For quite some time, Live has had a special configuration file that lets you set additional preferences that aren’t accessible through Live’s interface. These preferences were originally created for internal use at Ableton as part of the development and testing process, and therefore aren’t thoroughly documented. Many of them probably won’t have a huge impact […]
ROUND NUMBER TEMPO MACRO MADNESS – ON ICE!
OK, here I go again getting neck-deep into some nerdy minutae. I hope it’s clear by this point that I dig into this stuff partly to demonstrate the broad array of simple solutions there are to all sorts of problems. More than anything, I hope to share with you a bit of my though process […]
ROUND NUMBER TEMPO MACRO MADNESS
I’ve you’ve been digging in and trying out the tempo change macro, you may have bumped into the problem of getting the tempo exactly right. In other words, you may find that instead of the tempo landing at 95bpm, it ends up at 95.31. From a strict tempo perspective, this isn’t usually a huge deal. […]
TEMPO CHANGE MACRO, pt. 2
A couple more points about the way I’m setting up the tempo change clips: Qantization is set to None. No need to wait until the beginning of the next bar to get the tempo change going. For Launch mode, I’m using toggle. When combined with no quantization, toggle mode makes it easy to jump to […]
TEMPO CHANGE MACRO
In my current version of my live set, I’m using macro clips to change Live’s master tempo. Unlike the previous example which uses a note message to toggle the metronome on and off, this technique is going to involve using a clip to send CC data via a clip envelope. Let’s take a look at […]
MIDI MACRO CLIPS, pt. 2
Alright, so what’s all this about sending MIDI out through IAC and then back into Live? Let’s dig in. We’ll start off with a trick that’s admittedly completely pointless, but very simple: create a MIDI clip that turns the metronome on or off. Don’t worry, from pointless beginnings come great things. The first step happens […]
INTER APPLICATION MIDI
Once you’ve got IAC (or windows equivalent) set up, you’ll need to open up Live’s preferences window, and head over to the MIDI/Sync tab. Under MIDI Ports, you’ll now see a virtual input and output port for the IAC driver. This means that you now have a new source and destination for MIDI data in […]
MIDI MACRO CLIPS
One of the nice things about Live is powerful and simple to configure remote control. Manipulating Live’s interface using MIDI controllers or the computer keyboard is incredibly simple once you get started. However, you occasionally run into things that aren’t possible, or you want to automate a remote control action for live performance. For example, […]
THE BEST THING EVER
Yeah, that’s right. I velcroed a NanoKontrol to my macally keyboard. Read it and weep, people. Go ahead and cry like a little girl. Let it all out. For me, this really is a big deal because I’m constantly working on improving the ergonomics of my workspace. And, in particular it addresses an issue that […]
THE MID-SIDE RACK
If you really want to get busy with Mid-Side processing, your best bet is to build a Rack. All you need is an Audio Effect Rack with two chains: Drop a Utility device into both chains. Set the Width of the one in the Mid chain to 0% ….and the Sides chain to 200%. Now, […]
