Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:13 am
I have not tried all the ways you can work with groove (have not extracted from audio, only midi so far), but what I have tried works well... just what I would expect!!lola wrote:And the new groove thing?
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lucky Beta testers for Live 8.. initial thoughts?
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:14 am
which part?Tarekith wrote:Sorry but that's lame as (insert swear word here).
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:15 am
The vocorder is sweet! Very flexible... I am no expert on vocorders, but the 3-4 things I tried all sounded very musical and useful...djsynchro wrote:i didn't want the slicer... and I was WRONG
i didn't want the vocoder and i was WRONG it is amazing! (For all sorts of filtery effects - doesn't have to vocode.)
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:31 am
No more zoom in the upper half of the waveform. That was like Live's "thing" to me, the one thing that made it so quick to use compared to other apps. Especially for Djs that need to warp with precision, it made it very quick to zoom in and out while dropping markers. I know I need to get used to new features, but this is one that really sucks IMO. Now we have two areas in clip view that trigger play back (lower waveform, and timeline) and only a small section for zooming? I'd rather see a preference option for toggling upper waveform for selection or zooming (with the ooposite one possible via shift) versus just dropping zooming altogther.forge wrote:which part?Tarekith wrote:Sorry but that's lame as (insert swear word here).
(Must think happy thoughts, must think happy thoughts, must think...)
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:33 am
The groove tools are excellent!! Waited a long time for this one!!!
Group tracks... seem to work well, not fussy at all and as one expects. Great addition to Live
Midi step record is a much better way to input midi notes. Nicely implemented. A snap to input chords, change note lengths, correct mistakes...
Vocorder is much more interesting than I expected. Finally a limiter in Live!!
Haven't figured out how to use the looper yet
I like the new warping much much more than the old
Crossfades in arrangement are okay... bit finicky and could be improved imo
Adjusting multiple parameters at once... cool!!
being able to choose which of a 3rd party instruments parameters show when you unfold the live device is big improvement
Group tracks... seem to work well, not fussy at all and as one expects. Great addition to Live
Midi step record is a much better way to input midi notes. Nicely implemented. A snap to input chords, change note lengths, correct mistakes...
Vocorder is much more interesting than I expected. Finally a limiter in Live!!
Haven't figured out how to use the looper yet
I like the new warping much much more than the old
Crossfades in arrangement are okay... bit finicky and could be improved imo
Adjusting multiple parameters at once... cool!!
being able to choose which of a 3rd party instruments parameters show when you unfold the live device is big improvement
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:19 am
OPE-FUCKIN'_RATOR!
This Operator update kick some ass. It's gnarly factor just about tripled. Custom waveforms, feedback, new filter, filter drive. Sounds great!
Vocoder is good fun as well.
This Operator update kick some ass. It's gnarly factor just about tripled. Custom waveforms, feedback, new filter, filter drive. Sounds great!
Vocoder is good fun as well.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:22 am
This needs to be sorted out. I rely heavily on having a big fat area to grab on and zoom in and out for warping, aswell as making loop points etc.No more zoom in the upper half of the waveform
The "top half of waveform" zooming was always one of my favourite parts of Live.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:31 am
How's the new limiter 
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:34 am
limited.DubLifeSD wrote:How's the new limiter
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:36 am
Just missed the beta....
So how about time stretch for Simpler or Sampler so I can have time stretch in Drum Racks??
So how about time stretch for Simpler or Sampler so I can have time stretch in Drum Racks??
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:37 am
Yes it does, these sort of changes will keep me from upgrading, some things should be left the way they were....that being said I'll have to wait and check out the beta when it comes round againcondra wrote:This needs to be sorted out. I rely heavily on having a big fat area to grab on and zoom in and out for warping, aswell as making loop points etc.No more zoom in the upper half of the waveform
The "top half of waveform" zooming was always one of my favourite parts of Live.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:40 am
My first impression - they put a lot of work into increasing the different ways you can do one thing which is something I have loved about Live, the ability to do 1 thing so many different ways.
The new Operator is great! It's just like the old one, but with more ways to customize your sound yet not any more complicated. Love it!
The new Operator is great! It's just like the old one, but with more ways to customize your sound yet not any more complicated. Love it!
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:33 am
Don't have Beta yet. What I see in the screenshots multiband dynamics doesn't have a sidechain function. But can you select a single band as input on another track?
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:58 am
tried it... no go... would be a nice additionytsek wrote:Don't have Beta yet. What I see in the screenshots multiband dynamics doesn't have a sidechain function. But can you select a single band as input on another track?
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:41 am
Where did you find the beta when the first round for beta tester was still open? On the ableton startpage?