Ableton Forum

Fair enough - although for accuracy, we're talking about playing or DJing with Live, so as long as your levels are in the 10% ballpark then it should be cool :) Ableton could also implement and Upper & Lower limit to the voloume faders (same as they do with the Song Tempo range) which would make...

The one on my Korg Prophecy is pretty accurate... and that's a 7+ year old technology.

If they can manufacture a trackpad for a PC/Mac laptop then I'm sure a vertical strip shouldn't be too hard?!

Dan.

About f*cking time to ... Proof is easy - stick a photocopy of your (Beatport, whatever) credit card transactions in your gig bag; or they can borrow my mobile and call the guys who wrote the tracks. Besides - surely they can''t demand proof on the spot? Prove you own your pants?! Pirating music is ...

Oh yeah - I'm aware of that touch screen controller which is around at the moment... not what I'm talking about.

Hmmm... and earlier post got me thinking... they've got Rotary Encoders, why not Linear Encoders? An row of LEDs next to a thin touch sensitive strip? Or even better, some way of combining the LED readout & the touchpad together? No bulky motorization, all the benefits of software-linked faders ...

The music I DJ is essentiallly disposable... some tracks are classic, but on the whole these tracks get played for no more than about 6-12 months before being replaced by new music. And the bulk of this music is obtained from the artists as AIF/CD files or bought as WAVs from beatport. On the other ...

Except the bit for mp3 conversion :) ...hate the grotty little blighters.

That would be useful - but a feature like 'loop in place' would be easier & only requires one more button on the Clip Parametre window... Being able to loop a section of a track and trap the playhead and then release it would be sweet :)

Dan

Fark - check out the Lavelle interview ... Keanu talks more than James does!

Dan

"The result was a native system that no mere mortal could possibly exhaust." ...until Apple upgrade their OS & associated software, thereby making all previous hardware obsolete. Apple booth NAMM 2007: "What? Twin dual 2.5's G5 annd an X-serve cluster you say mate? Sorry - you'll ...

Just checking out the RA site again today - they've got a feature on the controller & etc. People who are genuinely interested should check the RA site --- people who just want to slag Sasha off please use one of the other threads; it's be nice to have an enthusiatic dialog about this thing with...

Befor this thread re-de-generates -!- check out the photos section at http://www.residentadvisor.com.au, in particular check the links listed with Lavelle and also Burridge party in particular (top of the right hand page column). Maybe more, couldn't be arsed to check. Not only is the Maven in full ...

The x-session is fine if you don't need a tonne of control... I use Ableton to DJ and the cross fader makes for a GREAT pitch control (tying the laptop into vinyl). As far as the knobs go I have it split into 4 sets of 4 knobs for 4 channels... level, hi-cut, lo-cut and send. Then channels 1 & 2...

> get a sly quote from the most expensive pro-studio in your town/district, > and base your own rates on that scale. Sorry - by that I mean use their figures as the local maximum and rate yourself somewhere down the pecking order: Based on years of musical experience & previous jobs done, equipm...

Just throwing in some more advice - NEVER do free work. Despite countless promises of "oh yeah we've got bigger jobs on the horizon so do us a favour now like" ...this NEVER pans out. One more time for the people now; NEVER. F*ck everyone - they want music or enginneering, they pay for it....