@newmodernscience what is your second launchpad doing? are you mapping it to ableton using automap? Please Help! I've just been starting to use the launchpad as a monome style controller but still have very much to learn.
@newmodernscience I love the track, great job! I originally came to this video about the launchpad; Ive got experience in logic and live and want to start playing around with a monome style control surface (like yours). Would you recommend the launchpad or otherwise?
@jonnybeats12 The Launchpad is by the far the most cost effective grid solution out there. The next would be Livid Block, and then the monome, and that order also applies to ease of use. Here's the deal though, it really depends on what you want to do with it, and how much work you're willing to put into it.
@jonnybeats12 The hard part about the monome and Livid are that they are not explicitly MIDI controllers, and bending them to your will can be alot of work. The LP however, was built for Ableton and MIDI, so if you're wanting something that just works, it's really the way to go. My only complaint with the LP is that once you've used a Block or a Monome of any kind, the button action just doesn't even compare to those. But it's definitely useable, and being able to use Automap makes up for it.
@newmodernscience Thanks for the info, really helpful. As you said, the tools are there but it's just about putting them together and making a solution that works for your setup. I've been meaning to play around with Max and the like, this is a good excuse to (using nonome in this instance). I've also taken a peek at Midi Katapult which seems to be pretty flexible.
Does anyone know what i need to get started making my own music with this equipment? It seems pretty straight forward and i just wana know what i would need to get started.
You wouldn't happen to be up for doing a "How-to video" on how you mapped that, and how you go about taking your produced tracks and converting them into something you can do in a live performance?
Hey you might not be able to help me but maybe you can:
I know you're a monome guy but would you happen to know if an arduinome 128 (2 arduionme 64's programmed as a 128) would show up as 2 separate midi controllers in live? Thinking of making one but seeing as you can only have so many controllers I'm not sure if I want to limit myself like that. I you can't help its cool I'll go on monome forums, but I just happened to be watching your vids.
@CMSsnarecapt it should show up as one. Monome's are basically structured the same way. The 128's and 256 (and 512's) are made up for 64button PCB's and ribboned together. The firmware identifies it for what configuration they're in. You'll probably want to check the forums to be sure, but the firmware should show it as a single 128 button device AFAIK. Aside from that, there are lots of ways to get around the device limit like piping your MIDI through IAC software.
@JustBroFilms Thanks for your reponse. First of all, if you don't want to pay for the track, message me your email address and i'll gladly send it to you for free. :-) That being said, I look at it this way: This was a performance, not a sequenced track, no hours of mouse clicking away to perfect a production. It's just a raw button mashing session that ended up turning out ok.
@newmodernscience I see it like this: if you saw a street musician doing a performance, you're encouraged to drop a dollar in his hat. You can listen to this track freely here, or at Bandcamp. If you want to have the convenience to listen to it from wherever you'd like, $1.00 download. So cheap. Personally, I think we're blessed to be able to buy just one track at a time. It used to be that you had to buy a whole album to get the one song you wanted. Anyway, I appreciate your feedback. :-)
@JustBroFilms Another way to look at it: So few people actually buy my track, that it barely makes enough to buy me a coffee every once in a while. So I can play a song for them, and they can buy me a coffee. Good trade, I think. :-)
@JustBroFilms If you're actually a musician then you should know the value of receiving compensation for your work. Sure, it's art, but it takes time and effort to produce. You should offer to pay first before offering to take.
@Carrzy1 Ask me. :-) If you troll the comments a bit, i've answered lots of questions about what's going on here. Feel free to browse and sponge, or just ask away.
@Agrolazer Here's the quick version: PART 1: Copy a 2 bar loop to a clip slot in Session View. Click and drag that clip, then hit Tab and drop it into Arrangement View. Split the loop at the first 8th note division, double click on that first division and then adjust the loop length in the clip properties to be 1/8. Now, split the track in it's remaining 1/8 beats. You should end up with 8 pieces.
@Agrolazer PART 2: Select all 8 pieces, click and drag them, then hit Tab to go back to Session View. Drop them in the track that you started with, starting from the top clip. You should now have 8 clips. With all 8 still selected, go down to the clip view and click the "L" to show the Launch Box. Here's where the magic happens. Change the quantization to 1/16, change the Follow Action Time to "0.1.0", and change the Follow Action A to "Next". That should be it. Bang on.
