stripped back Ableton Live

rcutz · Post by **rcutz** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:56 pm

Hello dear forum

in this interview Damian Taylor, whom recorded and performs with Bjork on her lasted album and tour, talks about a "stripped back" Ableton Live software.

There are anybody around here who know what kind of tweaking could be made?

Like removing controllers scripts? Skins files? etc...

any tip would be nice.

cheers
Ricardo

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:21 pm

Live LE?

rcutz · Post by **rcutz** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:34 pm

Tarekith wrote:Live LE?

7.07

duluxdog · Post by **duluxdog** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:50 am

That's a pretty interesting article. It's good to hear someone like Mark Bell is using Live for beats.. endorsement of one of the true greats. For some reason I doubt they're using the LE version though? If anyone has any ideas on stripping back the software, i'm curious to hear..

oddstep · Post by **oddstep** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:42 am

I think the 'stripped down setup' refers more to the laptop - yknow, no virus checkers, firewalls etc - optimising drivers and all that .... rather than creating a modded ableton rig. then again maybe they're just cleverer and technical than I can imagine. it happens

chrisedmo · Post by **chrisedmo** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:03 pm

Unless, he means what i was going to do - basically delete most presets from the live browser.. that should be stripped back.. Im seriously thinking about doing this, i find when writing music that having too many options is bad.. I know that sounds backwards but i keep picking up old recordings that i did on my 4 track reel to reel with just some creative use of effects and they sound great, and like me not like someone else ?

EDIT: on reading the interview - he means basically just having Ableton on his laptop and probably not mail, photoshop, limewire and other non musical software...

rcutz · Post by **rcutz** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:50 pm

Hello Guys,

no doubt they are using a full version of Life.

I get in touch with Damian.

"stripped back" means no third-partie plugins.
he founds Live Load much more quickly and keeps much more reliable.

It`s nice to notice they are using Live like a "sampler", without synths and stuff...
They are using Live effects.

I thing about to take out ( as experience )a lot of remote scripts-i don`t have any of then, and some of the skins.

I don`t recommend to anyone to delete they, just move they to a folder outside the packge (I`m on mac)

when I made I let you know
best

oddstep · Post by **oddstep** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:20 pm

nice 1 for adopting a direct 'I want to know, I will ask' approach rather than musing about it on an internet forum.

duluxdog · Post by **duluxdog** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:44 pm

Honestly - I love the idea of keeping it 'bare bones'. I think this helps keep your own music uncluttered. Plus Live comes with great effects.. I maybe need something like Supatrigga, and that's it..

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:17 pm

Removing skins, scripts & presets surely wont do anything for performance. All of these are only loaded when needed. Yeah?

For ease of mind - I can see that removing presets would work.

.m

rcutz · Post by **rcutz** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:50 pm

Hi Lo-fi.

I`m not sure, but I do believe they are loaded when u run the software.

Why?

Because if you try to put a new skin inside the skin folder, they only show in the dropdown menu if you restart the software.

I do believe the presets aren`t load... but I also can`t be sure of that.

capo-wear-i · Post by **capo-wear-i** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:26 pm

I can see why you wouldn't want to risk using a lot of 3rd Party plug-ins - they're often the source of many crashes in Live (and other DAW's !).

rcutz · Post by **rcutz** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:35 pm

@capo-wear-i : you are rigth!
After reading the interview the first thing I do is to delet all the plug-ins I never use.
Then I stop to have duplicates of it like the same plug-ing AU & VST.

What I feel is some drops after upgrading from Live 7.03 to 7.07...

I`m not allways fan of those upgrades...

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:54 am

That's another reason it's good to just install one plugin at a time and get familiar with it before you move onto adding another one. Not only do you learn to use it properly, but if Live starts crashing, you know where to point the finger.

rcutz · Post by **rcutz** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:57 am

a1studmuffin wrote:That's another reason it's good to just install one plugin at a time and get familiar with it before you move onto adding another one. Not only do you learn to use it properly, but if Live starts crashing, you know where to point the finger.

Good Point.

I`m used to Arturia Synths at all.
Sometimes some NI Pro53 ...
and a Microkorg...
and I can`t go further... I just get happy with those.

best