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by merges
Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:31 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Navigating arrangements using markers/song locators is wonky
Replies: 2
Views: 994

Re: Navigating arrangements using markers/song locators is wonky

What are you having difficulty with?

I find the markers and navigation reasonably good and generally don't struggle or experience unexpected behavior. I've assigned keys to them:

[ prev marker
] next marker
| insert marker

And have learned the playback behavior pretty easily.
by merges
Sat Oct 12, 2013 5:21 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: which new midi keyboard?
Replies: 11
Views: 2344

Re: which new midi keyboard?

Just chiming in to agree with others here… Akai is heavier, sturdier, but the keyboard is less expressive and you have no fancy LCDs and lights. Novation is more expressive, but more fragile, and Automap itself is damn near inscrutable. I don't know how they screwed that up so badly from a UI point ...
by merges
Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:09 am
Forum: Music Sharing
Topic: Would love production-related feedback on this
Replies: 0
Views: 530

Would love production-related feedback on this

https://soundcloud.com/soawesome/dream-it I've been using headphones to produce, and as I haven't been making much music recently, am re-training my ears in general. I have trouble knowing whether I'm overcompressing parts of the music, or hitting the right levels in mixing, etc. etc. Feedback very ...
by merges
Thu Jun 27, 2013 2:46 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Deciding on a Plugin
Replies: 15
Views: 4116

Re: Deciding on a Plugin

I personally think that aside from Operator, Suite's synths are not that great. Operator is quite good. Zebra can be a bit difficult to wrap your head around, but if you want to get deep into soft-modular subtractive synthesis, it's incredibly flexible and will provide you with hundreds of hours of ...
by merges
Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:24 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Hooking up my 4 channel numark M6 to my Motu Ultralite
Replies: 4
Views: 1609

Re: Hooking up my 4 channel numark M6 to my Motu Ultralite

OK, I misunderstood what you were trying to do. You want just one channel in Ableton to be OUTPUT to your mixer? Not all that different than above… in this case you want to set up one of the Motu's "extra" outputs, rather than the main outs. For instance: ===Cables=== Motu 3&4 Output >...
by merges
Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:29 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Hooking up my 4 channel numark M6 to my Motu Ultralite
Replies: 4
Views: 1609

Re: Hooking up my 4 channel numark M6 to my Motu Ultralite

It's all in the Ableton preferences, audio setup. But first, you better plug those cables in with the right adapters etc. What exactly is the problem you're having? Without that info, here's a stab at something that may be helpful… Ableton needs to be set up so your Ultralite is the input device. (T...
by merges
Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:50 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 9 no more can't be synced to midi tempo you've played?!
Replies: 23
Views: 4344

Re: Live 9 no more can't be synced to midi tempo you've played?!

I'm really curious now about live-adjusting the tempo of a set, in "real-time." (In Live 8 and earlier, of course.) Would one of you who sync tempo this way be willing to describe how/why you do this? I'm very intrigued!
by merges
Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:20 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Simple question - how to initialize EQ 8 ?
Replies: 8
Views: 1724

Re: Simple question - how to initialize EQ 8 ?

Just drag in or hat swap a fresh eq8 device.
by merges
Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:36 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Will there be a "Apply FX to track" feature soon?
Replies: 26
Views: 2669

Re: Will there be a "Apply FX to track" feature soon?

mholloway wrote:anyone who thinks freeze+flatten is a suitable answer to Ableton's lack of proper Bounce In Place functioning has no idea what they are missing...
+1

And another missed opportunity from L9. <sigh>
by merges
Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:34 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 9 Pricing
Replies: 949
Views: 217477

Re: Live 9 Pricing

It's hard to complain about the pricing. Ableton have added a large number of profound improvements. Just the browser and midi editor improvements would make the upgrade worth it, but they've added many more than that - EQ spectrum and pole listening, convert audio to midi, M4L, record automation i...
by merges
Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:28 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 9 Pricing
Replies: 949
Views: 217477

Re: Live 9 Pricing

Ableton is not going to "go out of business." That's not the point. I have given them plenty of money, and I think they've built a really cool product. I just don't like the way they handled this pricing, or loyal customers. As someone else pointed out, a few new features—which is all it i...
by merges
Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:06 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 9 Pricing
Replies: 949
Views: 217477

Re: Live 9 Pricing

^ exactly. it's not like this is the be all end all blowout sale for Ableton. they have sales from time to time throughout the year(s). hyper-focusing on this particular one and it's timing and making it all some personal slight is not realistic in terms of the business/consumer model. It is more e...
by merges
Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:04 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 9 Pricing
Replies: 949
Views: 217477

Re: Live 9 Pricing

i hafta say the long awaited "special offer" for Suite 8 + M4L owners was a let down. the email made me think that there would be an extra USD100 discount from the already advertised price, but, no the difference is only about USD35. god only knows why they strung that out for so long... ...
by merges
Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:13 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 9 Pricing
Replies: 949
Views: 217477

Re: Live 9 Pricing

i hafta say the long awaited "special offer" for Suite 8 + M4L owners was a let down. the email made me think that there would be an extra USD100 discount from the already advertised price, but, no the difference is only about USD35. god only knows why they strung that out for so long... ...