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by gwydi
Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:05 am
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Kontrol49 as control surface
Replies: 4
Views: 1325

OK, I have the Kontrol49 working, but the parameter names don't show up in the LCD.

Are they supposed to?

I was expecting it to work like Reason does :(
by gwydi
Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:48 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: MacIntel, a few questions
Replies: 12
Views: 3677

Reason 3.05 is indeed UB, and so is Ableton Live 5.2.

I received my Mac Mini yesterday (1.6G Duo, 2Gb ram) and having run the benchmarks on these two apps, I can report that the performance is about 40% faster than my PC (P4/2.4Ghz, 1Gb ram, WinXP). So I am very happy with that!

Thanks,
G.
by gwydi
Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:23 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: MacIntel, a few questions
Replies: 12
Views: 3677

But intil then there isn't really any compelling reason to switch from a 2.4 GHz Pentium to a low end MacMini In and of itself, no. The reason for the timing is, I've got a number of computers here and one of them is on its last legs and really does need replacing straight away, so rather than buyi...
by gwydi
Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:47 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: MacIntel, a few questions
Replies: 12
Views: 3677

MacIntel, a few questions

Tried searching but couldn't find a relevant topic, so apologies if there was one and I missed it. I'm about to make the switch from PC to Mac. Specifically, I'm going to get a Mac Mini (Intel Duo Core 1.6) with 2Gb of RAM. Q1: I have a boxed Live 5 purchased at the end of May 06 direct from Ableton...
by gwydi
Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:55 am
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: Enough slots in Impulse to have a full drum kit
Replies: 21
Views: 6805

liquidfx wrote:um, why don't you just create another track with another impulse in it....8 more instant slots!!!!
Because then you have to use 2 (or more) clips for each drum pattern, and you have to edit the patterns in two or more parts. Hardly an ergonomic way to work.
by gwydi
Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:32 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Is there a VST like Impulse?
Replies: 2
Views: 1434

Is there a VST like Impulse?

I need a few more slots than Impulse's 8. Is there a VST like Impulse that's got the simple all-in-one interface? I know there's Battery and that sort of thing, but I don't need anything that feature laden. Most crucially, I still want to be able to see the drum names when I'm programming the beat i...
by gwydi
Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:28 am
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: Enough slots in Impulse to have a full drum kit
Replies: 21
Views: 6805

+3 on the +1, but I'd settle for simply having a fixed 12 slots instead of 8. I've never needed to use more than that for even the most complex drumbeats.
by gwydi
Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:15 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: SOLVED: Accessing ALL vst parameters, not just the first 128
Replies: 17
Views: 11256

eXT is VERY light on CPU, especially when you're just using it as a shell in this way. I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work with Reaktor or any other VST for that matter, because all eXT is really doing is acting as a host within a host. My advice would be to download the energyXT "VST i...
by gwydi
Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:02 am
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Assigning controllers, and missing parameters -- help!?
Replies: 3
Views: 1353

I've found a solution that works for ALL VSTs ...

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35552

G.
by gwydi
Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:01 am
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: impossible to assign ALL knobs of a vst to midicontroller?
Replies: 9
Views: 4627

I've found a solution that works for ALL VSTs ...

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35552

G.
by gwydi
Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:00 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: SOLVED: Accessing ALL vst parameters, not just the first 128
Replies: 17
Views: 11256

SOLVED: Accessing ALL vst parameters, not just the first 128

This solution is for Windows users only, I'm afraid, but somebody might know of an equivalent product for Mac ... This trick gives you the opportunity to decide WHICH 128 parameters of your VST you can see, not just the FIRST 128. (Arturia's CS80, for example, has 548!), and should work for ANY VST....
by gwydi
Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:04 am
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: impossible to assign ALL knobs of a vst to midicontroller?
Replies: 9
Views: 4627

Well, this is disappointing. Now I understand why a lot of the parameters on my Arturia CS80V are missing. Ableton need to realise that plugin synths are only going to get more powerful and more complicated, and a 128 parameter limit is already too small for many of them. Having said that, the abili...
by gwydi
Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:46 am
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Assigning controllers, and missing parameters -- help!?
Replies: 3
Views: 1353

Assigning controllers, and missing parameters -- help!?

A two-part question, both related to Arturia's CS80 VST and Live 5.0.3; In Sonar I can ctrl-click a CS80 knob to assign a midi controller knob to it. In Live, I can ctrl-click and get the dialog but it ignores all incoming midi controller data. If I turn midi map editing on and unfold the parameter ...
by gwydi
Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:50 am
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Again, rendering...
Replies: 13
Views: 3421

Not sure if this will help anyone else, but for interest's sake ...

I've found that if I turn delay compensation off, ALL the rendering glitches vanish!

I'm stripping the project way back to a single clip that demonstrates the problem, and I'll then send that to Ableton.

G.
by gwydi
Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:57 am
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Again, rendering...
Replies: 13
Views: 3421

It's not NI specific, my track uses no NI plugins. In fact it uses no samplers at all, just mastering plugs (EQ, compressor, etc), and a convolution reverb.

When I have some time I'm going to see if I can pin it down to something specific.