How to use IPAD as a midi Controller for Ableton Live

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Touch osc does work with ableton live 7. Just set up a midi network and connect to it through the osc app on iPad . Then in live just map it it like any other controller. Not that hard and hardly any latency... Just sayin

[fhmiey94]

yeay ! i can be skrillex

[sonnuone]

i can not make the dj template installer to work. does anyone know what to do? any help would be great.

[MrTrueValue]

Yo man how is the latency with this thing? If I were to program it as a drum pad is it pretty instant? What about if I am not using it wirelessly does that help with the latency?

[bikerdudefiftynine]

Will this work with a pc too? and can you design the grid like on a jazzmutant lemur?

[GetaLyfe2011]

I was just wondering if there is another software other than Osculator that I can use so that Ableton will recognize my iPad as a MIDI Controller. Im running Ableton on Windows 7, and Osculator doesn't run with Windows. What sofware can I download to connect the 2?

[elmaspison]

can this only be used wirelessly? what if im in a gig with no wireless hub anywhere in sight! and how many instruments can i assign and control at once with the ipad? besides the pads you had on here

[foxx0775]

@elmaspison it uses the wireless network created by the macbook pro

[arecusrulz]

Can't you use this with GarageBand? or will it ONLY work with Ableton Live 8? I used osculator with my Wii guitar hero instruments with garageband.... (but my mac crashed COMPLETELY, so I lost EVERYTHING)

[CORNERSTOW]

this is cool but not needed to much shit just buy a mpd 18 for 99 bucks this is just showboating stuff

[christwagon1980]

I'm can't believe Jazzmutant Lemur is going out of business because of Ipads.

I'd feel a lot better if someone would tell me someone is making a customisable app that supports usb or ethernet connections. Suppose we need to wait for Ipad 3 or some shit before we can do that because Apple doesn't even have those connections on Ipads yet.

Wifi is not stable enough for gigs.

APC40 w/ Maschine in the meantime.

[inspiredkk]

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[16ketes]

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[yourmutation]

Hi, where can I download the live OSC?

[leakeg]

why does the application version matter? If it's just sending out midi data shouldn't it be able to be received by any DAW or program that handles midi?

Very cool nonetheless!

[n0o0o0o0o0o]

thats pretty unreal

[AlexVanRatingen]

why do u drag osc into this folder? i got an iphone and i dont have to drag and drop anything. ableton recognizes osc without this action i tink or is there any difference between iphone and ipad? i dont think so!?

[rempleforskin]

dude i tihnk he lost.

[m1c4a3LAn6eL0]

Holy S#%*! - an actual iPad control for Ableton!!!!!! You da' man Ryan!!!! Don't know if you came out with this "ability" for the iPad, but at least you took the time to show how it's done! F&#@ what everyone else says about you Brotha! I don't see them doing a video on this!!

[greenrolaids]

of course your a artist..

I can tell by the douche bag hat, and the oh so clever huge ear ring..

How many douche bag tattoos do you have ?

[thedjscotto]

@greenrolaids are you really that insecure that you have to insult somebody based on their appearance, on youtube, while hiding behind an account by the name of Green Rolaids. Grow up a bit

[greenrolaids]

@thedjscotto

looks like i hit the nail on the head.

Guess what your doing, hiding behind an acct.

But thats not really my point..

I must not be the first person to ever mention that.. Struck a nerve eh?

Else otherwise you would have just brushed off my comment as troll bait.

[thedjscotto]

@greenrolaids you still lose

[greenrolaids]

@thedjscotto

your the one trying to make a point.. but by replying to me, you fail.

I was trolling and i caught a little fishy..

And i have been reeling you in since.

Thanks for playing.

H1pp5ter...

[thedjscotto]

@greenrolaids ... you still lose

[greenrolaids]

@thedjscotto

lol looks like i keep catching and releasing the same little fish.

For someone that wants everybody to think that they are secure in themselves, your sure doing a good job of the opposite.

