Retrospective record

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by Mr-Bit » Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:54 pm

Ya but its sods law that I play the best stuff whilst in the sound design stage usually because I'm not pressuring myself to play well. I will try allways having record enabled but I'm guessing it wont be that practical.

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by outershpongolia » Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:53 pm

maybe run a master mixdown to some other type of recording device.. You just want to be able to record it, hear it, and then replay it or do you guys actually want that recorded clip EXACTLY how it was when you forgot to press Record? You could just run your master outputs to a tape recorder or something like that so that you can always go back and listen and then try and replay what you did..

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by dna598 » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:49 am

outershpongolia wrote:maybe run a master mixdown to some other type of recording device.. You just want to be able to record it, hear it, and then replay it or do you guys actually want that recorded clip EXACTLY how it was when you forgot to press Record? You could just run your master outputs to a tape recorder or something like that so that you can always go back and listen and then try and replay what you did..
absolutely not :roll:
emef wrote:not rocket science is it?
no mate, this feature request is not rocket science.

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ctrl + left/right = select transient

ctrl + shift + left/right = select between transients

ctrl + space = play selection

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by emef » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:15 pm

haha

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by outershpongolia » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:39 pm

The smilies add a little more dickhead to the response :evil:

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by jmdumas » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:17 am

+1 for this, but only if it's enabled for audio too. MIDI alone isn't worth it (for me), it can be done real easy with a simple max patch.

hmm, i might patch that for you guys one of these days.. :lol:
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Re: Retrospective record

Post by dna598 » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:27 am

Bump

used retrospective record to capture all the BEST BITS .
all of this IN LOGIC, which is bit of a shame seeing as ableton cannot do it.

Another reason for logic users that i work with NOT to jump ship. damn!
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ctrl + left/right = select transient

ctrl + shift + left/right = select between transients

ctrl + space = play selection

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by dna598 » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:11 pm

bump

decided i need the old retro record along with session automation (hell, retro record for that please too). can you imagine THAT??

you could just tweak away and then call up bars upon bars of "in the moment" magic!

Hitting a creative wall here, cos i want to perform each section of the tune with effects automation as midi loops and scenes in session view.
I do not want to visit the arrange page until its time to see the captured scenes as an arrangement and bounce it.
And I want to create those sceenes from "retro recorded" passes that i have trimmed/cut to length. (think build ups,drops, flourishes etc) Tell me if im dreaming.

Anyway im wandering into a session automation request now.
I think that the conceptual rewrite Robert Henke speaks of (http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... =+midi+lfo) is due another brainstorm at ableton hq. I hear you can record the automation to cells in maschine so perhaps the functionality i desire is only a few years away.
ctrl + left/right = select transient

ctrl + shift + left/right = select between transients

ctrl + space = play selection

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by mike_o » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:23 am

another bump on this feature request.

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by djgroovy » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:55 pm

There are plugins that do that, kinda.
Put them in your master channel or a resampling channel, set a buffer size, like 5min or 15min, and it constantly records everything you're doing (in audio only afaik).
When you played something you liked, you stop it and retrieve the wav file.

A bit awkward, but could be a good workaround for now.

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by outershpongolia » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:53 pm

^^ at least you can hear what you played.. I never need retro record so that I can bounce a part and actually use it, I just need to hear what I played and how the groove went, then I'll usually just recreate it.

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by steff3 » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:48 am

also loved that one in Cubase .... (I did not like the implementation how it is done in Logic a lot, but in Cubase it was not bad)


best

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by 3phase » Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:09 pm

dna598 wrote:bump everytime i need it.


needed it last night working with 2 others on a minimal house track.

a short excerpt from the scene:

guy1: " hey!! whatever you just did, do it again!"

me: "OK"

shortly thereafter....

Guy2: " nah, whatver youre doing now, its not what you were doing before"

me : " I NEED RETROSPECTIVE RECORD"

The End. (NOT)



ableton live please, YOU HAVE MISSED SOMETHING CRUCIAL HERE.


yep-- that is standard situation NO1 when jamming with people together,,,

jamming versus block moving... what shall be the main focus of ableton live?
more block mover features ore more jammers features?
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Re: Retrospective record

Post by Debrecini » Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:48 pm

dna598 wrote:bump

decided i need the old retro record along with session automation (hell, retro record for that please too). can you imagine THAT??

you could just tweak away and then call up bars upon bars of "in the moment" magic!

Hitting a creative wall here, cos i want to perform each section of the tune with effects automation as midi loops and scenes in session view.
I do not want to visit the arrange page until its time to see the captured scenes as an arrangement and bounce it.
And I want to create those sceenes from "retro recorded" passes that i have trimmed/cut to length. (think build ups,drops, flourishes etc) Tell me if im dreaming.

Anyway im wandering into a session automation request now.
I think that the conceptual rewrite Robert Henke speaks of (http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... =+midi+lfo) is due another brainstorm at ableton hq. I hear you can record the automation to cells in maschine so perhaps the functionality i desire is only a few years away.
Yes this is an essential feature, I would also love session automation. Would just make the feature 10 times better.

Retro record for MIDI only is good enough for me but they have to cater for all.

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Re: Retrospective record

Post by kb420 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:39 pm

emef wrote:or just hit record and play stuff, pull out the good bits

not rocket science is it?

I was thinking the same thing. That being said, if they do implement a feature like that, I would definitely want to be able to turn it off.
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