Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by geo » Wed Aug 24, 2016 8:12 am

Where can you find pitch tracking for the LFO?

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by braduro » Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:22 pm

Angstrom, I feel like I'm still using training wheels compared to you. I lean on analog for the very reason that operator gets so deep, and I'm more slapped together, off the cuff, with my synthesis. (I actually think the interface for operator ought to have broken the norm of ableton's design manefest and been given a more futurist look.)

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by Angstrom » Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:38 pm

geo wrote:Where can you find pitch tracking for the LFO?
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I'm thinking of releasing a pack of some of my operator presets. They are all in racks but I have hundreds of them ranging from basses to pads, leads, etc. And I have to say they are a bit better than the factory ones.

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by Tarekith » Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:12 pm

I don't see that green arrow in my Operator, did you do that with M4L? Can you do blue ones too?
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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by Angstrom » Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:02 pm

Mine has that on all the time. I can't turn it off. It actually looks like this
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Now I consider it - I should have noticed that LFO-key tracking control earlier really, considering the flashing arrow.

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by Tarekith » Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:45 pm

:lol:
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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by braduro » Fri Aug 26, 2016 2:26 pm

Angstrom, a collection of your operator presets would be a staple pack, IMO
I'm often randomizing values when I play, which is another reason why I don't open the lid on operator as much as it deserves. I haven't pinned down all the values that I can get away with

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by zenophilix » Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:39 pm

Sidechaining from a Drum Rack. I started seperating out all my drum parts, then routing them to an audio track for compression previously.
Lite Skrub.

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by NoSonic822 » Tue Sep 20, 2016 3:22 am

took a while, but i finally really understand what "select on launch" really means...like if you turn this on, any clip you trigger will auto select the track that clip is in...simple yes....but to understand HOW this is useful and when to turn this ON vs OFF, is a big revelation...

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by Idonotlikebroccoli » Sun Jan 01, 2017 9:20 pm

You can change the swing amount on the arpeggiator by adjusting the global amount in the groove pool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhkTj3cTgqE

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by baseinstinct » Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:49 pm

I would hope for the same in synced delays.

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by Angstrom » Mon Jan 02, 2017 3:18 pm

baseinstinct wrote:I would hope for the same in synced delays.
That is not how delay works. There is no discrete set of slices or steps which can be offset, it is a continuous buffer in feedback so any offsets would be cumulative. The offsetting would be an audio timestretch and the delay would go increasingly out of time as the feedback increases the offsets. It would sound terrible. If you want to discuss what that means more another thread would be better.

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by baseinstinct » Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:01 pm

No need. I find your explanation convincing.

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by Idonotlikebroccoli » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:59 pm

You can add colours to scenes. ¯\_(?)_/¯

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Re: Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

Post by mr.adl » Sun Nov 19, 2017 6:45 pm

You can open more than one folder by holding ctrl/apple key and clicking on the folder. 8O
No more collapsing of the other folder.

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