@tangerine75 I have it running a bit of software called MIDI Katapult (kind of like Automap, but with much more flexibility). Over there I have scene launches mapped, clips stops, as well as momentary buttons assigned to delay sends and glitch effects. That way I can run the left one in native mode, and still have the ability to do what I want with the second one.
but can U say me how you can play all the 4 lines on left side, with only click the button in top-left of the right launchpad? like in 4:43. please help.
@TheSeriusly Actually, those are just scene launches. the LP does it automatically with scene launch buttons on the end, but I like the square buttons over the round ones, so I just have them remapped on the right hand LP. You can still see them being triggered on the left hand board, which is in native mode.
oh my god, this is fantastic! I just got my launchpad so im watching every possible video i can. seems you've found a very effective way to use it! really liking your grooves. i just hope i can be this creative with it eventually! i never though to turn it on it's side ahaha
Awesome tune man, it's good to see people being creative with this tool and using it as an instrument rather than just some vapid DJ mashup. I'm getting one soon and I have a couple of questions, if you dont mind answering: are the pads velocity sensitive? And is it easy to set up different patches on it, like something to emulate a monome or a step sequencer?
@ForestDweller80 That's the bummer about the LP's, is that they aren't velocity sensitive. None of the grid controllers on the market are. What I've done to get around that is using an Ableton Rack that filters incoming velocity, and them mapping a macro to a knob that'll let me dial in velocity on the fly, almost like a mod wheel, and that makes the LP way more expressive.
@ForestDweller80 As far as emulating a monome, there's a patch called Nonome that works with the LP that'll let you run monome patches with it. If you're wanting pure MLR action, the latest version of MLRV supports the LP naively, no need for Ableton. If you're wanting to use monome patches within Ableton with the LP, you kind of need to get Max for Live as well, so you can run Max patches from within Ableton, and there are a TON of sick patches for that.
@HeadHonchooo Yeah, it makes the turd I shat out this morning sound like Mozart.
No but seriously, its just some guy mashing songs together. Sure, it takes some technical skill and a bit of dexterity, but he did nothing "musical", that was already done in the songs he mixed. This guy however, literally made a song on here, so there is a big difference.
@ForestDweller80 Yes, this guy did make a very nice song from scratch, but if you have seen the whole pop culture video you have seen the solo that he plays as well. And mashups, such as pop culture, can be as musical. I'm not saying all are, but that one was. A mashup is the equivalent to a collage; it's still music or art.
One question, hope I get it answered. How do I get my Launchpad do the same as yours? I mean that flow stuff on your left launchpad, this "lights going left to right"? what do I need for that?
@Chill1TeeCee The left one? That's just straight up native Ableton clips firing. The only difference is that I have my LP rotated on turn counter clockwise so things go left to right instead of top to bottom.
@Chill1TeeCee Oh, I see what you're asking. Search on YouTube for "Ableton Follow Actions". Basically, it's just setting each clip to play the next clip, and the last clip to play the first one. There are alot of tutorials floating around for that.
@hitlerpotamus Ha! I wish. No, everything is quantized in Ableton. I'm a drummer, and I have mad respect for the guys that do MPC stuff live, but there's something freeing (and more musical) about having everything on a grid. Not having to worry about timing as much lets you be tactile with the music; no need to look at the screen, you just get a sense of where things are laid out on the grid and you let your fingers fly. :-)
@newmodernscience I follow you there. It's good for everyone who's not Cut Chemist or something. Thanks for the quick reply, and great performance, man. You've made me fall in love with DBlue Glitch all over again, btw.
p.s. I'm just getting started with Live and my first LP. Can I pick your brain later if I have questions?
@hitlerpotamus Oh yeah, feel free. I'm no expert, but I'll try to answer your questions, or at least point you in the right direction. :-)
Yeah, Glitch is great. I love bussing the audio to 4 tracks, putting Glitch on each, randomizing, then pan them across the stereo field. All kinds of goodness happens.
hey MSC - are they just dummy clips on the righthandside LP?
looking to get a second LP as its a pain to switch pages to launch dummies.... atm i have them all running through a marathon follow action scenario but would like to have a more hands on approach
@bootr0s Well, you have have it trigger whatever you want. In this video I have the top row triggering scenes, the left vertical row are clip kills. The ones I have my right hand over are momentarily turning the sends up on each channel by 75%, sending audio to the delay on send 1. Then I have a bit of glitchy business going on the drum, and my thumb is momentarily triggering that off and on.
@MiloBigMac I've found that it can be picky with ports, and if they're older USB ports that aren't supplyting power, that can be a problem too since there's a draw on the USB power bus to light the LED's. It could be a number of things but you might try a powered USB hub.
