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Hi guys -

I'm sending MIDI messages to Live using a Processing application I wrote called SmackTop (download here: https://code.google.com/p/smacktop/ ). These messages are routed through an IAC Driver. While I'm successfully able to use both NoteOn and CC messages to launch clips, I'd been ...

One thing I'd like to point out:

I used "smack" for emphasis - it can be a tap, poke, jiggle, kick...whatever. You can set the value of the threshold so low that even typing will set it off. If typing is bad for your hard-drive, then so be it.

Princeton Laptop Orchestra has been smacking/tilting ...

New walkthrough posted here:
http://vimeo.com/7101374

Don't sleep...the future is yours for free.

I have just finished an open-source application for Mac laptops (after 2005) which translates the built-in accelerometer data into MIDI data and audio. This allows you to control your favorite DAW (obviously Live for you guys) by tilting and smacking (tapping) your laptop. This was built with ...

Right now my set up involves 6 tracks, two set to channel A, two to B, two to neither. I've been able to map keys on my M-Audo O-Zone to start + stop loops, navigate scenes, and crossfade between A + B. I initially was running into trouble, because I only had 1GB RAM, but when I upgraded to two, my ...