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by fishmonkey
Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: How to make my piano sound excellent and realistic with my Live Suite ?
Replies: 6
Views: 989

Re: How to make my piano sound excellent and realistic with my Live Suite ?

hmmm. it depends what you are trying to do. a piano is one of the most difficult instruments to recreate virtually, due to the harmonic complexity and nuance it is capable of, with so many strings vibrating together with a soundboard, various sustain pedals and dampers, etc. if you are after an exce...
by fishmonkey
Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:25 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: How to make my piano sound excellent and realistic with my Live Suite ?
Replies: 6
Views: 989

Re: How to make my piano sound excellent and realistic with my Live Suite ?

i'm sad to say that none of the included Live Suite grand piano sounds can compete with the decent third party offerings out there — you won't find Live Suite on any "best virtual piano" lists.
by fishmonkey
Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:19 am
Forum: General Music Production
Topic: Track Delay
Replies: 3
Views: 6742

Re: Track Delay

Thanks, I am aware of delay compensation. Not certain if the delay shown by the plugin is before or after compensation. the displayed delay amount for each plugin is how much compensation that individual plugin will need. in most Live sets the most important thing is the track with the highest tota...
by fishmonkey
Sat Sep 30, 2023 3:04 am
Forum: General Music Production
Topic: Track Delay
Replies: 3
Views: 6742

Re: Track Delay

in most cases plugin delay resolved automatically (assuming you haven't disabled delay compensation)...

https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/artic ... sation-FAQ
by fishmonkey
Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:30 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: External HD startup causing dropout
Replies: 3
Views: 551

Re: External HD startup causing dropout

in the meantime you can use something like the Drive Alive feature in Amphetamine to keep the external drive spinning:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetami ... 4704?mt=12
by fishmonkey
Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: How do I make notes on a song & track?
Replies: 15
Views: 27440

Re: How do I make notes on a song & track?

Im a bit late I simply want project/track related info. The clip info is neat but, as in other daws, sometimes you need to simply recall eg a track setup Mic - TLM103 Pre - Sebatron VMP Pre settings Pad:0 Eq: Bright Low Cut: None Gain: 3.5 Cables - Vovox I use this as a library recall function and ...
by fishmonkey
Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:51 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Validating Ableton Live
Replies: 2
Views: 500

Re: Validating Ableton Live

maybe it was doing an auto-update? i'd definitely turn that off in the Live prefs if you haven't already...
by fishmonkey
Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:11 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Tracks taking a long time to load/edit
Replies: 13
Views: 3312

Re: Tracks taking a long time to load/edit

are you using any third-party plug-ins?
by fishmonkey
Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Tracks taking a long time to load/edit
Replies: 13
Views: 3312

Re: Tracks taking a long time to load/edit

hi there, your post is missing important information. at minimum it would be helpful to include specific details about your computer system: model, year, operating system, audio interface, Live version, etc...

are you having lag issues with anything else on the computer, or just with Live?
by fishmonkey
Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:47 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Where is AbletonsDemo project?
Replies: 3
Views: 701

Re: Where is AbletonsDemo project?

ZenMusic wrote:
Sat Aug 26, 2023 2:39 am
In the demo when the audio out for the "Audio to" is set to "Vocals" what does that mean? I understand "Master"
"Vocals" is a group track in the demo song:

https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/mixing/#group-tracks
by fishmonkey
Sat Aug 26, 2023 7:40 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: How do you split stereo track?
Replies: 7
Views: 987

Re: How do you split stereo track?

yep, it definitely depends on the audio editor. some editors will open and save the original file in place, some won't.
by fishmonkey
Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: General Music Production
Topic: Laptop to Mac mini question
Replies: 1
Views: 6045

Re: Laptop to Mac mini question

maybe. you can test it using an external drive first. most of your software will need to be reauthorised on the Mac Mini.
by fishmonkey
Wed Aug 16, 2023 1:28 am
Forum: General Music Production
Topic: Random Chance for Constant White Noise?
Replies: 1
Views: 7029

Re: Random Chance for Constant White Noise?

one possibility is that some third party audio plugins play bursts of white noise when they are running in demo mode...