@jeddwards I'll let you search for how to do it, too long to write here. Look on YT for "Ableton Follow Actions". It's easy to set up once you become familiar with it. Basically, the premise is that you can set up each clip to fire one after another in sequence, and have the last one fire the top clip. It's just one loop, duplicated 8 times, each clip is only firing 1 beat. I turn my LP sideways because Ableton fires top to bottom. We all read left to right, so it's more intuitive my way.
@dummekopf No problem. :-) I dunno, there's a whole genre of this stuff, but it falls under something like IDM/EDM, glitch ambient downtempo, etc. There's also this hiphop aspect to it because of the beatcutting style of performance.
@dds12345res When I did this piece, I did it on a PC, so I was using the fantastic free plugin dBlue Glitch (you can Google it) there are a couple flavors of it, and you can set it up for non-symmetrical randomization, etc. Pretty sweet.
Launchpad didn't suit my needs, but you're proving it'S a great controller for a hip-hop approach. Congrats on the mapping. Also we can tell you've been training quite a bit on this track!
@jotatanka You mean as a computer keyboard, or a MIDI keyboard? Yes to both questions. You can map any button to a note value, or a computer keyboard press. Multiple, actually. You can have it trigger whole chords with a single button press, if you want.
How much set up time did it take for you to get this? Do you already have a song put together or do you just make a bunch of parts in your session, set up a bunch of effects/sends and try stuff out until you have a song going?
Wicked stuff dude! Question for you though, are you using Midi Katapult on both launchpads? I have two launchpads but I can't get Midi Katapult to see both of them. :/
@jacquescapetown Hey man, are you in South Africa? I was just there a month ago! :-) The right LP is the only one running MIDIKatapult, the left one is running Ableton native just launching clips. You can't really run it on two LP's, but I think you can run an LP and the iPad app of MIDI Katapult at the same time. Katapult is kind of buggy, and only being developed by this one guy. I wish someone would just buy it from him and develop it more.
How long are you workin with this Launchpad ?? ( LIKE :D )!
Thesiedler 1 week ago
Kinda sounds like something BT would do..great job man!
vegasdweller702 1 week ago
i use this song to study, so relax!
NikolazTV 2 weeks ago
I just listend to this like 20 times.... I fucking love this man. thanks for sharing.
ganthed 1 month ago
with the right launchpad are you controlling effects?
han549 1 month ago
@han549 yup. Just some momentaries mapped to reverb and delay sends, and a bit of glitch on the drums.
newmodernscience 1 month ago
its 217 right now in cali :)
xAntixHerox916 1 month ago
Dell Latitude D620 FTW :D
MsGraphixxx 1 month ago
really cool song dude! and an interresting use of the pads.
TofuAye 1 month ago
@newmodernscience what is your second launchpad doing? are you mapping it to ableton using automap? Please Help! I've just been starting to use the launchpad as a monome style controller but still have very much to learn.
BeatTerraceMassive 2 months ago
@newmodernscience I love the track, great job! I originally came to this video about the launchpad; Ive got experience in logic and live and want to start playing around with a monome style control surface (like yours). Would you recommend the launchpad or otherwise?
Cheers.
jonnybeats12 2 months ago
@jonnybeats12 The Launchpad is by the far the most cost effective grid solution out there. The next would be Livid Block, and then the monome, and that order also applies to ease of use. Here's the deal though, it really depends on what you want to do with it, and how much work you're willing to put into it.
newmodernscience 2 months ago
@jonnybeats12 The hard part about the monome and Livid are that they are not explicitly MIDI controllers, and bending them to your will can be alot of work. The LP however, was built for Ableton and MIDI, so if you're wanting something that just works, it's really the way to go. My only complaint with the LP is that once you've used a Block or a Monome of any kind, the button action just doesn't even compare to those. But it's definitely useable, and being able to use Automap makes up for it.
newmodernscience 2 months ago
@newmodernscience Thanks for the info, really helpful. As you said, the tools are there but it's just about putting them together and making a solution that works for your setup. I've been meaning to play around with Max and the like, this is a good excuse to (using nonome in this instance). I've also taken a peek at Midi Katapult which seems to be pretty flexible.
Thanks man!
jonnybeats12 2 months ago
fantastic
ElectrikBear 2 months ago
Is that a Domo shirt? :D
AdamBombStudios 2 months ago
@AdamBombStudios MAYBE. ;-)
newmodernscience 2 months ago
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Agrolazer 2 months ago
wow simply beautiful keep up the good work idk why but when i hear this one work comes to mind "Dream"
cheloplaza 2 months ago
like button after 20 secs
grappolotraube 2 months ago
Does anyone know what i need to get started making my own music with this equipment? It seems pretty straight forward and i just wana know what i would need to get started.
