Pants first, THEN shoes
Pants first, THEN shoes
Hi folks, I'm new here, be gentle.
I've been playing with the Live 4 demo and liked it so much I bought it on Friday. It hasn't arrived yet; I'm quite excited about the doorbell. I thought I'd register here in advance because, no doubt, I'll have plenty of questions to ask, and hopefully some experience to share.
I've got an Evolution UC33e USB MIDI controller. It only shows up in my Windows 2000 devices when it's switched on. This is presumably why Live refuses to acknowledge it's presence and disables its Remote Control setting if it isn't switched on first? I dunno - seems like a bug to me, but I don't know if it has to be done that way. It's just a bit irritating to have to fiddle with the settings if I do things in the wrong order. Any ideas?
Anyway, Live's great. I'd been making computer-based music for a couple of years before hitting a creative block. Live is good for introducing a bit of sponteneity and speed into an otherwise slow and pre-meditated musical process. VSTi capability was what did it for me in the end.
What would make Live even better for me would be the ability to drop SF2 and KRZ files into the Simpler, then it would be perfect.
All the best.
I've been playing with the Live 4 demo and liked it so much I bought it on Friday. It hasn't arrived yet; I'm quite excited about the doorbell. I thought I'd register here in advance because, no doubt, I'll have plenty of questions to ask, and hopefully some experience to share.
I've got an Evolution UC33e USB MIDI controller. It only shows up in my Windows 2000 devices when it's switched on. This is presumably why Live refuses to acknowledge it's presence and disables its Remote Control setting if it isn't switched on first? I dunno - seems like a bug to me, but I don't know if it has to be done that way. It's just a bit irritating to have to fiddle with the settings if I do things in the wrong order. Any ideas?
Anyway, Live's great. I'd been making computer-based music for a couple of years before hitting a creative block. Live is good for introducing a bit of sponteneity and speed into an otherwise slow and pre-meditated musical process. VSTi capability was what did it for me in the end.
What would make Live even better for me would be the ability to drop SF2 and KRZ files into the Simpler, then it would be perfect.
All the best.
Keith Nuttall
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I tried that this weekend. I was able to stay awake but my eyes hurt so bad and I could'nt concentrate on anything I kept getting stuck in tweaking parameters (for way to long) and got nowhere with the track I was making. The brain can't function properly when you are tired so I guess you REALLY got to know what you are doing to pull it off. I'm shure that guy has some help from caffiene, stacker2's, amphetamines, or something like that. Anybody have hallucinations from sleep deprivation, sometimes I see people out of the corner of my eye and also squares that have an electric or static look to the color wether it be blue, green, red, or purple.
some companies (mainly in the creative/developing area) are experimenting with special 'resting areas' as there seems to be scientific/statistical proof that the best ideas come at moments where the thinker is in a somewhat 'half-awake-state'. can't find a link at the moment.
i do prefer early morning sessions, too.
i do prefer early morning sessions, too.
andy
2015 MBP, OSX 10.12, Live 10.1 64bit, RME Fireface 800
2015 MBP, OSX 10.12, Live 10.1 64bit, RME Fireface 800
I am wondering if the 'concious ' mind .. IE the wordy mind, is the first to go to sleep leaving the reptilian brain to get its funky goove on.
Have you ever had a dream where you listen to some music and think " wow, that is some impressive tune - so evocative. Why can't I write something like that?"
then when you wake up and realise ... you just did , you wrote it in your sleep - then find it's hard to get that whole symphony down before it slips away.
Damn concious mind
Have you ever had a dream where you listen to some music and think " wow, that is some impressive tune - so evocative. Why can't I write something like that?"
then when you wake up and realise ... you just did , you wrote it in your sleep - then find it's hard to get that whole symphony down before it slips away.
Damn concious mind
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Yea its a bummer having to turn on certain devices in certain order. the same is with my soundcard ... if i dont turn it on before booting my cpu, then i wont have sound ... pretty aggrevating if u forget to turn it on first - always have to reboot ... or if u accidently hit the power switch!
oh yeah suburbanbather ... ive had halucinations from sleep deprivation. espeacially when staring at the monitor i often see wavy things out the corner of my eye, or it sometimes seems my screen is slowly moving towards the left or right until i blink and try to focus ... pretty scary
oh yeah suburbanbather ... ive had halucinations from sleep deprivation. espeacially when staring at the monitor i often see wavy things out the corner of my eye, or it sometimes seems my screen is slowly moving towards the left or right until i blink and try to focus ... pretty scary