Ableton Forum

Citizen wrote:

anamexis wrote:Well, you could say the same about Ableton's reverb

It is what it is, I guess.

True, true.

Just wanting to confirm my suspiscions before I move onto exploring Ableton's other instruments next.

Next stop.....Tension, Collision and Operator!

My current fav

Citizen wrote:I’m progressively working my way through all of Ableton’s instruments, so as to familiarise myself with each one better.

I spent about an hour playing around with Electric last night, and with some of its presets, and my initial impression is that it is somewhat limited in the scope of sounds it can make.

Bascially it does little more than replicate a small range of sounds from an electric piano, and some tweaking of the tine and tone settings will create a sound more akin to a Rhodes organ.

Is that it?! Or is this instrument actually more diverse than I perceive it to be? And why wouldn’t I simply just use any or a number of plug-ins to acheive essetnially the same sound?

An acoustic guitar only sounds like an acoustic guitar, a bass a bass, a piano a piano. An electric piano sounds like an electric piano. If you're not into old R&B and 60's rock then it's not as useful, if you were you would prefer it over the others. A copy on other instruments wouldn't as faithfully replicate the harmonic changes when hit with a sharp attack etc.

I do find it odd to have to explain this? Are you that musically tunnel visioned that you never listen to old records or genres besides the electronic ones you like? Not meant as an attack just righteously curious? I've always found all forms of music to be intriguing. Go back to it on occasion, I don't own Suite, but the electric piano was similar to the one in Logic and I ended up using it far more than I thought I would. Not all sounds should pop out at you in a mix.

I gained a new appreciation for Electric when I started using my keyboard's sustain pedal with it.

Speaking of which, anybody know if there's a way to activate sustain/make the keyboard think there's a sustain pedal plugged in when there isn't? I've tried upping the decay/release values, but it still only lasts as long as they key is pressed.

i think the electric is not bad in what it is.

the simple sounds let me concentrate more on the melody and
the dynamics, so sometimes less is more.

map a toggle button somewhere to cc64?

Hah - duh. I was looking for some switch or setting somewhere, and of course overlooked the simplest answer.

Thanks.

it needs more minerals.

It sounds like an electric piano. I have used it a lot in my songs.
I have to admit that sometimes its sound is muddy in the middle and lacks power.
A part from that I found it a fair enough copy of the originals it tries to imitate
with the overall benefit that uses no space on disk for samples and it's more playable.

- Best
- Pasha

Tone Deft wrote:...I'd love to get some updated racks for Electric. Puremagnetik, you reading this?

Yes