Ableton Forum

tl;dr What would y'all recommend as the specs for a used MacBook (Pro or Air) to play back 8 wav-file tracks (4 stereo, 4 mono) with no effects running? I'm looking to run backing tracks and control Ableton via MIDI from my iPad. Just using the iPad to start/stop/restart/jump to a marker. The produ...

I'm sorry that graph wasn't clear. It's a graph of velocity on the y axis. The X axis really doesn't have "unit"; just assume it's a given hit on the pad at a given velocity.

So are you suggesting that I set up a MIDI Drum Rack to reflect the incoming notes from the electronic drum kit? I want to make sure I understand that correctly. And then the MIDI Drum Rack would be wired to the VST plugin (happens to be Studio Drummer)? Would the drum rack allow two notes to be tri...

Forgive me if this has been asked and answered somewhere else. I know so little about Ableton's MIDI effects and M4L devices that I'm unsure of the terms to use in a search, although I have searched and haven't found an answer. I want Ableton to take a specific incoming MIDI note, or a specific rec...

Is it possible to see Locator Tags remotely? What I'm thinking is being able to use my iPad to see the name of the most recently passed locator and be able to stop the song and jump back or forward to each locator (sequentially, although picking from a list would be fantastic) and have the project s...

I was going to do the test, but I have an Input Buffer Size, which I cannot modify, and an Output Buffer Size, which I can modify.

What setting should I use on the Output Buffer Size?

I'm using the onboard audio of my motherboard, heh.

Zzounds and Amazon have Komplete 7 for $499. Small discount, but a discount nontheless.

There's probably a benefit from buying it directly from NI, however.

Ahh, thank you very much, Mr. Deft. Very helpful.

I purchased the Ableton Suite and installed it. I'm a bit confused as to the Live Packs and other add-ons that I should, or shouldn't(?) install. I see some Live Packs have copyrights on them. What additional files do I need to download off the site to get the full version of the software with all i...

Of course there are differences, the main issue is that you can't build stand alone applications or 'collectives' and you can't use send~/receive~ to send audio data across patches. I'm not sure I understand this regarding sending audio data. Can you give me an example of when this would be done? T...

Thanks guys. I was referring to Max For Live in my original post. I am still researching. I like the idea of being able to create instruments simply from the computer, but then again maybe I should just get an Access Virus and have probably what I need. But I like programming, so it is intriguing. S...

Max for Live is a visual programming environment that allows users to build instruments and effects for use within Ableton Live. I see many examples of effects that can be created by Max for Live, but not so many unique instruments. I don't consider a step sequencer to be an instrument, really, as ...

Anyone got an idea how to handle this?

Looks like when I installed the free upgrade from 7 to 8 I lost the tutorial files. How do I prevent this from happening?

I installed and it locked up the computer to the point where I had to hit the reset button. Computer came back up and I reinstalled, this time successfully. I attempted to uninstall and I get the error "Invalid Install.log". I tried going to the command prompt, change directory to the 'Ins...