The swarm syncs really well with analog clocks.
So its great with a modular synth. This is straight out of the box.
A really easy way to sync with abelton is using the Touchprone MIDI to Clock module
The swarm manual suggests syncing via midi.
I found this not as easy ... press (noise) tab 8 on startup.. mine seems to lock up.
Maybe im not doing it correctly.???
It's unpowered so great for a portable rig.