DeathGiverXZ 2 months ago
can you send me this song?
tvmoviesandmusic 2 months ago
Loving this. Anywhere we can find your music? The link in the description only leads to this song, would love to hear more from you. Great job.
InternetSlaveMaster 3 months ago
You wouldn't happen to be up for doing a "How-to video" on how you mapped that, and how you go about taking your produced tracks and converting them into something you can do in a live performance?
lazyrobot47 3 months ago
This was awesome. Nice performance!
jsipich78 3 months ago
@newmodernscience
Hey you might not be able to help me but maybe you can:
I know you're a monome guy but would you happen to know if an arduinome 128 (2 arduionme 64's programmed as a 128) would show up as 2 separate midi controllers in live? Thinking of making one but seeing as you can only have so many controllers I'm not sure if I want to limit myself like that. I you can't help its cool I'll go on monome forums, but I just happened to be watching your vids.
Thanks :)
CMSsnarecapt 3 months ago
@CMSsnarecapt it should show up as one. Monome's are basically structured the same way. The 128's and 256 (and 512's) are made up for 64button PCB's and ribboned together. The firmware identifies it for what configuration they're in. You'll probably want to check the forums to be sure, but the firmware should show it as a single 128 button device AFAIK. Aside from that, there are lots of ways to get around the device limit like piping your MIDI through IAC software.
newmodernscience 3 months ago
I really enjoy this track.
But there is one thing that is not right:
You want us to purchase your beats ?
For me, music is about sharing. You should give at least two or three tacks.
You'll be even more popular if you do that.
I know that your gear cost a lot of money. I'm a musician too.
I am disapointed from a really good musician.
Keep up the good work tho. It's really amazing.
JustBroFilms 3 months ago
@JustBroFilms Thanks for your reponse. First of all, if you don't want to pay for the track, message me your email address and i'll gladly send it to you for free. :-) That being said, I look at it this way: This was a performance, not a sequenced track, no hours of mouse clicking away to perfect a production. It's just a raw button mashing session that ended up turning out ok.
newmodernscience 3 months ago
@newmodernscience I see it like this: if you saw a street musician doing a performance, you're encouraged to drop a dollar in his hat. You can listen to this track freely here, or at Bandcamp. If you want to have the convenience to listen to it from wherever you'd like, $1.00 download. So cheap. Personally, I think we're blessed to be able to buy just one track at a time. It used to be that you had to buy a whole album to get the one song you wanted. Anyway, I appreciate your feedback. :-)
newmodernscience 3 months ago
@JustBroFilms Another way to look at it: So few people actually buy my track, that it barely makes enough to buy me a coffee every once in a while. So I can play a song for them, and they can buy me a coffee. Good trade, I think. :-)
newmodernscience 3 months ago
@JustBroFilms If you're actually a musician then you should know the value of receiving compensation for your work. Sure, it's art, but it takes time and effort to produce. You should offer to pay first before offering to take.
feebleterrance 3 months ago
Love this. Gave me some inspiration
DzikaSwiniaZX6 3 months ago
TEACH ME.
Carrzy1 3 months ago
@Carrzy1 Ask me. :-) If you troll the comments a bit, i've answered lots of questions about what's going on here. Feel free to browse and sponge, or just ask away.
newmodernscience 3 months ago
Made me drop a tear.
hurockhard 3 months ago
Cool
1ino1eum 3 months ago
AWESOME track! Sooooo good!
One question: How did you get your lefthand launchpad to play the soundclips left -> right like that?
Agrolazer 3 months ago
@Agrolazer You mean how did I get them to play left to right, or how did I get each beat to automatically go to the next button?
newmodernscience 3 months ago
@newmodernscience More so the each beat to go automatically to the next button.
Thanks in advance! Again greatwork. can't stop listening.
Agrolazer 3 months ago
@Agrolazer Here's the quick version: PART 1: Copy a 2 bar loop to a clip slot in Session View. Click and drag that clip, then hit Tab and drop it into Arrangement View. Split the loop at the first 8th note division, double click on that first division and then adjust the loop length in the clip properties to be 1/8. Now, split the track in it's remaining 1/8 beats. You should end up with 8 pieces.
newmodernscience 3 months ago
@Agrolazer PART 2: Select all 8 pieces, click and drag them, then hit Tab to go back to Session View. Drop them in the track that you started with, starting from the top clip. You should now have 8 clips. With all 8 still selected, go down to the clip view and click the "L" to show the Launch Box. Here's where the magic happens. Change the quantization to 1/16, change the Follow Action Time to "0.1.0", and change the Follow Action A to "Next". That should be it. Bang on.
