All hail to the max (4 live) – probability & real hard wired steps. Wahrscheinlichkeitsmaschinen.

Just because of THIS I really got happy today. a HUGE Thing if you do that kind of music that I do – but not just this. I always likes the „probability“ aspect of a step in a step sequencer, but all I could do was making Clavia G2 patches that come close but just for some steps 8 or 16. I need 128 ;) So, this may be a wonderful start for nice music. Remember? Talking about Probability? It was about Max but not the first time. I always…

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Livid Instruments Block looks like Monome

Livid Instruments creates new Monome-style Controller. a bit like Ohm but without Faders, except 2 and q row of knobs (thanks for keeping some). Made for Live & Max since it is again no standard for Sequencers – but could become one, till then we need to be aware what software and drivers are added to the hardware and how the hardware is implemented. most try Max/MSP which is not a really „simple“ way but the obvious one.. this one is at 399 US$ – Thats 268€ but expect taxes…

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Akai APC40 Customization

Very interesting changes and modicications to the APC40. Looks like most Akai Products need only to be tweaked a bit to be really near pefect. This works the way I expected it to work without the mod ;) YouTube – Akai APC40 Customization. Info of the project: http://beatwise.proboards.com.. (für PC / for Windows) and for real Computers (oops) / Gibt es auch für Mac: http://beatwise.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=production&action=display&thread=294 Hat zur Zeit 4 verschiedene Modi: 1. Normal 2. Navigation mit Undo,Redo,Copy,Paste,Dupl,verschiedene Focus Einstellungen, Zoom in den Browser etc pp 3. Drummode: Drumpads wie bei…

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using ableton live to send previously „sample-generated“ CV signals.

using ableton live to send CV signals. on Vimeo on Vimeo Without the Volta Software – if you can’t wait – Just create some Waveforms to generate CVs, it’s a bit less easy as with Volta, but you need to make your Waveforms by Hand or the like using audiofiles/clip. works with other DAWs,too. Not on RME, but on Motu Interfaces using the DC Offset. via using ableton live to send CV signals. on Vimeo. using ableton live to send CV signals. from dan kirkhus on Vimeo.

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Samplen ist ganz einfach..

Onkel Abdullah erklärt, dass samplen eigentlich doch ganz leicht ist, Recht hatter. Imgrunde kann das jeder Furz und deshalb gibts auch gleich ein paar Videos und einen Bericht dazu. Das geht so locker von der Hand, also insbesondere für die, die sich uninspiriert fühlen schauen mal hier rein.. Samplewahn (passt ja gerade). Das war der erste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7N24GxGZfw  und das die Story dazu: http://www.musicianslife.de/2007/12/04/von-jagern-und-samplern/ Abdullah van Goldstein und der Fartbass (allein der Name, jau!!!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HpxwSM33cI  und schließlich und endlich aufm der Nachtba(h)re, also ehm dem Nachbardorf gibts die stechende Frage: Wie…

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Ableton Live 7 Features (english)

Version 7 renews the core of Live. Looks very much like Ableton goes „Studio“, no idea if they introduced a new routing system, but there are a lot of updates. to me there’s 2 things missing in most: chase light sequencing and NRPN cascade controllers that can address synths like the andromeda and others.  * The enhanced audio engine improves fidelity with 64-bit mix summing, POW-r dithering, optimized sample-rate conversion and other advances. * The new Compressor device integrates three compression models, one of which is based on a feedback…

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