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Ok, so I know lots of people don't recommend running vocals into Live in a live situation, but many people seem to actually do this, and seemingly with great results. So I was hoping to get some + feedback here from those of you who have done this, and some insight into the do's and don'ts of sendin...

Ok, so a midi, CC, etc newbie question. I used my Axis 49 & an Akai APC40 simultaneously with Ableton Live for gigging with. Everything going great with the Axis as a vst synth controller, until I assign the pads on the APC40 to stuff. Suddenly some of my F and A keys aren't working. They're con...

have a look at this http://www.harmonycentral.com/docs/DOC-1834 it works perfectly & no need for an external drive. Here is an ableton thread https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?t=81880 Right then! I'm seriously intrigued about this one. I'd heard/immediately dismissed the idea of this befo...

So... I run audio as my backing tracks/beats/noises in Arrangement View at gigs. I use midi markers and a pad controller to trigger the start points of these. There are up to 8 audio tracks per song, maybe 10 songs in a set. I currently have a 2011 Macbook Pro, with a 5400 HD, 8GB ram. My question i...

massenmedium wrote:

lolalola wrote:

massenmedium wrote:Is it the CPU struggling or the disk?

Well, I just get sound dropouts.

Did you see if the indicators at the top right for CPU/DISK light up when the sound drops out? That would help you get a slightly better idea what's happening there.

If they do, what will that tell me?

Er, isn't that the same thing? There's eight simltaneous tracks (or clips if you prefer) playing of around five minutes length each. ? Well, no - there's still like 45 minutes of tracks still to come in the set, so 10 x more the audio. It's eight tracks playing at any one time. Really don't think i...

Er, isn't that the same thing? There's eight simltaneous tracks (or clips if you prefer) playing of around five minutes length each. ? Well, no - there's still like 45 minutes of tracks still to come in the set, so 10 x more the audio. What's the deal with consolidating - not sure what you mean - t...

glenn303 wrote:If you edited/chopped up audio, cropping the clips might help.

Yeah, I've done that already.
I suppose the question is, does Live spaz out if it's playing lots of simultaneous long clips, or does it prefer lots of simultaneous short clips?

No, eight five minute tracks should be no problem at all, especially if they are all 44.1k / 16bit. Are they warped, set to RAM? Is it the CPU struggling or the disk? Well, I just get sound dropouts. It's not actually (!) 8 x 5minute tracks... it's more like 10 songs, each with 8 tracks, each one 4...

Do you find that Live doesn't like playing multiple loooooong clips all at once? Messes with CPU/there are sound dropouts, stability issues, etc? I've had a few sound drop outs in the past, but since I've just upgraded to a Macbook Pro, I'm hoping that now won't be the case. I've a few tracks runnin...

Da hand wrote:Go to Live's preferences and there is a place to "save default set"

thanks !

You can see for yourself by keeping shift pressed, then using the option "New Live set" from the file menu. This creates a new system-default Liveset and you'll notice those names to be gone. Thanks - I did the shift-New Liveset thing, but after I close that set, this default one reappear...

So when I open up Live from scratch and switch to Session View, I see these clips on the master track saying 'Intro', 'Build A', etc. Now I never use Session View (just Arrangement for recording/arranging my songs), so I'm wondering why these are there, and how do I get rid? : http://i28.photobucket...

You know that little help window that tells you about whatever you mouse over? It's pretty useful! :wink: :wink: this makes a good case for Operator being good for a noob to start with, integrated help in the DAW. if you're not failing you're not trying. go forth and fail! $5 wouldn't be worth my t...

It's really not that hard. All you need is 2 oscillators playing sine waves in a 1:1 ratio. Adjust the level of osc B till you get that vocalish sound. Apply a low pass filter somewhere between 1 and 3 kHz. Set the filter envelope decay quite low to get that initial click. Maybe apply a pitch envel...