics.
Click an empty Audio Effect slot on your Stereo Output channel strip → Audio Units → SessionLinked → SessionLinked. The plugin handles transport sync (record/play/stop) with the remote — audio itself flows through channel routing, not the plugin.
SessionLinked lives on your stereo bus. Everything downstream — your monitor plugins, mix bus chain — stays exactly as it is.
On the Stereo Output channel, set the Output to SessionLinked 1-2. That's the live stereo monitor your collaborator hears. For each track you also want them to record as a lossless stem, change its Output to SessionLinked 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and so on — one channel pair per stereo source, one channel per mono source.
Create an Audio track, set its Input to SessionLinked 3-4 for the first collaborator, or 5-6, 7-8 for additional streams. Arm and hit record — takes land on your timeline as WAV files, no re-importing.
Open the companion, pick your headphones / interface in the Monitor output dropdown, enter your session code, hit Connect. Your collaborator appears as LINKED and audio starts flowing.
If you already have plugins on your Stereo Out, drop SessionLinked in LAST. It doesn't add latency to anything below it.
Download the companion from sessionlinked.com. SessionLinked installs its own 64-channel audio device — the first-run check confirms the driver loaded correctly.
Setup → Playback Engine → Current Engine: SessionLinked (or BlackHole 64ch as a fallback). You may need to restart your session. Keep the input engine for record-arming on your audio interface if you're also tracking your own mics.
In the Mix window, click an Insert slot on your main Stereo Output bus → Multichannel plug-in → Other → SessionLinked. Transport sync only — audio goes through channel routing.
SessionLinked lives on your stereo bus. Everything downstream — your monitor plugins, mix bus chain — stays exactly as it is.
Setup → I/O Setup → create output paths mapped to SessionLinked 1-2 (monitor send) and SessionLinked 3-4, 5-6, 7-8… (per-track lossless). Assign the master output to 1-2; assign any track you want the remote to record to its own pair.
New Audio track → Input = SessionLinked 3-4 for the first collaborator, 5-6 for the next, and so on. Record-arm, hit record. Takes appear as tracked audio on your timeline.
Companion app: pick your headphones / interface in Monitor output → enter session code → Connect. LINKED pill turns on.
Pro Tools' plugin window blocks the transport — drag it off to the side once you're connected.
Download from sessionlinked.com. SessionLinked installs its own 64-channel audio device — no separate install needed.
Options → Preferences → Audio → Device → Audio Device: SessionLinked (or BlackHole 64ch as a fallback). Reaper lets you keep the input device separate if you want to record your own mics on a real interface.
Click FX on the Master track → add SessionLinked. Reaper supports both VST3 and AU — either works. Plugin is for transport sync; audio goes via channel routing.
SessionLinked lives on your stereo bus. Everything downstream — your monitor plugins, mix bus chain — stays exactly as it is.
On the Master track, set the hardware output to SessionLinked 1-2 (the live monitor feed to the remote). For each track you want the remote to record as a lossless stem, route its output to SessionLinked 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and so on.
New track → Input = SessionLinked 3-4 for the first collaborator, 5-6 for the next, etc. Record-arm, hit record. Their takes are imported automatically via the companion's import queue.
Companion app: pick your headphones / interface in Monitor output → enter session code → Connect. LINKED turns on.
Reaper lets you name the SessionLinked channels — call them 'From @collab' so they're unmistakable in a busy project.
Download from sessionlinked.com. The installer auto-copies our Max for Live device into your User Library — no manual drag needed.
Preferences → Audio → Audio Output Device: SessionLinked (or BlackHole 64ch as a fallback). In Output Config, enable channel pairs 1/2, 3/4, 5/6… — each pair is a routable destination on the Master or track Audio To selector.
Browser → User Library → Audio Effects → Max Audio Effect → SessionLinked. Drag it onto the Master. Transport sync lives here.
SessionLinked lives on your stereo bus. Everything downstream — your monitor plugins, mix bus chain — stays exactly as it is.
On the Master's Audio To, select Ext. Out → 1/2 (SessionLinked). For each track you want the remote to record as a stem, set its Audio To to Ext. Out → 3/4, 5/6, 7/8… — one pair per stereo source.
New Audio track → Audio From: Ext. In → 3/4 for the first collaborator, 5/6 for the next. Arm record, hit record. Takes arrive as new clips on the timeline at the correct bar.
Companion app: pick your headphones / interface in Monitor output → enter session code → Connect. The M4L device LINKED indicator lights up.
The M4L device shows its own LINKED indicator — a quick way to confirm the handshake without leaving Live.
Download from sessionlinked.com. SessionLinked installs its own 64-channel audio device automatically.
Studio → Studio Setup → Audio System → ASIO Driver: SessionLinked (or BlackHole 64ch as a fallback). You may be prompted to restart the project.
MixConsole → Stereo Out channel → Insert slot → SessionLinked. VST3. Transport sync only.
SessionLinked lives on your stereo bus. Everything downstream — your monitor plugins, mix bus chain — stays exactly as it is.
Studio → Audio Connections → Outputs: map the Stereo Out bus to SessionLinked 1-2, and create additional output buses mapped to SessionLinked 3-4, 5-6, 7-8… Assign tracks you want to send as lossless stems to those buses.
New Audio track → Input Routing = SessionLinked 3-4 for the first collaborator, 5-6 for the next. Arm, hit record. Takes arrive via AAF import — the companion drives it automatically.
Companion app: pick your headphones / interface in Monitor output → enter session code → Connect. LINKED pill turns on.
Cubase's AAF import can take a couple of seconds — give it a beat after your collaborator finishes a take.
Download from sessionlinked.com. SessionLinked installs its own 64-channel audio device.
Studio One → Preferences → Audio Setup → Audio Device: SessionLinked (or BlackHole 64ch as a fallback).
Console → Main → insert slot → SessionLinked. Transport sync only — audio goes via channel routing.
SessionLinked lives on your stereo bus. Everything downstream — your monitor plugins, mix bus chain — stays exactly as it is.
Song → Song Setup → Audio I/O Setup → Outputs: map Main to SessionLinked 1-2, add output pairs for SessionLinked 3-4, 5-6, 7-8… Assign tracks you want to send as lossless stems to the matching outputs.
New Audio track → Input = SessionLinked 3-4 for the first collaborator, 5-6 for the next. Arm, hit record. Takes land on your timeline via AAF.
Companion app: pick your headphones / interface in Monitor output → enter session code → Connect. LINKED turns on.
Studio One's Event inspector lets you see the exact landing time of each imported take — handy for lining up edits.
Still stuck? We’ll personally walk you through setup. One of the humans building SessionLinked will reply — no ticket system, no queue.
Email hello@sessionlinked.com