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lmfao!!! Akai APC40??? May 30th can’t get here fast enough! (via Ableton Forum)
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Found this video about how to program macros in ableton (via glitchhopforum thread)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfvaYclwGNg
this is crazy useful for speeding up your ableton workflow.
Mac software: http://www.scriptsoftware.com/ikey/
Pc software equivalent: http://www.autohotkey.com/download/
credit to: http://glitchhopforum.com/glitchhop-production/ableton-macro-t466.html#p3615
1. ctrl-click a warp marker to move it in reference to the two closest transient markers, to avoid effecting the whole track.
2. shift-click a transient marker to move the waveform in relation to a warp marker.
I haven’t been a fan of many music production apps on the iPhone* - mainly because of the lack of screen real estate, not because of the apps themselves - however this app is different. Jasuto allows you to create a real modular synth environment on your freaking phone. And whats more? It costs $1 from the App Store.
Upon purchasing and downloading Jasuto, I realized that the interface is fairly intuitive yet slightly jumpy for me. The saving could be better but is an all-around great app.
“Jasuto is still under pretty heavy development, so it will be improving/changing quite often. Feedback will certainly have an influence over the development direction.”
-What could be interpreted as warning from the developers
Verdict: Definitely worth a dollar. Hit up the read link to see it in the App Store.
*My current favorite iPhone apps for Ableton Live are by iTM.
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Today I’d like to talk about syncing the Midi Clocks in Live so that you can play with a live band and have everyone on the same page. You must have a network between the computers, and an Ethernet network is recommended but not required.
There are two main ways of doing this on a Mac, but I will be illustrating the easiest and most efficient. If you have any other (better) ways of doing this on a Mac OR a PC, @reply AbletonTweets, and we might be interested in having you write the PC guide. We will credit you, of course.
Let’s assume that you are running OS X 10.4 and have Live installed already. The simplest way to get going is by using a built in application called Audio Midi Setup.
1. Go to Spotlight and type in Audio Midi Setup
2. When it loads, click the MIDI Devices tab at the top.
3. Double click Network and a screen will popup
4. Click the + under My Sessions and check the box next to “enabled”.
5. Type in something memorable for “Bonjour Name”
You will notice the latency will start to measure as soon as you complete the process on the other computer(s).
6. On your other machine, complete steps 1-3 and continue.
7. Under Directory, click on the name of the first computer and connect to it
Now, in Live go into your preferences on both computers and select Midi Sync from the tabs on the left. You will see two new midi ports called Input: Network (Session 1) and Output Network (Session 1). You should turn on track, sync and remote for these ins and outs, depending on your individual configuration and whoever has the computer that will be the “master”. On the slave computer, Click the EXT in the top left corner of Live and continue on. If you do not see this button, something has gone wrong.
Lucky you, you have synced your Midi Clocks! Now, turn on your metronome on on both, hit play and hear the syncitude.
@reply us with feedback, especially if something went wrong for you!
Some of Microtonic’s ‘features’ are only available for one day a year. Happy Easter! (Note the Easter Eggs)
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When I DJ, I don’t just let the music go by without morphing it and changing it in some way. It’s no fun to go to a party and only hear the same stuff they play on the radio. That’s why I chop up nearly every song into 12 samples that can be added, erased, and changed on the fly. There are many ways of doing this with warped tracks, but for this project I am trusting that you can keep tempo in your head.
Necessary Items:
As you can see above, I have the main track (in this case Steppin Razor) playing on the right on the “B” crossfader. All samples on the left are chopped up and ready to be used.
On the Trigger Finger, I have each assigned to a different pad. When I hit a pad, it plays, but on the wrong side of the crossfader. This is because the original song is playing on the other side (the one people can’t hear).
The entire crossfader is mapped to a knob on a different control surface, however there is one pad on the left of the trigger finger that instantly snaps over to A and another snaps to B.
To freestyle, all I have to do is hit the pad that sends the crossfader over to A and hit the samples I want to fire off. When I release that pad, it snaps back over and continues the song.
