Do you also sometimes wish to stand up from your studio chair, move away from mouse and keyboard, and "just" make some music? Not in hours and hours of editing, but right now, in this moment, creating a Track on the fly?
I always dreamt about having a really smooth workflow for true "LIVE" production. So here it is - not perfect, but alrighty
Feel free to tell me your best-practise for live-track-creation!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSGYoN-p5TQ
Since i love touchcontrol, i decided to use two 24 inch screens as my main spaceship to control everything. The advantage: when i move a controller, i see WHAT Parameter is moving and WHERE it's moving - unlike with conventional hardware controllers like Midi Twister etc, where you have nice haptics, but are visually disconnected from any Ableton Label.
Therefore, i had to overcome the two biggest restrictions which come with Ableton for me. a) Ableton itself can't properly be controlled via Touchscreen in every aspect you need for live performance. "TouchablePro" or "Lk" are good, but not enough.
b) although Ableton is called Ableton Live, it cannot even re-create the most basic workflow of a RC505 Loopstation. So no wonder, that Beardyman or other Looping geniusses still relied on the RC505 for years.
It took quite some time to overcome those obstactles, but it worked thanks to the help of the community and friendly programmers.
The most honorable mentions are - One Button Looper, a m4l Looper, which is far superior to the crappy Ableton Looper Plugin. You have visual feedback for each Looper, and even some layers.
- OSC/PILOT, i built my custom Touch Interface with it, controlling every Track, Send, Device, Effect, Transport function
- Bome Midi Translator, with which you re able to put ANY Keyboard Shortcut (like Ctrl+Alt+E) onto a Midi Knob
Hope you enjoy the video, please feel free to give feedback or share your own live-production-ways!, it s really appreciated
After many hours of configurations in Ableton, i can show you my personal approach, based on two 24 inch Touchscreens. Hope you enjoy it! Starting with minute 1, you see the interface. And please feel free to share some tips from your own workflows in the comments