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Agrolazer 3 months ago
@newmodernscience It's the number one question I get! I should make a video on it. Look up Follow Actions on YouTube.
newmodernscience 3 months ago
@newmodernscience AWW MAN! The excitement level is out the roof! Thank you so much! Have a good one!
Agrolazer 3 months ago
that was just sick, well done
bigwhiterowlow 4 months ago
Absolutely gorgeous.
Mega props.
AgrolazerMusic 4 months ago
I wish I could buy one of those pads or whatever they're called so i could use them for my mixes. Anyways, amazing job man!
youraznbro 4 months ago
too dope.
gbluez 4 months ago
Nice track :). What's mapped on the LP on the right?
tangerine75 4 months ago
@tangerine75 I have it running a bit of software called MIDI Katapult (kind of like Automap, but with much more flexibility). Over there I have scene launches mapped, clips stops, as well as momentary buttons assigned to delay sends and glitch effects. That way I can run the left one in native mode, and still have the ability to do what I want with the second one.
newmodernscience 4 months ago
Nice Shirt lol
Guitennisar 4 months ago
beautiful. from an artisitic and personal point of view :) keep on
phazedown 5 months ago
Hey. Great Stuff dude!
but can U say me how you can play all the 4 lines on left side, with only click the button in top-left of the right launchpad? like in 4:43. please help.
thanks
seriously Cheers
TheSeriusly 5 months ago
@TheSeriusly Actually, those are just scene launches. the LP does it automatically with scene launch buttons on the end, but I like the square buttons over the round ones, so I just have them remapped on the right hand LP. You can still see them being triggered on the left hand board, which is in native mode.
newmodernscience 5 months ago
@newmodernscience ok thanks. is your stuff anywhere 4 download? i like it very much.
other question: do you know a good website for downloading samples lib.?
TheSeriusly 5 months ago
amazing!!
gierichohneende 5 months ago
you sound like Massive Attack, great shit bro
Riccio7213 5 months ago
I normally love my music, up-beat and got a good drop to it, not dubstep though.. more like.. house or prog. house, but this is amazing!
RyanRoberzzz 5 months ago
i cant stop listening this is so deep
Felnuts 5 months ago
this is insane keep doing your thing man
Felnuts 5 months ago
gresat!good job
m40a3TiaraPro 6 months ago
this should have been in mirrors edge, and about 6 other games.
DrPracticleHat 6 months ago
Sounds like Lemaitre
piloudemars 6 months ago
Awsome!!! I loved it!! Gratest from Poland.
lukes6969 6 months ago
this is so sick! the beat and rhythm amazes me :)
ROGUExMONSTER 6 months ago
crazyyyyyy i accidentaly stumbled on this at 2:17....great work man!
dsmurf83 6 months ago
A truly wonderful track:) Just imagine Richard David James having this kind of launchpads in the early years of his works:)
Vasqudo 6 months ago
This is great. Don't really know how you set this up, but very very cool! :D
Sc0ttEmusic 6 months ago 2
Sounds like Machinarium.
9Mateu 6 months ago
@AgustinNoesEverythin i think... trance & techno, DnB and other
TheLucentLife 6 months ago
@AgustinNoesEverythin is mixed genre
TheLucentLife 6 months ago
I wish I could make music like this.
dland95 7 months ago
wats the LP on the right doing?
sunithakaranth 7 months ago
@MiloBigMac Check out the Katapult forums, I believe there was a whole layout for Katapult and tsi for traktor there.
HeadHonchooo 7 months ago
this is fantastic, i got a launchpad myself and this is truely inspirational, fucking love it
funbloodification 8 months ago
oh my god, this is fantastic! I just got my launchpad so im watching every possible video i can. seems you've found a very effective way to use it! really liking your grooves. i just hope i can be this creative with it eventually! i never though to turn it on it's side ahaha
LightningTits 8 months ago
damn dude nice job. sounded great
laxcrazy5647 8 months ago
It's 4:00 over here haha!! Man I really love this great job I hope to do thisbkind of music in the future! :)
skateman247 8 months ago
love it man, you're fuckin' great!
y3ton 8 months ago
Awesome tune man, it's good to see people being creative with this tool and using it as an instrument rather than just some vapid DJ mashup. I'm getting one soon and I have a couple of questions, if you dont mind answering: are the pads velocity sensitive? And is it easy to set up different patches on it, like something to emulate a monome or a step sequencer?
