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Posted by Breeze on Oct-10-2007 12:54:

Ableton Live Users .

Hey all,

What midi controllers are you using for live performances

Also what are the specs of your laptops.

Thanks

J.

Posted by Ripp on Oct-10-2007 13:25:

I have been playing out on ableton for a little over a year and I think the two basic things you need are a MIDI interface and some sort of additional mixer for hot cues, effects and if you want to run more then 4 channels.

I use a fast track pro to cue and make better sound quality

http://www.synthtopia.com/news/05_0...ackPro_hero.jpg

And a UC33...I would say a huge majority of the the DJs I have seen use this unless they are working on a Zone or a 800.

http://www.portlandmusiccompany.com...s/ctr_uc33e.jpg

These are just to tools I use...Abelton is a beautiful thing as it is so flexible.... so be as creative as you can afford.

Posted by T-Soma on Oct-10-2007 13:39:

Me thinks this should be made the official Live PA thread.

I haven't done a proper live PA of my own tracks but I'm going to soon.

Laptop
Acer TravelMate 4064
2ghz Intel Centrino
1gb RAM (266mhz )
100gig hdd (4200rpm)
15.4" Wide LCD
I'm using my Scratch Live box as a sound card.

Midi Control
Behringer BCF-2000 (I LOVE THIS THING!)

Posted by Terrence Parker on Oct-10-2007 13:49:

Re: Ableton Live Users .

quote:
Originally posted by Breeze
Hey all,

What midi controllers are you using for live performances

Also what are the specs of your laptops.

Thanks

J.

You should have a look at this: http://www.abletonlivedj.com/forum/

Posted by Breeze on Oct-10-2007 14:41:

Thanks for your replies big help
Ive recently played around on my friends set up with Ableton Live and i must say how much fun it is. So ill be waiting for Ableton 7, in the mean time ill start organising the rest of the gear

All the best

J.

Posted by Zombie0729 on Oct-10-2007 15:33:

i've been using ableton exclusivly since January. the midi gear has changed a bunch but i'm happy with what i have now:

PC 1.8ghz, 1.5 gigs of RAM
MOTU Ultralite (using all outs)
Novation Remote SL - for live keyboards, effects, multiunits, racks, etc
Korg PadKontrol - for a lot of cool stuff, including my own glitch effects, whitenoise, percs, vocal samples, etc

i love my rig

Posted by Zombie0729 on Oct-10-2007 16:05:

sasha will be announcing soon that the maven will be going into mass production in 2008

Posted by Ripp on Oct-10-2007 16:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
sasha will be announcing soon that the maven will be going into mass production in 2008

1. I want one
2. I want one
3. I will now sell off my g/f's eggs to be abel to afford one
4. Ableton is the new CDJ

Posted by Terrence Parker on Oct-10-2007 17:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
sasha will be announcing soon that the maven will be going into mass production in 2008

Good news

Posted by echosystm on Oct-10-2007 23:09:

I think the UC33e or the MPD24 are best. On the MPD, you sacrifice a lot of knobs for larger clip trigger buttons.

Posted by T-Soma on Oct-11-2007 07:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
sasha will be announcing soon that the maven will be going into mass production in 2008

I don't know why people get so exited it doesn't look like anything special.
Are people really prepared to buy something completely overpriced because it has a popular name to it?
Well if history has anything to show then id say yes

Posted by Breeze on Oct-11-2007 08:32:

I wonder if they will be exactly the same(prob not) , I love the lights on that maven, looks like a space ship. we will soon find out if the maven is really worth its money or just a midi controller with pretty lights.

Posted by catalystG5 on Oct-11-2007 10:51:

i just got my korg zero8. its crazy for ableton.

zero8

Posted by Breeze on Oct-11-2007 13:39:

FAR OUT THAT IS A MONSTER!

quote:
Originally posted by catalystG5
i just got my korg zero8. its crazy for ableton.

zero8

Posted by T-Soma on Oct-11-2007 13:45:

As much as I would love to get my hands on one of those korg mixers (well I want one pretty damn badly) it seems that the headphone jack is in one hell of a shitty place!

Nice big pic here