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lol!! Yeah, #5 - random loop start and end points.... drives me crazy

Yes, every mix has been carefully balanced with the level of the song before and the song after it, as well no two bass sections overlap at any time [andrewbrewer].

i suppose a limiter at the end of the master chain [chevthewizard] is the best i can hope for...

Thanks for the responses..

I've created a DJ set in live.

When analyzing the waveform of the mix:
The parts where there is only one song playing, the waveform is very uniform and concrete, due of course to professional mastering done on the songs in studios.

The parts where there are 2 songs overlapped (during a mix), the ...

Okay I figured it out.

The default Decoding Cache location apparently is on the root drive, but my Live6 Decoding Cache was set to a different drive. So I had put an alias of the Decoding Cache directory in the Ableton directory of my root drive. This was causing a problem. So I renamed the alias ...

Hi,
6.0.10 runs perfectly on my OSX Tiger 10.4.11 machine, but Live 7.0.1-7.0.14 crashes during load.

This is the first time I'm trying to run Live7.

During splash screen crashes right after saying

"Creating New Live set..."

An error window pops up but immediately crashes right after, too ...

I unplugged everything that was plugged into it, including the Firewire cable from my Mac, and then let it sit overnight. In the morning I plugged in just the power, and now it works. Words can't express the relief.

I tried swapping the cable, no luck... Out of warranty as well...

There was a massive thunderstorm in my city. I wasn't around to power down my studio. There was a power outage. Now my MOTU Ultralite does not power on.

It was connected with Firewire 6p-6p, and it's standard DC power cable.

(I was never able to get it to run off Firewire bus power, for some odd ...

is Live the only app that has a relatively big difference in volume? i.e. youtube, itunes, etc. all have even sound levels but Live is radically different?

i've never had that problem. i'd try to play iTunes at an acceptable level then match that level within Live with the master fader.

when you ...

I know there are a million threads on the net about external drives with Ableton Live. Well, here is another one. let's make a list of all the drives that we use and the purposes we use them for (production with Live, DJing, or backup).

I just bought an external HD.

Drive:
Memorex Ultra ...

Kid 'N Play!!!

Young MC.

2 Unlimited!




Recent stuff that I used to snobbily scoff at but greatly respect now is Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds. The song writing is cool and the production - with Timbaland - incredible. I had no idea.

Also, top-40 hiphop/r&b stuff I used to scoff at ...

Not particularly new, but Stephan Bodzin - Tron

Sleeping Beauty - A Perfect Circle
Parabol/Parabola - Tool
Question! - System of a Down
We're In This Together - NIN

Voodoo People - The Prodigy

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles
... pretty much everything by the Beatles

Follow Me! - Jam & Spoon
Space Track - Cosmic Baby
Prowler - John B ...

good thread.
I also support the Ultralite.
get a BCR2000. or two.

SoundEdit
SoundEdit 16 (chopping and splicing small sections of audio I recorded using headphones plugged into the mic jack)

...then

Player Pro (MOD tracker) (allowed me to play four tracks/samples SIMULTANEOUSLY! like WOW)
MasterTracks Pro

...then

Acid
SoundForge
Cubase

...then

Logic Pro ...