Thanks, I'll be purchasing your track soon.
ForestDweller80 8 months ago 7
@ForestDweller80 That's the bummer about the LP's, is that they aren't velocity sensitive. None of the grid controllers on the market are. What I've done to get around that is using an Ableton Rack that filters incoming velocity, and them mapping a macro to a knob that'll let me dial in velocity on the fly, almost like a mod wheel, and that makes the LP way more expressive.
newmodernscience 8 months ago
@ForestDweller80 As far as emulating a monome, there's a patch called Nonome that works with the LP that'll let you run monome patches with it. If you're wanting pure MLR action, the latest version of MLRV supports the LP naively, no need for Ableton. If you're wanting to use monome patches within Ableton with the LP, you kind of need to get Max for Live as well, so you can run Max patches from within Ableton, and there are a TON of sick patches for that.
newmodernscience 8 months ago
@ForestDweller80 You seen Pop Culture by Madeon? Pretty "vapid" mashup stuff huh...
HeadHonchooo 7 months ago
@HeadHonchooo Yeah, it makes the turd I shat out this morning sound like Mozart.
No but seriously, its just some guy mashing songs together. Sure, it takes some technical skill and a bit of dexterity, but he did nothing "musical", that was already done in the songs he mixed. This guy however, literally made a song on here, so there is a big difference.
ForestDweller80 7 months ago
@ForestDweller80 Yes, this guy did make a very nice song from scratch, but if you have seen the whole pop culture video you have seen the solo that he plays as well. And mashups, such as pop culture, can be as musical. I'm not saying all are, but that one was. A mashup is the equivalent to a collage; it's still music or art.
HeadHonchooo 7 months ago
This is fantastic.
FreedomKiter 8 months ago
mesmerizing o_o
weareuber 8 months ago
reminds me of something evol intent would do. props on a flawless track + performance
voLumez 8 months ago
hell the fuck yeah bro, good shit right here........so chill!!!!!!
chucko71 8 months ago
easily the best launchpad performance/song on youtube. good job friend!
rustyshite 9 months ago
Nice track and great live set!!
izanmarvel 9 months ago
One question, hope I get it answered. How do I get my Launchpad do the same as yours? I mean that flow stuff on your left launchpad, this "lights going left to right"? what do I need for that?
Chill1TeeCee 9 months ago
@Chill1TeeCee The left one? That's just straight up native Ableton clips firing. The only difference is that I have my LP rotated on turn counter clockwise so things go left to right instead of top to bottom.
newmodernscience 9 months ago
@newmodernscience Yes I mean that, and that you turned it do I noticed too. But in my ableton they do not go automatically trough the row :S
How can I get that kinda effect? Do I need a Software? I heard about Glitch or something like that, but google didnt helped me :(
Chill1TeeCee 9 months ago
@Chill1TeeCee Oh, I see what you're asking. Search on YouTube for "Ableton Follow Actions". Basically, it's just setting each clip to play the next clip, and the last clip to play the first one. There are alot of tutorials floating around for that.
newmodernscience 9 months ago
@newmodernscience thanks alot!
btw: since I found your video (about 1 week ago) I watched this about 5times a day! Best Work! I wish I can bring up such talent at 2:17am.
Chill1TeeCee 9 months ago
very impressive work!!
vstijah 9 months ago
Very nice! Is there a quantization involved in Ableton, or is your timing just that damn good?
hitlerpotamus 9 months ago
@hitlerpotamus Ha! I wish. No, everything is quantized in Ableton. I'm a drummer, and I have mad respect for the guys that do MPC stuff live, but there's something freeing (and more musical) about having everything on a grid. Not having to worry about timing as much lets you be tactile with the music; no need to look at the screen, you just get a sense of where things are laid out on the grid and you let your fingers fly. :-)
newmodernscience 9 months ago
@newmodernscience I follow you there. It's good for everyone who's not Cut Chemist or something. Thanks for the quick reply, and great performance, man. You've made me fall in love with DBlue Glitch all over again, btw.
p.s. I'm just getting started with Live and my first LP. Can I pick your brain later if I have questions?
hitlerpotamus 9 months ago
@newmodernscience Quantizing is for the rest of us who don't happen to be Cut Chemist.
