Remotify- Full MIDI Power
Remotify- Full MIDI Power Though Ableton’s MIDI mapping capability is a powerful way to control your projects, MIDI scripting allows for a more in depth sense of control. Enabling you with the ability to save MIDI mapped presets, transforming your controllers a bit closer to fixed instruments. Checkout Remotify to further your control over Ableton and customize it to your controller’s needs. su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VRcxQ35uF4″ showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes”
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Ableton Link- Jamming Gets Easier
Ableton Link- Jamming Gets Easier Ableton seems to keep upping their game, time after time again. They’re like those bands you get hooked on, where everything they release seems to be golden. Link is now featured in Live Beta, an addition that allows you to wirelessly sync your computer up with others, making jamming as easy as picking up a guitar. All you need is a wifi connection and other players that are connected with Ableton, or any of the number of IOS apps that supports the addition. Since link is, (or will be,) integrated with the new Live update, there is no installation that is needed; Ableton is really stressing the effortless aspect of this whole thing. It’s designed to be as easy as possible. Live is working on getting as many IOS apps integrated with Link as possible, a line of apps are coming out soon with the Link integration …
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Wave DNA- Painting Music
Wave DNA- Painting Music The inhibiting forces of writers block fades away when they are faced with Liquid Music, Wave DNA’s sequel to Liquid Rhythm. The Ableton-geared plugin uses a completely original workflow that allows you to paint melodies and chord progressions effortlessly. Instead of dabbling with a multitude of ideas, you can easily draw inspiration from the melodic patterns you create in minutes. su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjb4U-cUGSE” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” Liquid Music has five different musical controls: sketch, key, chords, voices, and rhythm. With these five key elements you have an intricate control over what you create. Sketch is the most powerful tool of the five, which you use to draw out your musical notation, choosing whether you want it to be anything from a bass line, to a accompaniment, or a chord progression. You can choose what types of chords you would like, (minor, major, diminished etc.,) and shape …
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Livid DIY Midi Kits
Livid DIY Midi Kits One of the most fascinating aspects of electronic music is the world of DIY projects that can follow behind. There are thousands of products designed to enhance your production, but nothing can compare to the sentiment of a homemade controller. Livid provides two starter kit for those who have no experience with creating hardware: the button box and the fader box. The controllers you create can be used for audio, video, and lighting, and are designed to be”plug and play,” controllers: meaning you can use them as soon as they’re built. The kits are loaded with everything you need: buttons, faders, sleek casing, an omni board, plus more. Each box is about 5 inches by 5 and about 2 inches thick, and is powered by a Brain Jr. motherboard, which makes for a small, compact, powerful little toy. To get yourself started into the DIY world …
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KINK Live Controllerism Routine
KINK Live Controllerism Routine Among the numerous, seemingly infinite, ways to put together a live performance in Ableton is the art of live beat making. In the video below watch KINK, the Bulgarian based, broken beat virtuoso, put together a twenty minute live set. Mind blown. Hands down. su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WRfEKQYOJ8″ showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes”
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Viktor NV1- Free HTML5 Synthesizer
Viktor NV1- Free HTML5 Synthesizer The Viktor NV-1 Synthesizer is a user friendly, online synthesizer. Whether you have a basic, or an in depth knowledge of how synthesizers work, the Viktor NV-1 is highly intuitive and simply laid out. You’re dealt a solid set of cards with 29 preset options ranging from the Accordion to an Underwater Water Bass Lead. The synth is set with the basics of three oscillators, a mixer, a polyphony component, a noise module, a primary and filter envelope, an LP filter and finally an LFO module. You can also tweak the compression, delay and reverb and master volume. (A number of presets.) The cool thing about these sort of free synths is that you can get a pretty unique sound with them. They’re clearly coming from a place of simplicity, though that simplicity is hard to replicate in some cases. Aside from that the sound quality is pretty …
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