Synchronize Ardour to external apps

Hi,

This issue might have already been addressed but maybe nowadays, a new solution is possible.

My issue is: how can I synchronize Ardour to external apps, likewise Hydrogen? I want to be able to press Play from one of those apps and make them play the same timecode synchronousely.

I’ve tried with Jack1.9 but I have issues running it on macOS and I was wondering if CoreMidi could be useful in such case. I’m not quite familiar with MTC/LTC and MIDI clock though so I’ve tried to play with them but without success.

Has anyone any idea?