Ableton Preferences – Link MIDI (Tutorial Video)
Ableton Preferences – Link MIDI We’re continuing our Ableton Preferences series. This time we cover the Link/MIDI tab. Next time we’ll cover the File/Folder tab
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Ableton Preferences – Audio (Tutorial Video)
Ableton Preferences – Audio We’re continuing our Ableton Preferences series. This time we cover the Audio tab. Next week we’ll cover the MIDI/Link tab
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Ableton Preferences – Feel Look (Tutorial Video)
Ableton Preferences – Feel Look New tutorial series covering Ableton’s Preferences. First up, the Feel/Look tab. Next week we’ll cover the Audio tab
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XOXX Composer – Arduino Magnet Based Sequencer
XOXX Composer – Arduino Magnet Based Sequencer XOXX Composer is a new Arduino based sequencer that uses magnets to track the sequencer commands. This is a good example on how sequencer can become more and more connected with the real world. In some ways we use technology to brings us back in time for a more physical tactile use of musical instruments. A few words from the developer Axel Bluhme: The XOXX Composer is a different take on a drum machine. It turns the inner functions of sampling, looping, and sequencing, into a tangible, kinetic and sculptural form. Capture sounds from your surroundings or pick samples from records and then play them back on the XOXX Composer by placing the magnets on spinning discs. Simply let curiosity and creativity lead the way to quickly create unique beats away from the computer screen. The project is a result from …
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Dynamic Tonality – XronoMorph | Explore Rhythms in New Ways (Free Download)
XronoMorph – Explore Rhythms in New Ways Check out this awesome free application from Dynamic Tonality. It offers a new way of approaching rhythm composition. XronoMorph utilized mathematical approach that uses two main methods: perfect balance and well-formedness. Check out the video demo on the bottom. A few words from the developer. Perfectly Balanced and Well-Formed Rhythms The mathematical principles utilized by XronoMorph are perfect balance and well-formedness (MOS). Perfect balance is a generalization of the polyrhythms found in many African and jazz musical traditions. A rhythm is perfectly balanced when the mean position (centre of gravity) of all its rhythmic events, when arranged on a circle, is the centre of that circle. Well-formedness is a generalization of the additive rhythms found in aksak (Balkan), sub-Saharan African, and progressive rock musical traditions. Well-formed rhythms contain no more than two interonset intervals, arranged as evenly as possible. WF rhythm are typically …
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Free Self Adaptive Limiter from D16 Group – Frontier
Free Self Adaptive Limiter from D16 Group – Frontier Easy, Multi-Purpose and Free Frontier is a new Self Adaptive Limiter from D16 group. It’s a very simple plugin with the same familiar design all D16 plugins share. It is offered as a free download if you have a D16 account (also free). A few words from the develeper Multitude of applications “Quality and performance makes Frontier a perfect tool for almost any studio situation. Its simple and clear interface in combination with excellent sound quality will surely be appreciated by any engineer looking for efficient way of controlling dynamics of a channel, bus or even master output. Frontier can be used as very transparent mixing / mastering limiter (at certain settings) with just licking the loudest amplitude peaks, or can be utilized more creatively, as sound shaper, when more extreme settings are at stake.” Self-adaptive “Algorithm for automatic gain makeup …
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Ableton Looper Cheat Sheet (Free Download)
Ableton Looper Cheat Sheet (Free Download) Live looping can be a different way of expression. It can force you to compose in real time which can end up with amazing unexpected result. Looper out of all of Live’s devices is the most “Independent” as it’s recording, processing and rendering audio all by itself. It might seem daunting or even useless to Ableton users who haven’t got enough time to mess around with. Live’s Looper is a special audio effect that comes to emulate Looping hardware like the Boss Looping Pedals. Although you can achieve similar functionality using the Session view and Audio Tracks it does give an easy and fast solution for live performance. Whether you want to do MIDI live looping with synths and samplers or audio live looping with vocals and live instruments Looper might be the right fit for the job. Setting up The easiest way …
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How to Build a Drum Robot – Ableton Connection Kit
What is Arduino? Arduino is a Micro Controller which lets us connect many types of hardware gear like LEDS, Motors, Knobs, Faders, Sensors (proximity, humidity, light etc) and even Touch screens. We can then use the computer to program the Arduino to control or react to the connected hardware in any way we want. The possibilities are endless. There are many types of Arduino boards with different capabilities. For this video we are using the Arduino Uno R3. Check out this list of cool Arduino projects. LED Cube Auto Lacing Shoe The Eye Writer Twitter Mood Light Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock Turn Signal Biking Jacket And many more! You can find the Arduino in most online and retail electronic stores like: Sparkfun Adafruit Digikey But for the Arduino to do what we want it to do we need to program it using the free Arduino software. This requires some programming knowledge …
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