Live 7 Music Videos!

s33m0h · Post by **s33m0h** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:02 pm

I tried to drop some music videos in Live 7 and it wouldn't let me.

What do I have to do?

What do you VJ's out there do with Live when it comes to anything video related?

three · Post by **three** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:56 pm

I route all MIDI to what I call "MIDI PTO" tracks - a PTO is the Power Take Off on a tractor - and all the PTO tracks are routed in parallel to instruments and the Network MIDI device.

The Network MIDI device then routes the MIDI to the computer that makes the video.

HTH,

Chris

s33m0h · Post by **s33m0h** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:14 pm

Sorry, that doesn't make any sense to me. I assume this is in the manual somewhere? Can you link me to any tutorials?

three · Post by **three** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:06 pm

oops. clumsy mouse hand double posts.

three · Post by **three** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:12 pm

s33m0h wrote:Sorry, that doesn't make any sense to me. I assume this is in the manual somewhere? Can you link me to any tutorials?

Unfortunately I can't, because I devised the technique myself. (I'm not saying that it's unique, just that I don't know where to look for a tutorial)

Simple exercise:

- create 5 MIDI tracks
- route 1, 2 and 3 to 4 (and set 4 to IN so it works)
- route 4 to your network MIDI driver
- set 5 to *take* MIDI from 4 via its input

in that setup:

1-3 are the midi clips driving your kit
4 is your MIDI PTO (or whatever you want to call it, it's the place where you split MIDI to send it both to the instrument and an external destination)
5 is your drum rack

Does that make any sense?

Chris

s33m0h · Post by **s33m0h** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:55 pm

Sure, some of it does make sense, but I was asking about music videos & Live.

I thought Live 7 did "video." I guess I was not clear on what that meant, because I tried to drop a video in Live 7 and it wouldn't go on any of the tracks...

abort · Post by **abort** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:48 pm

I know what your asking s33moth, live only takes .mov files so make sure you convert your movie to that kind of file.

correct me if I'm wrong anyone thanks.

abort · Post by **abort** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:56 pm

Hay three won't maple midi or midi yoke do the same "network midi"?

I don't know still working on Music theory, its overwhelming! Video is the last step in my list of to do around my (I should have taken classes befor I, music studio.)

s33m0h · Post by **s33m0h** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:59 pm

abort wrote:I know what your asking s33moth, live only takes .mov files so make sure you convert your movie to that kind of file.

correct me if I'm wrong anyone thanks.

I should have known. Thanks!

abort · Post by **abort** » Wed May 21, 2008 6:01 pm

no, I did the same thing once.

three · Post by **three** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:12 pm

abort wrote:Hay three won't maple midi or midi yoke do the same "network midi"

I work on Macs, which have a built-in network MIDI driver. Just tell two macs to connect their MIDI and they will.

That could just as well be a hardware MIDI port going to whatever makes the video.

Chris

abort · Post by **abort** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:04 pm

Thats a sweet option to have!

three · Post by **three** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:11 pm

abort wrote:Thats a sweet option to have!

Yeah, it's immensely useful.

I woulnd't necessarily trust network MIDI to play the music at a live show - wayyyyyyy too many things can go wrong. But for Video or lights or whatever, it's fantastic. And much easier to run to the other side of a venue that a MIDI cable!

We'll be using the network MIDI driver this saturday at a show here in Germany - more under http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 372#695372.

You probably won't be able to catch the show - we're a way from Illinois - but here's at least a sample. Check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ivqPZJ4jg to see it.

This was recorded on a computer running just our video software receiving MIDI from Ableton over the network. (The quality isn't great, the recording is with a screencap program. We're building write-to-disk capabilities into the software right now.)

Chris

abort · Post by **abort** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:15 pm

Thank You!

qbical · Post by **qbical** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:03 pm

This is a strange thread

Two things going on at once, my fragile little mind take it. :p