Ableton Forum

Yeah one of the big selling points for me is the built in soundcard. I like the idea that when I expand my equipment and say buy a mixer, I can easily integrate the 2D with it.


right. it gives you almost unlimited choices of mixers, that true. if you want two separate devices and wider choice ...

I was thinking of getting a Xone 2D for midi control over ableton. Anyone have any experience or opinions on this device?


it is quite good choice i think. lot of different controlers, buttons, faders, rotary, crossfader. you will also get multi i/o soundcard and midi clock. if you don't need ...

do you have sound interface already? i think you need two outs at least if you want to use generic 2-channel mixer.

if you look for ableton dedicated solution and no regular sources (like cd or turntables) i don't think regular non-midi mixer is a good solution. i will rather reccomend good midi ...

i prefer that one: http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/258/

Frederik654 wrote:I wonder what Richie Hawtin thinks about this after abandoning Live ..

it depends what he has in his contract

is that pitchbend message related to program change messages that are not supported by live?

i've found that my midi controller can send pitchbend besides cc and notes. is that usable in any way in live? i can't find how. tried to map that to different objects with no success.

funky shit wrote:Does the USB port on the kp3 be used as audio in/out?

nope.

that is my minimalistic basic two knobs & two buttons setup.

knob1 to scene select
that knob will allow to scroll up/down through the scenes

button1 - deck A
button2 - deck B
map each button to both title track A and track status display A and
respectively for B
this is neat trick (found it two ...

kp3 can serve midi clock or get it as a slave (it is configurable). i would not trust tempo detection. it is shity on korg devices (kp3, zero4).

the beauty of ableton is that you dont need soundcards to cue for Djng. Just know you're songs, do some clever warping to mark transitions, and use the graphics to keep track of where you are and when to mix in your tracks. No headphones required.

that's nice trick, i'm using it after correct ...

if you plan to use your existing disk as external, get 120 ssd disc. no seek time, no heat, no mechanics, better batery live - that's kind of unique upgrade.

not only endless but also expensive. worth checking:

http://www.kentonuk.com/kenton/killamix/killamix.html

beats me wrote:Well that's lame. Part of my point here is to use 4 decks, not 2. What if you run the tracks in hybrid mode?

4 ableton/midi decks? if you use just three there might me some trick to have a cue.

1zz wrote: no eq on the sampler

i didn't try it but you should be able to route sampler/fx track into one of unused
channel and use eq there (via ableton of course)