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by XPM
Tue May 29, 2012 5:21 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Ableton Live 9 new features: what we want to see
Replies: 16
Views: 2790

Re: Ableton Live 9 new features: what we want to see

What a load of old arse. Most of those requests are basically 'I want live to be more like logic or cubase', and as for the iOS 'necessity', does that guy have the faintest idea what he's jabbering on about? I'm sure an app would be lovely, but lemur, touch osc etc all provide plenty of functionalit...
by XPM
Sat May 05, 2012 6:49 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: how i contact elton johns?
Replies: 30
Views: 4665

Re: how i contact elton johns?

Hahaha. Touché sir. Touché.
by XPM
Fri May 04, 2012 4:59 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: how i contact elton johns?
Replies: 30
Views: 4665

Re: how i contact elton johns?

Follow the yellow brick road.
by XPM
Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:23 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: using omnisphere in a live setting
Replies: 5
Views: 4557

Re: using omnisphere in a live setting

I would do it by putting omnisphere onto a midi track, and then creating a number of further midi tracks with 'external instrument' devices on them. Route each external instrument to a different midi channel on the input of omnisphere, and each audio out from its relevant omnisphere output. You migh...
by XPM
Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:34 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Sound only plays for one beat when using the piano roll key?
Replies: 2
Views: 772

Re: Sound only plays for one beat when using the piano roll key?

I think thats just the way it works I'm afraid. The piano roll keyboard is primarily there to audition pitches while composing, rather than auditioning or creating sounds. The alternative is to either use a midi keyboard (or drum pad, or something similar), or to use your computer keyboard (provided...
by XPM
Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:12 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: New [multi-touch] Controller
Replies: 16
Views: 4577

Re: New [multi-touch] Controller

Only 4 touch points? That's a bit pap.
It does look lovely, but I suspect it will be beyond the financial stretch of most of us mere mortals.
by XPM
Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:57 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Roland SH101 Analogue Synth - Help please!
Replies: 20
Views: 7735

Re: Roland SH101 Analogue Synth - Help please!

I use a novation super bass station as a midi-cv converter. Costs about as much as most dedicated converters, and you get a synth into the bargain!
by XPM
Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:44 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Bass is too loud, tips???
Replies: 23
Views: 9869

Re: Bass is too loud, tips???

Did you create the bass sound yourself or is it a preset? Lots of presets are designed to show off the capabilities of a synth without any other sounds around it (how often do you demo a synth either in a shop or from a demo download with other sounds?). This means that many presets are far to 'larg...
by XPM
Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:44 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Any good electronic music podcasts I should be listening to?
Replies: 18
Views: 4542

Re: Any good electronic music podcasts I should be listening to?

Not exclusively electronic music, but here's my show:
www.cosmicfragments.com
by XPM
Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:44 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Dull sound while bussing through another track.
Replies: 6
Views: 2141

Re: Dull sound while bussing through another track.

Yeah, I'd do it on a send. If you send all of your channels except your kick drum, 100% to send 1. Set up your sidechaining compressor on send 1 with the kick channel as it's input source, and then set all of the channels bar the kick to 'sends only', you should (in theory) get the desired result. N...
by XPM
Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:38 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Intro bar
Replies: 5
Views: 2619

Re: Intro bar

I'd put a time signature change at the start of the arrangement, with four bars of 1/4 time sig, then a change back to 4/4.
by XPM
Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:59 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Sampling advice needed...
Replies: 8
Views: 2088

Re: Sampling advice needed...

Yep, those are the ones. The way the time stretching algorithms work is, I believe, by adding extra cycles of waveforms from the sample to extend the length of the sample, or remove cycles of the original waveform to reduce the length of the sample. When only small numbers of cycles are added/remove...
by XPM
Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:49 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Sampling advice needed...
Replies: 8
Views: 2088

Re: Sampling advice needed...

Try and use as high quality samples as you can. Always try and use lossless (flac, alac, wav) file formats if you can, as the higher quality audio you put into the warping engine, the higher the output quality will be. Also make sure that you're using the right warping setting (for full tracks, I fi...
by XPM
Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:38 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
Replies: 5
Views: 1481

Re: King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine

This and Bon Iver, Bon Iver are my favourite albums of the year so far. Both highly recommended.
by XPM
Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:35 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: What is the best mic for ABLETON
Replies: 12
Views: 3101

Re: What is the best mic for ABLETON

To be honest there are many many many different microphones available for many many many different purposes. The question you ask is a little like asking 'what is the best jumper for keeping warm' without saying what climate you will be using it, what fashion you like, what materials you are allergi...