Comments on: Ableton Live 8 Now Available! http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:11:46 -0500 hourly 1 By: DJ Delphi http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135590 DJ Delphi Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:46:45 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135590 The upgrade is sweet, though it seems like there's a few glitches in it; sometimes midi instrument samples will just stop playing even though you can still see the track level responding to pressing keys/pads. All the other tracks won't be effected and when you switch to a different track that instrument will work, but the one that stopped still doesn't work when you switch back to it. To fix it, I've found all you have to do is reload the instrument, but it was sure confusing trying to figure that out! I'll publish some of the beats I've made with version 8 on my website sometime soon if you're curious to hear what it can do. Peace, DJ Delphi The upgrade is sweet, though it seems like there’s a few glitches in it; sometimes midi instrument samples will just stop playing even though you can still see the track level responding to pressing keys/pads. All the other tracks won’t be effected and when you switch to a different track that instrument will work, but the one that stopped still doesn’t work when you switch back to it. To fix it, I’ve found all you have to do is reload the instrument, but it was sure confusing trying to figure that out!
I’ll publish some of the beats I’ve made with version 8 on my website sometime soon if you’re curious to hear what it can do.

Peace,
DJ Delphi

]]> By: DJ Delphi http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135589 DJ Delphi Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:41:49 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135589 The upgrade is sweet, though it seems like there's a few glitches in it; sometimes midi instrument samples will just stop playing even though you can still see the track level responding to pressing keys/pads. All the other tracks won't be effected and when you switch to a different track that instrument will work, but the one that stopped still doesn't work when you switch back to it. To fix it, I've found all you have to do is reload the instrument, but it was sure confusing trying to figure that out! Also, regarding the vocoder - it sucks!!! I've tried every type of modulation to it that I can think of (although I only got Ableton ~2 months ago and I'm still a novice at using it) and the vocoder sounds absolutely *nothing* like any real vocoder I've heard!!!! I'm hoping that it sounds bad because I just don't know how to use it and I'm looking around to try and find out the right way, but based on my results right now... I wouldn't even call it a vocoder because I'll I've got it to do is make the voice sound distorted or a little deeper, or munchkin like. Overall though, Ableton is the dopest production tool I've worked with, and my experience includes a DR-202 (from Roland), GarageBand, Triton Studio 76-key and an MPC2000. I'm interfacing through the Triton and the MPC for production, but its amazing to be able to visualize the time layout of a song, and rearrange things on the fly as you're playing/recording something. I'll publish some of the beats I've made with version 8 on my website sometime soon if you're curious to hear what it can do. Peace, DJ Delphi The upgrade is sweet, though it seems like there’s a few glitches in it; sometimes midi instrument samples will just stop playing even though you can still see the track level responding to pressing keys/pads. All the other tracks won’t be effected and when you switch to a different track that instrument will work, but the one that stopped still doesn’t work when you switch back to it. To fix it, I’ve found all you have to do is reload the instrument, but it was sure confusing trying to figure that out!
Also, regarding the vocoder – it sucks!!! I’ve tried every type of modulation to it that I can think of (although I only got Ableton ~2 months ago and I’m still a novice at using it) and the vocoder sounds absolutely *nothing* like any real vocoder I’ve heard!!!!
I’m hoping that it sounds bad because I just don’t know how to use it and I’m looking around to try and find out the right way, but based on my results right now… I wouldn’t even call it a vocoder because I’ll I’ve got it to do is make the voice sound distorted or a little deeper, or munchkin like.

Overall though, Ableton is the dopest production tool I’ve worked with, and my experience includes a DR-202 (from Roland), GarageBand, Triton Studio 76-key and an MPC2000. I’m interfacing through the Triton and the MPC for production, but its amazing to be able to visualize the time layout of a song, and rearrange things on the fly as you’re playing/recording something.

I’ll publish some of the beats I’ve made with version 8 on my website sometime soon if you’re curious to hear what it can do.

Peace,
DJ Delphi

]]> By: jamie http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135550 jamie Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:45:16 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135550 Haha, " I WANT IT " "HOLY SHIT" haha. i have it :D it's pretty sick would give out free copies of the full program, but .. i don't like rapidshare so sorry guys New theme is mega aswell, and :O they made it more simply but add more features - so insaine! Haha, ” I WANT IT ” “HOLY SHIT”
haha.
i have it :D
it’s pretty sick
would give out free copies of the full program, but .. i don’t like rapidshare
so sorry guys
New theme is mega aswell, and :O they made it more simply but add more features – so insaine!

]]> By: andylegion http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135243 andylegion Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:56:42 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135243 The looper looks hot. I'm wondering if this upgrade will blow out my laptop, though. Any word on disk space requirements? The looper looks hot. I’m wondering if this upgrade will blow out my laptop, though. Any word on disk space requirements?

]]> By: Seth Priske http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135242 Seth Priske Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:00:28 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135242 This looks like a neat upgrade, hope its worth the price. :P This looks like a neat upgrade, hope its worth the price.

:P

]]> By: djarjana http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135240 djarjana Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:52:57 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135240 Yes Ableton is the way to go and this looks like the motherload of Live goodness Yes Ableton is the way to go and this looks like the motherload of Live goodness

]]> By: Stu http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135239 Stu Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:28:08 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135239 HOLY SHIT WANT. HOLY SHIT WANT.

]]> By: georg http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135238 georg Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:53:53 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/02/ableton-live-8-now-available/#comment-135238 This looks pretty deadly! Anybody have a chance to try out the vocoder yet? This looks pretty deadly!

Anybody have a chance to try out the vocoder yet?

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