Ableton Live 6 DJ Setup

projectfusion · Post by **projectfusion** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:25 pm

I intend to use Ableton Live 6 as a live DJ setup. The way i have set the console is connected an M-Audio 4 channel sound card and connected to a traditonal Dj mixer. Now I have two audio tracks in LIVE named as Deck A and Deck B. Deck A output is routed to EXT 1/2 instead of Master and Deck B output is routed to EXT 3/4. On the sound card Line1/2 is going to one channel and Line3/4 is going to the other channel on the mixer. Instead of using Ableton cross fader i am using my mixer cross fader and gains controls to feel a bit more like real dj setup.

Now the problem i am facing is to fire a track without touching the laptop. On every track i have put warp markers to tell myself when to fire the next track. So lets say in Deck A i have a song going and when the cursor eaches the warp marker i have put thats when the next track should start. But the problem is when i try to start the next track the wave form of the current current track disappears from the screen and i have to see the waveform of the next track by clicking on it from the mouse.

Help needed :/

http://www.projectfusion.co.uk/images/live_setup.JPG

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:17 pm

In the preferences you can change the behavior from "select clip on launch".

projectfusion · Post by **projectfusion** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:26 pm

@Tarekith
Thanks for reply mate. The thing is when i go on the next song the existing wave form of the song playing disappears from the screen and also are u talking about Record, Warp, Launch / Launch / Select On Launch = On ?

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:24 pm

You'll only see one waveform at a time.

My recommendation - mix with your ears, and not your eyes...

projectfusion · Post by **projectfusion** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:34 pm

Yeah i should really be concentrating with my ears. With assigning keys on the midi controller to launch the track. Should i be assigning seperate key for each track to be launched? or use secene up and down option to launch the track?

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:02 pm

I only use the top two scenes for DJ/VJing, and drag a Live clip into one scene while the other one's playing.

A single BCR button launches a scene. The Live clip contains the main track, two loops, surround pan settings, Impulse percussion preset, and video/lighting presets and sequences.

projectfusion · Post by **projectfusion** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:10 pm

Yeah but then it defeats the object what i am trying to do. I wanna do live performance without touching the laptop. And its not possible with dragging clips through a midi controller is it?

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:19 pm

I used to load up scenes with Live clips, then scroll with a BCR knob and launch the scene with a BCR button.

It was too restrictive, though. I need the flexibility to choose from hundreds of Live clips on the fly. AFAIK, that's not yet possible with a MIDI controller.

All I have to do on the laptop is drag in Live clips. Everything else is done with MIDI controllers.

projectfusion · Post by **projectfusion** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:44 am

Thanks for your help guys. What i eventually did was assigned a trigger button on my midi controller for each track. Thats the ony way i could do it without touching the laptop and view the wavform. Thanks for your help.