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by theophilus
Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:25 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: 10 is announced!
Replies: 243
Views: 66541

Re: 10 is announced!

i was looking at automation delay compensation - it isn't fixed for live 10, apparently, or the visual indicators (not too surprising, but sad). It's baffling that they wouldn't have fixed this very fundamental problem with the program's architecture. I agree... but there's also a way to get around...
by theophilus
Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:19 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: 10 is announced!
Replies: 243
Views: 66541

Re: 10 is announced!

M4Live is now integrated in the Suite, so less problems... but not in Live Standard. That means, if I upgrade from Live9 standard to Live10 standard, my M4live, which I purchased years ago separately, makes the same problems as always. In other words: Live Suite Users have no problems for the futur...
by theophilus
Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: 10 is announced!
Replies: 243
Views: 66541

Re: 10 is announced!

i was looking at automation delay compensation - it isn't fixed for live 10, apparently, or the visual indicators (not too surprising, but sad). i didn't test audio compensation (yet) but that used to work fine, it was just the automation. but i do find the results encouraging for other reasons. her...
by theophilus
Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:36 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: When Ableton Live 9 is open, kills all other computer sound
Replies: 22
Views: 18858

Re: When Ableton Live 9 is open, kills all other computer sound

IIRC there is a setting in the audio panel for sample rate. obviously this needs to match what you are using in Ableton if you want them both to be able to use the soundcard at the same time - the soundcard can only send out one stream of audio after all. keep in mind the intention of ASIO is to get...
by theophilus
Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:39 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 10 Screenshot?
Replies: 33
Views: 14234

Re: Live 10 Screenshot?

that's true, but they shouldn't completely get rid of folders. i may not be representative of true musicians :) but tagging, while really powerful, has a startup cost - you have to remember to tag things, or put the right thing in the name. probably already done in the factory content (hopefully!) b...
by theophilus
Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:28 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Valhalla Room vs Vintage
Replies: 11
Views: 9846

Re: Valhalla Room vs Vintage

both are good.

use VVV if you want to hear the verb, use room if you don't.

plate is pretty good if you want to hear the verb too - i prefer it to VVV even when it's tuned right, it's my favorite of the valhallas.
by theophilus
Wed Jun 07, 2017 1:30 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Project crashes on teachers computer, but works on mine
Replies: 9
Views: 2374

Re: Project crashes on teachers computer, but works on mine

It could be that... i've seen that on windows before, where a set that had a plugin I no longer had installed wouldn't load; it would crash on startup instead. I would think freezing would avoid this, but maybe not. btw, if that's true, you can just bounce those tracks, delete the plugins, and use a...
by theophilus
Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:09 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Does anybody actually understand wavetables?
Replies: 9
Views: 3242

Re: Does anybody actually understand wavetables?

it goes back to the observation Wendy Carlos made 40 (?) years ago regarding modulars... 'anything you CAN control, you MUST control'... people love filter sweeps because they are easy - one knob! - and they have a huge affect on the sound. looked at on a spectrogram, that single knob is affecting m...
by theophilus
Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:25 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Ableton reverb is not that bad!?
Replies: 41
Views: 12861

Re: Ableton reverb is not that bad!?

i recommend reading this article: https://valhalladsp.com/2011/01/21/reverbs-diffusion-allpass-delays-and-metallic-artifacts/ the older reverbs had limitations that you may or may not be hitting. the key to a reverb is getting enough echo density quickly, while avoid ringing artifacts. the older alg...
by theophilus
Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:57 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Audio interface recommendation - 2x4, XLR, OS X, USB
Replies: 16
Views: 6076

Re: Audio interface recommendation - 2x4, XLR, OS X, USB

if you can use thunderbolt, i've had pretty good luck with this over the last few months:

https://www.amazon.com/Resident-Audio-T ... B00OOXLQJS

connected to a 2014 macbook air.....
by theophilus
Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:26 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Signal Flow in the Effect Rack
Replies: 4
Views: 1905

Re: Signal Flow in the Effect Rack

i think he was asking if there is a shortcut for it. there's not AFAIK, but it's pretty easy to drag things around where you want them to be. occasionally i'd like a shortcut where i can select a few effects, right-click on them and have live create an audio effects rack with the chain duplicated ac...
by theophilus
Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:46 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Exchanging Live Sets between two computer - presets lost
Replies: 3
Views: 1157

Re: Exchanging Live Sets between two computer - presets lost

just verifying... you are definitely both using VST, right? not AU on the mac and VST on windows? that definitely won't work (in my limited experience - i just moved from windows to mac, and most of my racks wouldn't load because i had only installed AUs on the mac... i haven't bothered resolving it...
by theophilus
Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:41 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Amplitude 4 not showing up under plug-ins
Replies: 6
Views: 2785

Re: Amplitude 4 not showing up under plug-ins

you probably already checked this, but did you install the vst2 version of amplitube, or only the vst3 version? reaper can read vst3, live can't.
probably not the issue, but maybe worth checking just to make sure.
by theophilus
Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:07 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: YAMAHA DTX Multi 12 with Ableton
Replies: 2
Views: 2668

Re: YAMAHA DTX Multi 12 with Ableton

do you have suite? if so, give it a try with some of the session drums... i don't know if you'll like them more than the multi, but given that the multi12 only has 100 MB onboard, and the hi-hat alone is more than that in Session Drums (the average per kit is ~1GB), you may find them usable. if not....
by theophilus
Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:11 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Wacom Tablet for Mouse Replacement
Replies: 4
Views: 3561

Re: Wacom Tablet for Mouse Replacement

agree on the zoom... I used an old HP 2760p for a while... great pen (and it's an i7! 2nd gen but still...), but you have to either zoom it in a lot or be _very_ precise. my motivations were different - the laptop form factor is sometimes inconvenient (small spaces like an airplane seat, or laying i...