[thedjscotto]

@greenrolaids you still lose

[rxandyrx]

do you know if this works for Live intro as well?

[chestbaer]

yeah, ableton 8 crashes quite a bit on my mb pro aswell...

[PhantomWarlock]

haha I'm guessing the lemur jazzmutant won't be doing to good anymore with this

[fadornelas]

@j03tv: go f*** yourself. Read again:

In order to live music production work under Windows, it's required a sound interface that supports an ASIO driver. ASIO is a third-party replacement for the Windows kernel audio subsystem, the DirectSound. DirectSound provides unacceptable latency (in order of thousands of milliseconds), and therefore can't be used. ASIO works good, but as a third-party solution it can never be fast and stable like Mac OS-X integrated audio subsystem, the CoreAudio.

[fadornelas]

@j03tv you don't know what you are talking about.

[fadornelas]

It’s not that you can’t use Windows... but if you want a stable, bullet proof solution for live audio, use a Mac.

[dakdakdak]

@fadornelas dude my legal copy of ableton crashes all the time on my macbook pro

[andrewmilstein]

dan i connect this to my ns7, and how much would all this cost ], not including the ipad or laptop. thank you (great video) should i use it for djing and does it need wifi to work?

[JSprayaEntertainment]

osculator works on Windows ?

or mac only ?

[fadornelas]

@JSprayaEntertainment mac only.

[ThePokerExpert]

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[skiersexcuse]

can you do this for pc's?

[fadornelas]

@skiersexcuse I don't know, but why would you be running Ableton Live on a Windows PC?

[skiersexcuse]

@fadornelas what's wrong with running it on windows? four tet uses a pc to run ableton live and i'm pretty sure he does fine. my question was to do with internet connections not operating systems.

[polidosk8]

@fadornelas ??? theres no difference between running ableton live on a PC or in a MAC... its just about the software itself

[fadornelas]

@polidosk8 actually, there's. Mac OS-X have, by design, a much lower audio latency, and it's more stable.

[polidosk8]

@fadornelas well, cant you fix that by getting a better sound card on your pc?

[fadornelas]

@polidosk8 yes and no. In order to live music production work under Windows, it's required a sound interface that supports an ASIO driver. ASIO is a third-party replacement for the Windows kernel audio subsystem, the DirectSound. DirectSound provides unacceptable latency (in order of thousands of milliseconds), and therefore can't be used. ASIO works good, but as a third-party solution it can never be fast and stable like Mac OS-X integrated audio subsystem, the CoreAudio.

[polidosk8]

@fadornelas ok, plus if I had the money i would prefer to buy a mac than a laptop like the one i have one which is good but now that im looking into music production and stuff, i would prefer having bought a mac. the whole interface is much better and like you said it's better for music..

[sk8dork]

guess you guys haven't heard of adhoc wireless networks. you create the wireless network on the macbook and then connect the ipad/iphone to it

[skiersexcuse]

how will you use this at gigs if there is no wifi connectivity at a gig venue? do you reckon there will ever be midi bluetooth support or a cable to lower the latency?

[hallospceboy]

@skiersexcuse i know for macs you can "create a network" it doesnt give off internet (unless you are directly plugged in through ethernet) but you can connect your ipad/ipod/iphone to it for midi connection. iTM MidiLab does some of the same thing as the touchosc but its a free way to try it out

[djlawnboy]

thats only work with wifi isnit?

[Kitsua]

Great demo. How come no high def though?

[robbadobdob]

what would be perfect would be if you could screen share through your ipad with your laptop. That would be the ultimate midi-controller.

[digitallush]

like.

[lucadepu]

pissy ass niggez haten herd

[sheepybreaker]

How is the lagging and latency with the wireless signal from ableton to the Ipad?

[ghostsciencemusic]

@ pimpomat where is your video then?....hater..

[pimpomat]

nothing new..its like the program on ipod touch!! its exactly the same and over 1/2 year old

[AppA]

This is what I expected that would happen and it's only great, but it still this doesn't convince me to buy an iPad. Although its followers/adversaries may become another story, preferably one with Android running so you could do some crazy open code stuff on it.

So far the latency is imho not great but certainly comes very close to that of Lemur. Let's hope one day that an interface will rise which will have near 0 latency, and somehow will give you tactile feedback, now that would be awesome!

[brand0wnsyou]

i dont have a mac =\

[Antonink]

velocity sensitive ? never..

[noeecken]

@Antonink You can control velocity with a separate fader on the iPad

[hangookguy627]

im on a ipad btw

[hangookguy627]

I'm having trouble getting midi signal in ableton. I downloaded OSC touch, the Python script, Osculator, and have the inputs matched up in Ableton preferences. Im running Ableton Suite 8.1 Any ideas what's going on?

[nicoletbn]

Totally don't understand why you seem to need live 8 or a python script once you have osculator. All you need to do is set up touchosc and osculator. No python script necessary. Same stuff works fine.

[noeecken]

@nicoletbn Exactly! I just did a tutorial on just that. watch?v=xiWuNsGtnLA

[jshaw6000]

Hey I saw your thing on Engadget.

[surgeyX]

Will this work with the Windows version of ableton as well?

[JustinMPerea]

this makes me want an iPad even more

[MoofrynnRazzlerott]

1700 views in one day! Lemur Killin!

[trilobyte550m]

Nice one!

[1couttsben]

This is really kool, but it looks like it's just like the Launch Pad, and with the launch pad you don't really need to assign the midi to the buttons, with the launch pad it's all done for you and it's a wee bit cheaper, but still wicked video cheers for that :)

[pimpleburger]

@1couttsben this video is basically showing touch osc working on the ipad and how to get the hardware working with the software components - how to set it up.

Where a touch screen like this is so useful is when you set up faders and dials insted of buttons. In mixer mode on my Launchpad the fader only has 8 levels and when I try to use it to create a headphone mix there steps in the fader make sounds suddenly jump out. It can result in an unsatisfactory mix or in my case nearly going deaf!

[pimpleburger]

@1couttsben this video is basically showing touch osc working on the ipad and how to get the hardware working with the software components - how to set it up.

Where a touch screen like this is so useful is when you set up faders and dials insted of buttons. In mixer mode on my Launchpad the fader only has 8 levels and when I try to use it to create a headphone mix there steps in the fader make sounds suddenly jump out. It can result in an unsatisfactory mix or in my case nearly going deaf!

[Leaksterrr]

@1couttsben in this video he's only using it to trigger clips. Touch OSC gives the iPad the same functionality as a lemur. Not a launchpad. Google Touch OSC and do your homework and you'll see that you can drop faders, knobs etc to control effects or whatever. It's fooking mint. I would rather get a £400 "Lemur" than a £2000 Lemur for now.

[shockleevideo]

hot!!

[fucinfulleffect]

hows the latency? i've tried controlling ableton and max with touchosc on an ipod touch and also on the 3Gs. in both cases it was lag city no matter how i configured the network. not to say it was totally unusable but i certainly couldn't use it to write precise automation or record any sort of rhythmic controller data, never mind drum programming. it wasn't exactly the lemur-nano that i hoped for but hopefully the ipad is more responsive

[noeecken]

@fucinfulleffect Latency is excellent, I have a demonstration here watch?v=obksozVpCwU

[jcodec]

Certainly does take a bit of hackery to get it going but worth the effort. Ableton & Apple, simpler workflow to achieve this in the future?

[noeecken]

@jcodec Not hackery involved if you just want to connect it with Logic, Pro Tools, or Reason.

[hallutsinatsioon]

I like the way Ableton Live co-operates with Novation controllers, I wonder if it can work out the same way with iPad. So that I could see in iPad what each knob/slider is linked to in Live.

[KaraokeKarl]

Great info. If u have a twitter acct I'll reference u when I tweet the vids @KarlDetkenProDJ