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by mdifazio
Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:46 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: MOTU Ultralite
Replies: 30
Views: 5547

i love my UL, but lately i've found myself needing more inputs than it offers. might be time for an upgrade. I found myself in the same position. I ended up getting a second UL and a Gator 2U rack bag. I mounted the ULs side by side daisychained and use the second rack space for recording snakes an...
by mdifazio
Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:17 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Screencap of Zebra in Bidule AU and a few random questions
Replies: 0
Views: 735

Screencap of Zebra in Bidule AU and a few random questions

I like the idea of dropping Bidule AU on a track and opening Zebra nested within that--see screencap. Works better for me than opening Zebra within Live, Bidule, or Logic as primary host. A forum search shows a few prior threads on this but I thought it worth repeating and had a few comments/questio...
by mdifazio
Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:06 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Lowry marimba repeat
Replies: 2
Views: 1804

I am using two midi tracks. One is called MRL and the other is MRR. On one track the scale function filters out some of the notes as detailed in my prior post and the autopan/tremolo causes the notes to play as 16th notes on the beats. On the second track the scale function filters out the opposite ...
by mdifazio
Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:58 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Lowry marimba repeat
Replies: 2
Views: 1804

Lowry marimba repeat

I was reminded of this after reading the recent fascinating post about using the three adjacent black keys with arpeggiation for trance. But this is for real... It is pretty simple to set up a patch that emulates the Lowry organ marimba repeat setting used by Townshend on Baba O. First, sample one o...
by mdifazio
Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:59 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Plugin Hogging CPU Even Though Track is Muted
Replies: 4
Views: 1546

Hey, Map a keyboard key to ozone bypass and track activate, then repeat as needed. This lets you toggle thru them easily. I have a set for 12 track recording where I have the record enables for each track mapped to a single key. I also have a key mapped to toggle all effects on or off (including Ozo...
by mdifazio
Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:57 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Sequence Your Live Looping (No Pedals Necessary)
Replies: 49
Views: 23800

...For synth and piano, to give the illusion I am looping what I play, I simply play the part once live once, and then have the korg's sequencer play a pre-programmed part that is the same when I'm ready to switch instruments..... It is kind of like lip sync-ing but with loops. :wink: That being sa...
by mdifazio
Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:04 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Is there a way to place comments inside my set?
Replies: 7
Views: 2699

I modified the master lessons file in 6 to contain links to individual set notes but it is such a hassle I don't use it. Shame because I would think this would be really useful/cool. Seems like they changed how lesson paths are handled from 5 to 6.
by mdifazio
Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:52 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Recording multiple audio tracks....
Replies: 5
Views: 1511

Once you have done that, assign all the record enables to a key on your computer keyboard to toggle them all on off. Also, enable record on launch for the scene and use scene launch to start recording.
by mdifazio
Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:45 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Rythmic gate?
Replies: 9
Views: 2100

Re: Rythmic gate?

patrickkidd wrote:Does anyone have a decent way to trigger a gate of some kind with a programmed sequence? This would chop the sound at intervals determined by the sequence...

cheers
There was a nice discussion of sidechain gating in E. Musician Jan 2007.

Shure wish Ableton's gate could sidech... oh never mind.
by mdifazio
Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:09 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: The Covert Operators: The Covert Seq
Replies: 97
Views: 26657

Ok, stupid question time. I've seen sequencers, I think I kinda know what they do etc. Could someone give like a couple sentence background as to maybe the history, why they exist, what they do, why 16 steps, etc. Thanks cause I'm too lazy to wiki this (and I think I'll get a better answer here). :...
by mdifazio
Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:40 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: The Covert Operators: The Covert Seq
Replies: 97
Views: 26657

Ok, stupid question time. I've seen sequencers, I think I kinda know what they do etc. Could someone give like a couple sentence background as to maybe the history, why they exist, what they do, why 16 steps, etc. Thanks cause I'm too lazy to wiki this (and I think I'll get a better answer here). :w...
by mdifazio
Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:32 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Scale question
Replies: 38
Views: 8225

mdifazio, doesn't the EWI have a spare midi button somewhere? You could assign a button to turn the scale device on/off whenever you wanted to go chromatic for a while ? There are up to 88 assignable spares. I would think it would be all or none, like a patch change as you suggest. There is another...
by mdifazio
Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:04 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Scale question
Replies: 38
Views: 8225

There are passing tones in the melody, so I couldn't play the melody as written with these control clips in place. Similarly, you can't anticipate the next bar without changing the boundaries of the clips. But I guess it's not really about being able to play freely! I suppose the problem is that th...
by mdifazio
Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:17 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Scale question
Replies: 38
Views: 8225

I can see it now. In addition to warping all my tracks, I'm going to be tempted to lay down the chord changes, maybe some sweet substitutions.
by mdifazio
Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:36 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Scale question
Replies: 38
Views: 8225

By the way, I just got done with Major and melodic minor modes in C. I'm going to get together M/m pentatonics, M/m blues, harmonic minor.... I guess also whole tone, diminished, and auxiliary diminished I think that would about cover it for useful jazz scales, unless anybody has more suggestions. ...