Thanks for the info. I'm just getting started with Live, and my first LP as well. I'll probably pester you again when something puzzling comes up.
p.s. You made me fall in love with DBlue Glitch all over again.
hitlerpotamus 9 months ago
@hitlerpotamus Oh yeah, feel free. I'm no expert, but I'll try to answer your questions, or at least point you in the right direction. :-)
Yeah, Glitch is great. I love bussing the audio to 4 tracks, putting Glitch on each, randomizing, then pan them across the stereo field. All kinds of goodness happens.
newmodernscience 9 months ago
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@newmodernscience That's so rad. I'll have to try that out. I'm pretty new to Live, and just bought a LP.
FWI, I just found the sweetest Glitch on their website. For some reason I can't link you, but you should go check them out. I bought a green hoodie.
hitlerpotamus 9 months ago
@newmodernscience That's so rad. I'll have to try that out. I'm pretty new to Live, and just bought a LP.
FWI, I just found the sweetest Glitch on their website. For some reason I can't link you, but you should go check them out. I bought a green hoodie.
hitlerpotamus 9 months ago
@newmodernscience That's so rad. I'll have to try that out. I'm pretty new to Live, and just bought a LP.
FWI, I just found the sweetest Glitch on their website. For some reason I can't link you, but you should go check them out. I bought a green hoodie.
hitlerpotamus 9 months ago
hey MSC - are they just dummy clips on the righthandside LP?
looking to get a second LP as its a pain to switch pages to launch dummies.... atm i have them all running through a marathon follow action scenario but would like to have a more hands on approach
bootr0s 9 months ago
@bootr0s nope, not dummy clips. Just MIDI triggers with a third party piece of software. Some are momentaries, some are toggles.
newmodernscience 9 months ago
@newmodernscience i see... what are they triggering?
bootr0s 9 months ago
@bootr0s Well, you have have it trigger whatever you want. In this video I have the top row triggering scenes, the left vertical row are clip kills. The ones I have my right hand over are momentarily turning the sends up on each channel by 75%, sending audio to the delay on send 1. Then I have a bit of glitchy business going on the drum, and my thumb is momentarily triggering that off and on.
newmodernscience 9 months ago
This is some serious launch padding
ammodomini 9 months ago
awesome
MrJaimefairechier 9 months ago
@MiloBigMac I've found that it can be picky with ports, and if they're older USB ports that aren't supplyting power, that can be a problem too since there's a draw on the USB power bus to light the LED's. It could be a number of things but you might try a powered USB hub.
newmodernscience 9 months ago
Delicious!
XxNaughtyDogzXx 10 months ago
How do you get live to do a sequencing kind of effect. I noticed you turned it sideways, so do you somehow program it to play after the first clip?
jeddwards 10 months ago
@jeddwards I'll let you search for how to do it, too long to write here. Look on YT for "Ableton Follow Actions". It's easy to set up once you become familiar with it. Basically, the premise is that you can set up each clip to fire one after another in sequence, and have the last one fire the top clip. It's just one loop, duplicated 8 times, each clip is only firing 1 beat. I turn my LP sideways because Ableton fires top to bottom. We all read left to right, so it's more intuitive my way.
newmodernscience 10 months ago
is there a mp3 of this or sumthin?
dummekopf 10 months ago
@dummekopf If you view the rest of the description, there's a link to my Bandcamp with the mp3.
newmodernscience 10 months ago
@newmodernscience my bad, thx. btw, what type of music is this? like more dnb or more X ?
dummekopf 10 months ago
@dummekopf No problem. :-) I dunno, there's a whole genre of this stuff, but it falls under something like IDM/EDM, glitch ambient downtempo, etc. There's also this hiphop aspect to it because of the beatcutting style of performance.
newmodernscience 10 months ago
How do you get the quick spurts of granulized/glitchy drums in Live? Grain Delay, beat repeat?
dds12345res 10 months ago
@dds12345res When I did this piece, I did it on a PC, so I was using the fantastic free plugin dBlue Glitch (you can Google it) there are a couple flavors of it, and you can set it up for non-symmetrical randomization, etc. Pretty sweet.
newmodernscience 10 months ago
It's F**Ckin amazing ! I just bought one of those launchpads. Looking forward to receive it ! Keep on making music !
AgressiveInline 10 months ago
Are you using Max for live? or What Dawn are you using?
koisound 10 months ago
@koisound A little MfL, but mostly just native Ableton Live, and a few effects plugins.
newmodernscience 10 months ago
youre wearing a domokun shirt
MICEBASE 10 months ago
@MICEBASE Guilty as charged. :-)
newmodernscience 10 months ago
I think I am in love with you O.o
AboutMovies 10 months ago
Notice that he's not using a mac. So anyone who tells you that you can't make good music unless you're using logic on a mac is full of shit.
