Live Looping - Help!

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Rich789
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Live Looping - Help!

Post by Rich789 » Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:23 pm

I want to record audio loops in a performance and play them back in session mode while using scenes to play backing tracks. So Scene 1 is the verse, scene 2 is the chorus.

Recording is being controlled using Softstep 2. So I'm looking for handsfree solutions.

The PROBLEM: I can't find an elegant way to rerecord a clip I messed up on while recording. The "new" button takes me to a new scene. I need to stay in the same scene! Or do I have multiple verse scenes created just in case I need to rerecord.

As far as I can tell, Live needs an overwrite clip feature to do this.

chapelier fou
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Re: Live Looping - Help!

Post by chapelier fou » Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:37 pm

There is no easy way indeed. What I do is that I mapped cmd+Z on my controller (Akai Mpk 261).
Do you have m4l ? I have plans to make a device to delete last recorded clip.
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Teace
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Re: Live Looping - Help!

Post by Teace » Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:41 pm

Clyphx pro

Rich789
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Re: Live Looping - Help!

Post by Rich789 » Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:46 am

Clyphx pro looks like a solution. Thx Teace.

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Re: Live Looping - Help!

Post by chapelier fou » Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:57 am

Curious about the solution with clyphx
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chapelier fou
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Re: Live Looping - Help!

Post by chapelier fou » Mon Jul 20, 2020 6:10 am

If you’re interested in a max for live device just tell me, by the way.
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Rich789
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Re: Live Looping - Help!

Post by Rich789 » Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:45 pm

Chapelier, How are able to map undo to a controller? I think the delete key mapped to a controller is what I'm looking for. I think Clyphx would do this, but costs some money.

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Re: Live Looping - Help!

Post by chapelier fou » Tue Jul 21, 2020 5:34 am

Some controllers (very few) have this ability.
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Galacticblip
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Re: Live Looping - Help!

Post by Galacticblip » Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:05 pm

ClyphX Pro & its extensions are worth the money for the many customised uses it can add ,
not least the ability to SPECIFY clips, tracks etc to perform actions on .

Mapping the Delete function (which is NOT UNDO! ) to a button could be dangerous in a live performance depending on
what Live considers selected at the time , you could easily delete a track,scene or device by mistake
(& would still need UNDO mapped to a button to remedy , catch22! )

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