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by chris vine
Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:55 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: WTF????
Replies: 25
Views: 4761

Oh yeah, I remember those SHOES..............................!

But thanks for reminding me about the Isleys - those guys could groooove, baby.

Great vids..............shouldn't madonnna use the first one?
by chris vine
Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:16 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Who here uses Live solely for sequencing/recording
Replies: 12
Views: 2335

is Live's vocal recording sound as good as the other sequencers such as Soanr, Logic. Like if I was to get someone to sing, is it possible with Live and if it is... is it as good as any other software? The reason I ask because everyone keeps saying how Live is such a loop based software... but neve...
by chris vine
Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:13 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: garbled, distorted, metalic messy sound from FW410
Replies: 8
Views: 2907

Hi Abletoff,
So if this is a persistent prob with M Audio cards, I wonder why they haven't addressed it. :?

I use a PCMCIA FW interface on my laptop.......dunno what the chipset is though. Cost next to nothing on ebay.

cheers
by chris vine
Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:31 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: garbled, distorted, metalic messy sound from FW410
Replies: 8
Views: 2907

Hi George, Have you set your processor scheduling in XP to "background services"? in the performance settings? Do you get the same problem when using another audio application? Best wishes, Chris Athlon XP2600, 1gig RAM, Samsung Spinmaster 160gb 7200 HD, FW410 Toshiba Laptop, 2Ghz, 768MB R...
by chris vine
Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:52 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live5 midi control question
Replies: 1
Views: 893

Tried to delete......anyway, it was a midi loop problem that went away as soon as I disconnect midi in to the fcb.
sorry

Happy Nu 'ear
by chris vine
Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:37 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live5 midi control question
Replies: 1
Views: 893

Live5 midi control question

Hi Everyone, I am using a fcb1010 to control LIve5, and for some reason I can't get assigned midi notes to activate things like channel on/off or vst fx on/off. There's no problem triggering clips....strange, like what's the diff? If I open up LIve4 and try it, it works, no problem.. Is there a majo...
by chris vine
Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:19 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Ableton and 5.1 surround for theatre
Replies: 2
Views: 1065

Hi Peanut, Welcome to the forum. Live doesn´t do surround panning AFAIK. I have used it to do surround in theatre - on it´s own without true surround panning by sending 4 outs to a mixer (plus another output to the sub bass) - or by rewiring to Cubase SX, which does have a real surround panner. Mayb...
by chris vine
Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:39 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Ableton Live for composing/recording.
Replies: 32
Views: 7112

So, in conclusion, Live Lite 4 seems like the one to start with. It's only got 4 tracks, but I get to evaluate the overall outcome. Is there a way around the Demo version not saving? [/b] Jim, why don't you just download the Live 5 demo, if you only want to evaluate the application? It isn't such a...
by chris vine
Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:08 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: istanbul music stores?
Replies: 3
Views: 1285

Dunno about hi-tech stuff, but there is one street there that is full of music stores selling some excellent instruments, like oud, saz etc. I saw an electric saz in one place - damn, I should have got it!
Also Istambul is, of course, a prime place for cymbals.
by chris vine
Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:19 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: This Notebook for Live?
Replies: 8
Views: 2856

Hi Ed, Yeh, if you are planning to have an external HD as well.......well, the price looks good to me. BTW, I use a firewire audio box (M audio 410) and have used it on a two pc laptops and a powerbook with NO problems. BUT djsynchro is right - try to check if there are any probs with this laptop an...
by chris vine
Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:02 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: This Notebook for Live?
Replies: 8
Views: 2856

Looks good to me (um, sorry, am NOT an expert :? ) but the HD speed is 4200 rpm in the specs on the link...I would think you need 7200 -definitely for recording, anyway.
by chris vine
Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:58 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Ultraportable Laptop choice
Replies: 18
Views: 4651

lush looking machine................made me think about Acer for my next lappski
by chris vine
Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:23 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Any PC NOT having problems with M audio FW ?
Replies: 35
Views: 7697

nolus wrote:if you're running this card without problems , what buffer size and sample rate are you using? and which version of live?

Good point...........

256 and 44.1khz
Live 5.0.2 on my desktop AMD athlon 2600
Live 4.0.3 on a toshiba P4 Laptop
by chris vine
Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:48 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Any PC NOT having problems with M audio FW ?
Replies: 35
Views: 7697

Hi Everyone, I have used the same FW410 with an AMD athlon desktop, a generic PC laptop (4 pin fw cable), a Toshiba laptop (pcmcia FW card) and a G4 powerbook with no major problems at all. Am I just lucky, or what? Yes, the mixer app IS a bit wierd at times, tho. Sorry for the guys having problems,...
by chris vine
Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:04 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Monitor Placement
Replies: 6
Views: 1748

My 2 cents worth: keep the monitors away from the wall as much as is possible - not an easy thing if you are in a small space - I also have this problem these days. I noticed that in most of the pictures of peoples setups elsewhere on the forum that most of us have monitors way too close to the wall...