96026 Responseshttp://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/11/25/control-ableton-live-with-your-iphone-3/Control+Ableton+Live+With+Your+iPhone2008-11-25+13%3A59%3A12synthhead to “Control Ableton Live With Your iPhone”  

1. 1 St. B from Dead Panda on Nov 25th, 2008 said:

   Well, lazy pseudo-musicians rejoice! Not only can you use the cheat-ware
   to cover up your lack of musical talent, you don’t even have to worry about
   playing live at all, you can literally “phone it in”.

   Beethoven is rolling in his grave. Laptops belong in coffee shops,
   not on the stage. Play your instrument or go home.

2. 2 Gel-Sol on Nov 25th, 2008 said:

   Cover up my lack of talent? Sheeeeit, I let everyone know about my lack of talent!

   Cool app….I could see where it would be convenient for triggering samples. Though I’m really hoping Ableton makes a version of live for the IPhone/Touch….

   Yer Pal,
   Gel-Sol

3. 3 Max on Nov 25th, 2008 said:

   I see this just as an experiment with new forms of man-computer interaction – this is just the beginning of a whole new paradigm. Let’s talk again in ten years or so…

4. 4 tom phillipson on Nov 26th, 2008 said:

   I agree with Max, this is just exploring new ways to interface with technology. Laptops do not belong in coffee shops, as many of the coffee shops here in Berlin attest.. (increasing number of NO LAPTOP signs on doors)

   10 years ago if you want to play samples, you need to drag a sampler out.. now, barring a few notable exceptions, you cant even buy samplers anymore.

   so.. the notion that a laptop is not an instrument is just absurd.

   and as for using an ipod as a controller.. it is no different from using a akai MPD or a lemur or any other mid controller you wish to mention.. only this one is much more portable.

5. 5 St. B from Dead Panda on Jan 5th, 2009 said:

   It is a novelty application. And if you think it is ‘no different than a
   MPD’ (sic- it’s spelled M-P-C!!!) then you have never used an MPC.
   There is no way I can whack an iPhone as hard as I pound on the Akai.
   It is a ‘musical instrument’ as far as ‘playability’ goes, but I am certain
   that no serious artist is going to play a gig this way. I have not seen one
   electronic artist in L.A. doing this.

6. 6 elaine jameson on Jan 5th, 2009 said:

   St. B -

   http://www.akaipro.com/mpd

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