It's not what you've got, it's how you use it.
feckdrinkgirls 11 months ago
simply fantastic.
alexdjrm 11 months ago
Launchpad didn't suit my needs, but you're proving it'S a great controller for a hip-hop approach. Congrats on the mapping. Also we can tell you've been training quite a bit on this track!
romescana 11 months ago
Using 'Katapult' u can map launchpad to work as a keyboard ?
jotatanka 11 months ago
@jotatanka You mean as a computer keyboard, or a MIDI keyboard? Yes to both questions. You can map any button to a note value, or a computer keyboard press. Multiple, actually. You can have it trigger whole chords with a single button press, if you want.
newmodernscience 11 months ago
This is stunning. You've made my day with this...
bkallmer 11 months ago
this is awesome =)
matt2s5s 11 months ago
finally a video with Zero dislikes
avor 11 months ago
Did you use Automap for altering the LP on the right?
cantbefi 11 months ago
@cantbefi Nope, using a mapping app called MiDiKatapult
newmodernscience 11 months ago
@newmodernscience Alright. and, for the momentary effects on the pad to the right, what are you using for those? Artillery? Thanks!
cantbefi 11 months ago
@cantbefi At the time I was using dBlue Glitch, but i've since moved to Stutter Edit since it's cross platform.
newmodernscience 11 months ago
This song hypnotized me..
repllicator 1 year ago
Thanks! :-)
newmodernscience 1 year ago
dude, this is fantastic.
bbhardoin 1 year ago
can i get an mp3 of this anywhere
thedrumbum 1 year ago
@thedrumbum There's a link to it in the notes.
newmodernscience 1 year ago
Damn.. that was awesome make it look so simple lol, I wish i could learn how to do stuff like this.
Brandon84W 1 year ago
this was sick, could you do a tutorial video or something? i'm sure a lot of people would love to see one!
ClasClownProductions 1 year ago
great stuff, i wish i could keep a beat, all i can do is a record drum loop and get lucky
jonahblock 1 year ago
This is insanely amazing...!!!!
dahypnotic 1 year ago
Love how you seem to retain yourself from touching those buttons. Great tune
mdahut 1 year ago
k00L, man! :D
fabriciobelo 1 year ago
Like your vid. Nice song and setup!
rosto1979 1 year ago
very nice congrats.
gonencgiray 1 year ago
Also, are you triggering audio or midi clips on the main melody here, and what's the easiest way to split them up across clips like that?
emoboi86 1 year ago
How much set up time did it take for you to get this? Do you already have a song put together or do you just make a bunch of parts in your session, set up a bunch of effects/sends and try stuff out until you have a song going?
emoboi86 1 year ago
Brilliant!
togia79 1 year ago
Wicked stuff dude! Question for you though, are you using Midi Katapult on both launchpads? I have two launchpads but I can't get Midi Katapult to see both of them. :/
jacquescapetown 1 year ago
@jacquescapetown Hey man, are you in South Africa? I was just there a month ago! :-) The right LP is the only one running MIDIKatapult, the left one is running Ableton native just launching clips. You can't really run it on two LP's, but I think you can run an LP and the iPad app of MIDI Katapult at the same time. Katapult is kind of buggy, and only being developed by this one guy. I wish someone would just buy it from him and develop it more.
newmodernscience 1 year ago
sounding fab!
driven90 1 year ago
What kit did you use?
brad5191 1 year ago
@brad5191 Kit for what? The drums?
newmodernscience 1 year ago
absolutely fantastic! bravo, sir!
RobCoxxy 1 year ago
Simply Amazing!
Good song for Minecraft too!
80101116101114 1 year ago
I wish i could do this stuff :( Did you practice this first? How do you remember which button is which :P
RecoJohnson 1 year ago
@RecoJohnson A little. Honestly, this stuff is more tactile than anything. You just get a sense for where everything is at.
newmodernscience 1 year ago
@RecoJohnson lol; he programmed em too didn't he ;)
driven90 1 year ago
WHAT CAMERA ARE U USING?
fabs1289 1 year ago
@fabs1289 Canon 7D
newmodernscience 1 year ago
My heart must tell you how beautiful this is..my brother = )
ajilla86 1 year ago
@ajilla86 Thank you, good sir! :-)
newmodernscience 1 year ago
I admire what you did here. Sounds amazing!
Cculturesounds 1 year ago
Hey how did you get the stepsequencer working like that on your launchpad.
decklyndubs 1 year ago