Re: [microsound] ableton

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i second that...

some people complain that Live makes everything sound like "german 
techno"... which is hogwash. it's a full featured production 
environment, suitable for expressive live performance and intricate 
studio composition work alike, with no inherent predisposition to any 
particular style of music/audio art.

if the tool is the message then the message is elegant and playful.


On Mar 29, 2006, at 8:10 AM, bruce tovsky wrote:

>
> On Mar 29, 2006, at 5:31 AM, Jozif Goodwin wrote:
>
>> Any one using live5 for production?
>
> i use live 5 for my live performances. it's the number one choice
> for me and has been indispensable: it's sample playing ease,
> efficient cpu use, simple and powerful vst and au plugin hosting
> and flexible routing options leave most of the other (mac-based)
> hosts i've used in the dust. a great program. my only quibble with
> live is the way it works with sample loops: there is no easy way of
> taking a sample, be it a short loop or a long file, and simply loop
> it - live wants to process the loop, beat match it so that it can be 
> used
> rhythmically with other samples, plugins, etc. this processing (called
> "warp" in live parlance) affects the tone, texture and speed of the 
> loop;
> so if you have a sound file that needs to preserve these 
> characteristics
> you need to go into a convoluted process within live called "follow 
> actions"
> which does allow you to play a file and loop it without warping. 
> however,
> you must edit the file so that it falls on an even beat/measure - that 
> is the
> parameter that you need to know using follow actions. once you get into
> the workflow, however, it becomes second nature. i use peak for
> editing my samples, which i can invoke directly within live, another
> great feature.
> cheers
> bruce
>
> bruce tovsky
> www.skeletonhome.com
>
> "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."
> Philip K. Dick
>
>
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