Using Live as Sampler-Effetc-Looper in live situations

[auridevil]

Hi all, I'm wondering if is possible to route a audio signal from an external source (e.g. a dj mixer) into live, process the sound and send it out effected (or augmented in some way or looped), and if is possible, there some problems / precaution I need to take?

It's possible to analyze the incoming audio and synchin' the live's tempo??

My idea is to turn live into an adavanced stompbox.

t.y. in advance.

[chapelier fou]

of course.
That's why i am using live. One input track, several output tracks, with panning, effects, launch quantization, etc...

[auridevil]

Have you any advice??

Do you use any special hw? I'm runnin on a mac book, so the audio card should not be so bad...

Do you use a template?

[auridevil]

and what about synchin?? how do you get external audio and live in synch!?

[chapelier fou]

i use an external soundcard, but i record instruments.
For recording loops, two ways :
-audio clips
-looper
the looper can set live's tempo.

My advice : download the demo.

[chapelier fou]

if you mean adjording automatically live's tempo by analyzing the incoming audio's BPM, then, no, ableton can't do this natively. Doable with m4l, but there's no magic.

[auridevil]

Ok, there's a way just to know the tempo of the incoming track?

(I'm not new on live, but there's always something you never know before!)

[chapelier fou]

tap tempo