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by mattb
Sun Feb 04, 2018 5:52 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Free VST for General MIDI playback?
Replies: 9
Views: 17858

Re: Free VST for General MIDI playback?

this article put me on another track as I didnt fancy paying $125 for Roland VST and Im on the Mac.: http://synthesizerwriter.blogspot.in/2017/01/using-apple-general-midi-dls-sound-bank.html basically Apple provide a built in sampler AudioUnit called DLSMusicDevice, and this can use the built in Qui...
by mattb
Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:52 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: separate midi channels
Replies: 2
Views: 3524

Re: separate midi channels

Thanks but I think its the other way round for type 0 vs 1, see manual: SMF0 All MIDI data is stored in one track only, separated exclusively by the MIDI channel. If such a file is imported into Live, all MIDI data will appear in one track. SMF1 The MIDI data is stored in separate tracks/channels. I...
by mattb
Sat Jan 27, 2018 2:23 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: separate midi channels
Replies: 2
Views: 3524

separate midi channels

Hey!
Say Ive got a single midi file containing different parts on a bunch of different midi channels. How can I extract each channel to a separate clip? On C Lab Creator it used to be called’ demix all channels’
Thanks for any help
by mattb
Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:12 pm
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: Ableton Link for jams with key changes
Replies: 3
Views: 1827

Ableton Link for jams with key changes

I have a dream. I and all of you are in a band thats basically the Star Wars Cantina band ie we're having some future jazz experimental alien wigout jam session. And we're in sync, we're melodic, and we change key all at the same time on our various space age devices. Even though we're not all musos...
by mattb
Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:42 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Is speaker popping dangerous, or just an unpleasant sound?
Replies: 18
Views: 10410

Re: Is speaker popping dangerous, or just an unpleasant sound?

Actually I don't think its that bad. At my university I was part of The Dirty Electronics Ensemble. We would build bespoke 'dirty' electronic instruments and synths and perform with them, each having a small genelec speaker as our output. Many people were popping, unplugging and re-plugging the spea...
by mattb
Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:30 pm
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: edit midi cc assigns
Replies: 1
Views: 563

edit midi cc assigns

hey, just messing with the new HotHand xyz controller...assigning them in live is a pain because you cant edit ccs and it sends all 3 at once so which goes where is random whats the problem with just being able to manually edit cc numbers in the midi mappings page? would be handy ...Live is normally...
by mattb
Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:28 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Coldcut BeatByte for Launchpad
Replies: 5
Views: 1509

Re: Coldcut BeatByte for Launchpad

Vid is working for me, please try again.
by mattb
Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:26 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Coldcut BeatByte for Launchpad
Replies: 5
Views: 1509

Coldcut BeatByte for Launchpad

Dear Ableton heads A while ago Coldcut got Mr. Joey Paranoia to put it together a simple 8x8 slice sequencer using Launchpad and Ableton Live. Heres a demo. http://youtu.be/l-zwUZJXc -It's like an 8 track drum machine but each step of the drum can be different -8 channels using 8x 1 bar loops each s...
by mattb
Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:09 pm
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SAVE MIDI ASSIGNS WITH RACKS
Replies: 8
Views: 2387

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SAVE MIDI ASSIGNS WITH RACKS

this has been killing me and- judging by the forums- plenty of users, for years. I am so bored of having to work round this with saving anything I want to assign in my template set. It wastes loads of time, its clumsy and inefficient. This MUST be solvable. I've tried the other workrounds, they dont...
by mattb
Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:57 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: How to save a mapping for VST synth ?
Replies: 40
Views: 18962

Re: How to save a mapping for VST synth ?

This really needs sorting. Its 3 years later and it still doesnt work, as far as we can see. and , this applies to to Lives own fx! you just cannot save the midi assigns outside the set. Its really odd that Ableton have not sorted this. And, btw, it looks as if the macro mapping doesnt work either. ...
by mattb
Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:27 pm
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: re:balance
Replies: 1
Views: 591

re:balance

could I humbly suggest that all Live effects racks should include a balance control which for each racks default is set so that the db level output by the rack when on is the same as when it is off. this avoids unpredictable and unpleasant drops and peaks in level when switching an effect rack in , ...
by mattb
Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:22 pm
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: Save MIDI assigns for plugins
Replies: 0
Views: 420

Save MIDI assigns for plugins

hey is the functionality to externally save midi assignments for plugins - both Lives own and vst/au etc- on the devlist? or am i missing something? I have complex assignments for controllers to specific instruments/effects that I need to be able to save and load freely, ie outside whatever song I a...
by mattb
Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:09 pm
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Ableton 8.1 and Behringer bcr2000 on Mac
Replies: 4
Views: 1589

Ableton 8.1 and Behringer bcr2000 on Mac

Hi Matt from Coldcut here, working on a new mix! I am trying to use the bcr2000 with Live to control plugins. I have it selected as a control surface, and also selected it for Input and Output Remote in Midi prefs. I can assign knobs and buttons on the controller to parameters in Live no problem. Bu...
by mattb
Tue May 05, 2009 1:57 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Midi Time Code
Replies: 12
Views: 5668

Re: Midi Time Code

Live does not send MTC, i think, only receives it. Hence my question...MTC out would be a good enhancement for Live , as MTC is very useful when doing video work, and its good to have Live as master...