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by SirEsquire
Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:10 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Performing Live
Replies: 7
Views: 3408

Re: Performing Live

what do you mean run out of space? lack of scenes?(insert scenes) lack of tracks (insert audio or midi tracks) You know, that is so obvious I just didn't think about it. I was trying to drag in .als files to an already full Session screen, and there just wasn't room. I could import/drag in maybe 3 ...
by SirEsquire
Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:12 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Performing Live
Replies: 7
Views: 3408

Re: Performing Live

Thank you all for your feedback, I appreciate it. I've messed around with importing a few songs into one large set. I really like that concept, but how do you keep adding more als files into the Session View screen? In other words, it seems that once I've imported a few songs (each with varying amou...
by SirEsquire
Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:08 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Performing Live
Replies: 7
Views: 3408

Performing Live

Got a question for the community here. First of all, how many of you perform original material live with Ableton that you've composed with Ableton? Second, just how do you perform those original tunes live? My live performances are of all original material that I've composed with Ableton. As of righ...
by SirEsquire
Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:40 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: DJ Styles
Replies: 3
Views: 971

Re: DJ Styles

Here's another original track. This one is way simpler - I write a lot of ambient/downtempo songs, too. http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd363/SirEsquire/Screenshot2011-12-07at24006PM.png So, these types of songs would be much easier for me to render according to your live setup. You can listen t...
by SirEsquire
Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:28 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: DJ Styles
Replies: 3
Views: 971

Re: DJ Styles

Might want to check out AbletonLiveDJ.com too. :) Wow. Great resource, thanks! I read your post about how you setup your sets for live performance - really informative! So far, my live sets are comprised of all original material. A couple of questions: I'm assuming that you're rendering any/all of ...
by SirEsquire
Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:49 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: DJ Styles
Replies: 3
Views: 971

DJ Styles

I'm new to this, so I'd like to get a feel for how you guys (and gals) go about DJ'ing. I'm familiar with the basic setups for Ableton, so my question pertains mostly to style/technique. One way would be to simply load/warp entire tracks into Ableton, and then mix them live - pretty basic. But, how ...
by SirEsquire
Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:02 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: First Time Gig
Replies: 5
Views: 1553

Re: First Time Gig

Just played a set tonight at an art house party - my first performance using only Ableton and the material I've composed thus far with it. The "big" show is this weekend where I'm booked for a full evening - 3 sets. The most helpful thing I discovered tonight was, because of the way I've d...
by SirEsquire
Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:11 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: First Time Gig
Replies: 5
Views: 1553

First Time Gig

Hey everyone... I've got my first solo gig coming up soon, and wanted to know if any of you veterans out there have some tips for performing with Ableton. I'll just be using Ableton and my Launchpad controller. My sets will be made up of all original songs I've composed. Each song is broken up into ...
by SirEsquire
Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:35 pm
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Audio Cables and/or Soundcard
Replies: 5
Views: 932

Re: Audio Cables and/or Soundcard

So, basically what I'm looking for is a good sound quality, audio interface that will be connected to a PA.
by SirEsquire
Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:53 pm
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Audio Cables and/or Soundcard
Replies: 5
Views: 932

Re: Audio Cables and/or Soundcard

If budget us your issue, get the TC Electronic Desktop Konnekt 6 for about $150. It will solve your sound problems. Also get TRS 1/4" cables from SameDayMusic or Sweetwater. It requires FIREWIRE, if you don't have that, consider an EMU 2020 USB or other compatible interface. So, the Konnekt 6 ...
by SirEsquire
Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:43 pm
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Audio Cables and/or Soundcard
Replies: 5
Views: 932

Audio Cables and/or Soundcard

I have Ableton running on the most recent (basic) Mac laptop. I did a live performance with it last night with a couple other musicians, and the sound output wasn't good. I connected an 1/8" male (on both ends) RadioShack audio cable from the Mac's audio input/output jack to a mixer which was i...
by SirEsquire
Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:50 am
Forum: Music Sharing
Topic: Ambient Psalm Meditations
Replies: 0
Views: 398

Ambient Psalm Meditations

Creating little ambient meditations on Lenten Psalms. One for each Sunday in Lent. Track my progress here:
http://www.soundcloud.com/matthewbarlow

Enjoy!
by SirEsquire
Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:52 am
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Playing Sections of Samples
Replies: 4
Views: 1577

Re: Playing Sections of Samples

Thanks for your suggestions! Sorry, I didn't clarify, but I was talking about recording in Arrangement View as opposed to Session. However, I figured out how to get what I needed (thanks to your suggestion, dentaku). I simply created an Audio track, and selected it's input to be that of the Simpler ...
by SirEsquire
Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:11 pm
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Playing Sections of Samples
Replies: 4
Views: 1577

Playing Sections of Samples

Greetings! I've loaded a 2 minute sample of birds singing by a lake into Simpler. Thrown on lots of delay and reverb, and it sounds really cool - if I play the sample low enough via MIDI, it almost sounds like whales! Anyhow, my question is this: I would like to record different sections of this sam...
by SirEsquire
Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:08 pm
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Saving Created "Instruments"?
Replies: 4
Views: 1035

Re: Saving Created "Instruments"?

if you can't group devices, maybe you can - as a workaround - use a clip as "preset-holder". Drag a clip from the channel with your instrument to the library (or any other folder that you want to use for your instrument presets). When dragging that clip into a new set the instrument and e...