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by timeline85
Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: levels seperate tracks, is there a basic rule
Replies: 19
Views: 3742

Don't listen to these guys they're obviously nubs. Kick -24db Snare -3db Hihat -16db bass +4db Guitar -96db keys -81db vocals +24db That should get you started, but make sure to put a "general purpose" compressor on each channel to get a reference point. I usually go with: Threshold -48db ...
by timeline85
Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:38 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Automating The Sample Transpose?
Replies: 3
Views: 1842

For those of us doing live looping, is it possible to create a "guide" track with pitch automation that can be used to control the pitch of an audio clip playing on another track?
by timeline85
Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:35 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Build a HackinTosh/FrankenMac
Replies: 12
Views: 5336

its the one thing I have never understood with PC users some proudly proclaim how they spent X weeks building their uber powerful PC.. and what a false economy it is!?! considering: - problem solving it when something goes wrong, - even on minimum wage the time spent building it - incompatabilites ...
by timeline85
Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:33 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Q: Using Ableton, Virus Control and Novation Automap
Replies: 5
Views: 1745

With my quad core system I can run the virus at it's lowest latency setting and get something obscene like 4ms. On my duo core laptop I have to put it in the middle.
by timeline85
Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:30 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Q: Using Ableton, Virus Control and Novation Automap
Replies: 5
Views: 1745

I have all three and they work great! Of course you might have to dig in and modify/build a preset for the virus, you might have a preference as to what goes on the sliders vs knobs etc, but I love the setup. I will caution you that the novation can be a beast to set up at first, there's still plent...
by timeline85
Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:39 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Looping a midi note.
Replies: 7
Views: 2226

That's cool, now does anyone know how to do this with sustain pedal events so that when the clip ends, the sustain gets turned off? Sometimes you want the sustain to carry past the end of the loop but you don't want it to carry when the clip ends...
by timeline85
Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:21 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: Looping a midi note.
Replies: 7
Views: 2226

Care to share how you got the sustained note to work? I've been trying to figure this one out myself
by timeline85
Fri May 23, 2008 4:53 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Anybody else NOT excitedly anticipating Live 8?
Replies: 156
Views: 33847

If you guys are complaining that Live is developing their product too much, you should go visit some other forums where people are screaming about how the manufacturer's don't support their product and never update it and how they're going to get rid of that stupid adflkajsdfl;kajsd any day now. If ...
by timeline85
Fri May 23, 2008 4:42 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: LIVE 6 & 7 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here
Replies: 368
Views: 187921

Based on this thread I have upgraded my computer from a single P4 3ghz which was getting 90% CPU meter at 2 tracks, to: 1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 26% @2.4GHz 2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom Desktop 3) Operating System? Windows XP SP2 4) Ableton Live version? 7.0.1 5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed...