Dubspot's DJ Kiva - Dub Performance w/ Ableton Live + Akai APC40

[DjSanth0s]

if I only lived in New York

[8messa]

sign up for these classes and:

learn the basics,

buy these guys' records.

go home and hate your life.

[BLAZE45]

HEY dub spot their was a mix that he did that I downloaded from the site could we get a playlist?

[craigen01]

there a dub template available anywhere?

[abatrachenko]

kiva taught me how to music. this guy is a g-nius

[ITALSPLIFF]

Dub is the best music outta world!!! Keep tunin' in.

[FreshnessStudio1]

excellent demonstration Kiva !-) I notice the track is in the arrangement & not the session view, Kiva mentions he doesn't use the pads to trigger the clips but as sends to the effects, my question is, is he using cue markers to trigger the musical phrases along the arrangement i.e. the intro breaks & so on? like the way maschine uses scenes ?

[drkmttrbeats]

@FreshnessStudio1 probably just playing out the arrangement, maybe a loop bracket set at some point..

[TheXxRoSsXx]

This sounds like sex through my monitors

[marcusyi]

Kiva is best teacher ever!

[jazzplayer9]

whats the thing on the right with him fingering..

[iSupraman]

@jazzplayer9 KORG KAOSS PAD. X-Y touch pad oscillator/FX Return/modulator, lot of flexibility mapping FX and Parameters with it. theres alot of virtual ones inside Ableton, the most popular one being the Chorus Live Device.

[zhbroder]

kiva = the tits

[SEPALVIZION]

Kivas a good man. met the guy in LA couple years back. killed it on the dub sounds with scientist. Big up my friend. still want to head to NY to check out the spot.

[urdynamix1]

Thats What I Call a Demonstration, I Hate Videos Where People Just Talking About It and Not Doing. Good Stuff.

[ReeferFest]

where can i get more DJ KIVA? massive tune!

[RootsDimension]

Respect to Kiva for bringing forward the dub sounds in America.

Personally I think you can get a more realistic feeling with a behringher BCR in which you can set 8 tracks each with its own mute and 4 knobs that can work as sends... this way you can control the amount you send and it still retains the mixer type channel layout Kiva talks about...

Aslo, a BCR costs half of the APC so you can get 2 and have 16 tracks or have a second one with faders...

For the record, I don't work for Behringer :)

[Jungleritter]

Great tutorial, thanks guys :-)

[BuglerMusic]

What is the other thing he is using? Not that Akai... but the other thing.

[danielhl22]

@BuglerMusic Kaosspad

[danielhl22]

@BuglerMusic or the native instruments soundcard maybe a komplete audio 6

[MrWobbz]

@BuglerMusic koass pad i think he just spray painted it silver

[MrdjHYPEr]

@MrWobbz It's a KP2

[alwaysaswish]

Was that a full stoners there to just chill?

[rcecil88]

This is so sick,such a nice sound and personally i think the horns really set this off!

[MorbiDimensioN]

someday ill be there :(

[MorbiDimensioN]

one day ...ill be there

[alekst1923]

wonder is he smokes weed..

[electrickabuki]

@alekst1923 of course not, this kind of music would sound terrible if you smoked that stuff [/sarcasm]

[THEMARIOROCKO]

GOOD SOUND,I LIKE IT!!

[JurritL]

It's really nice what he's doing with his gear, and it's a nice performance, but it's not that I think, WOW what a nice music..

[biggtimemusic]

So sick! Gives me tons of inspirations for my live dub template.. One comment I have is that you should use the volume faders for muting tracks if you can, it makes it a lot smoother especially on drums, but I understand sometimes its not possible to slide the faders up and down quickly and accurately

[c0mp0site]

Nice sounds, what are the delay and filter plug ins being used in this set?

[jazzplayer9]

sweet mix

[tron69snipes]

he says "pre fader" but he really means "post fader"

[kivavision]

@tron69snipes>> its "prefader" on my last effects send to the env filter effect I was using...it allows you to hit the send even with the volume fader down..on normal post-fader, if you cut the volume you quit feeding your send...look above your master channel and you'll see the option switch for your effect sends ;) :KIVA:

[c0nman4]

how do you have the kaoss pad set up? are you using your computers headphone jack output into the kaoss and out into your speakers interface?

[kivavision]

@c0nman4 I am running one of my effect send/return loops out of ableton, thru the kaos, and then back into ableton...using an audio interface with multiple in/outs, U can assign the audio of a return track to go out to hardware gear, then patch it back in thru a set of inputs on your interface....great for using old guitar fx pedals, rack verbs, kaos pads, etc as part of your rig & sound! :KIVA:

[c0nman4]

@c0nman4 yes thats what I have used in the past, I could not configure the send/returns so just one track could be effected at a time. Instead since its the master output all tracks are effected at once... feel free to email me connsmith@gmail.com.. i would greatly appreciate it

[c0nman4]

dood lovin' the dub action, so chill.

[FYICREW]

That wasn't anything fancy, he was just running fx, while clips or scenes were playing, and user midi mode to map a few controls. The tracks laid out is already there, he's just adding fx and launching/stopping/killing the channel buttons.

Just remember the apc40 has a user mode to set it up any way you like.

[Fughwaz28]

HOW DID HE DO THAT TO HIS APC40?

[GWprojects]

@Fughwaz28 take it apart and paint it...if u think thats crazy, search for APC80

[samuraitheta]

@Fughwaz28 The paint job or the midi map?

[Capeau]

@Fughwaz28

its probably a ground coating for a custom paint job

[withaspoon94]

i wish i had the money to take the classes

[alienkishorekumar]

@withaspoon94 whats the fee??

[RobertCella]

@trinidee247: Ah, well thx anyway :) .....yeah, I've been having a lot of fun putting toys together with racks, macro's and mapping.

[kimseniorb]

how does he map that light feedback on apc40? is it max4live? as I know the cliplaunch buttons won't light once remapped

any ideas?

[kivavision]

@kimseniorb no max4live used on this set, this was done doing normal midi mapping inside live to the effect sends. assign an effect send to a clip launch button and U will get a light on the APC when the send is open :KIVA:

[biggtimemusic]

@kimseniorb They should work fine when remapping, make sure you've got your MIDI prefs set up right.. You need to select it as a control surface and ALSO set up the Track and Remote settings for your input and output.

[JimmyGr90]

What's up with the low resolution?

[RobertCella]

@trinidee247 : really? .....the screenshot at 56secs into the video is an Ableton effect? .....hmm, I'm gonna have go fire up my laptop....that looks totally unfamiliar!

[kivavision]

@RobertCella Hello Robert, the one you are referring to is a 3rd party vst, its the waves H-delay;) :KIVA:

[TheBrooklynbrigde]

great job!!!

[RobertCella]

When we see a screenshot of the gui for the effect you're using.....what piece of software is that?

[diehirndisco]

How are you able to have your volume faders automated in session view, but then still controlling them with your apc without disabling the automation?

[kivavision]

@diehirndisco : I did all the mixing live with global record on...the video crew did a screen capture of my set afterwards to sync up with the camerawork, so thats why U see the automation. :KIVA:

[bechillnow]

Great vid!

[telkmx]

Nice moar vids like this one !

[TheFunkSyndicate]

awesome... just awesome =D

[RobertCella]

Love this.....and I ALWAYS come away with a tip that I take back to my own APC40. Thx, gents :)

[compufreak7]

Proper dub right there.

[bmd77]

Great Sound and Set up

[djredskyy]

amazing