Ableton & Serato announce 'The Bridge'

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Posted by snak3st on Jan-15-2010 05:23:

Ableton & Serato announce 'The Bridge'

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Ableton and Serato -- two of the biggest names in live music production -- have been working in stealth mode over the past year to create what they've been billing as "the future of digital DJing," and today that new product has been revealed as The Bridge. Basically, you've got a thin layer of software that sits between full versions of both Serato Live (or Itch) and Ableton Live that allows output from both products to flow into the other -- DJ sets can be imported into Ableton with full control over effect parameters, tempo, pitch, and so on, and Ableton instruments can sit inside a Serato session. It's an interesting advancement, and the way the companies are talking, this is just the first in a string of products of the partnership; the good news is that The Bridge will be free to owners of both products, but unfortunately there's no release date yet, so raves are going to have to soldier on using last year's technology for at least a while longer. Hang tight, we're told it's "coming soon."

What do people think?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/...o-faint-en-mas/

edit: Nvm, just found the other thread..

Posted by djsaekone on Jan-15-2010 06:31:

sounds pretty cool.

Posted by Acton on Jan-15-2010 11:02:

I'm still trying to figure out how the fuck this works.

Posted by jupiterone on Jan-15-2010 15:33:

sounds nice. very good way to get people from going out to get traktor, or at least think about their options. the fact that maxmsp is plugging into ableton and ableton is then plugging into serato is an absolute huge plus for anyone getting into digital

Posted by Ryan0751 on Jan-15-2010 16:13:

I can see how it's kind of interesting for people with both products, but now you'll have to manage your Serato library, and samples and such within Ableton.

I don't know, it seems like it only going to benefit a niche of Serato users.

More exciting is the support for more than 2 decks.

Posted by BradMiller on Jan-18-2010 01:06:

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Originally posted by Acton
I'm still trying to figure out how the fuck this works.

+1

Posted by Acton on Jan-18-2010 09:14:

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Originally posted by jupiterone
the fact that maxmsp is plugging into ableton and ableton is then plugging into serato is an absolute huge plus for anyone getting into digital

The introduction of Max for Live was a fantastic move by Ableton, it's going to produce some very interesting results. I haven't dived into it myself though, yet.

Posted by DiscoStew on Jan-19-2010 00:51:

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Originally posted by Acton
I'm still trying to figure out...

...how this is going to make the music any different/better/more interesting/more creative.

Posted by DiscoStew on Jan-19-2010 00:55:

Don't get me wrong, it sounds like a great organizational tool and more streamlined workflow for folks who like to use both Ableton and Serato but I just don't find this creative partnership that exciting so far.

Posted by Acton on Jan-19-2010 09:13:

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Originally posted by DiscoStew
...how this is going to make the music any different/better/more interesting/more creative.

No. How it works, as in the actual Ableton/Serato interaction.

Posted by DiscoStew on Jan-21-2010 02:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Acton
No. How it works, as in the actual Ableton/Serato interaction.

I know. I was just adding my own predicate to your sentence.

Posted by Acton on Jan-21-2010 15:09:

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Originally posted by DiscoStew
I know. I was just adding my own predicate to your sentence.

Ah .

Posted by jupiterone on Jan-21-2010 18:28:

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Originally posted by DiscoStew
...how this is going to make the music any different/better/more interesting/more creative.

which depends 100% on the person using it, like anything else