TouchAble version 1.3 - Control Ableton Live 8 with iPad - What's new?

TouchAble App for iPad is available worldwide exclusively through the iTunes App Store http://www.itunes.com/app/touchable

touchAble is an unique iPad app is the first application to give Ableton Live users full control over their digital audio workstation, without the tiresome process of manual midi-mapping. touchAble allows live users to walk away from their computer and perform live from anywhere within Wi-Fi range (using ad-hoc connection or router) while keeping latency at a minimum.

TouchAble App includes 6 advanced modules, Clip grid, Mixer, Devices, Pads, Keys, XY Pad, and 2 commands menu : clips and transport.

TouchAble provides a powerful, intuitive and reliable multitouch control solution for professional use.

TouchAble includes templates for lives plugins and is fully compatible with vsts, audiounits and instruments.

The new update, touchAble 1.3 contains over 30 new features and changes, such as a loop and beatjump section, enabling anything from CDJ style mixes to creative loop manipulation, a completely rebuilt mixer that allows users to modularly choose the controls they need - complemented by the long awaited crossfader. 3 new native templates have been added: Auto Filter, Ping Pong Delay & the very first Instrument - Impulse - and are waiting to be tweaked. The new Settings Menu not only offers a cascade of new control-options - but also simplifies the connection process by adding Bonjour support.


changes / new features:

Clips:
- added Loop menu to clip module. Do loops on the fly - on whole tracks or on already prepared loops. think Traktor looping - Keep loops that you like.
- added keep loop feature which allow you to save the new loop made as new clip.
- Added beatjump / loopjump menu to clip module. Do beatjump / loopjump of a set size in the currently playing clip of a track.
- track header buttons in the clip module now function as 'jump to active clip' buttons. For group-tracks they allow to fold and unfold the tracks.

Mixer:
Completely rebuilt mixer: 
- added crossfader to mixer 
- added A/B control to mixer
- added support for as many sends as you like + name of the send tracks are now displayed.
- added possibility to show as many faders at once as you like - and you can decide which!.
- added the possibility to control return tracks the same way you can control normal tracks
- added "+" mode to fullscreen for double length faders for precision tasks
- added snap mode to mixer

Drums: 
- added velocity sensitivity mode to drum pads

Devices:
- Added Impulse native template
- Added Auto Filter native template
- Added Pingpong Delay native template
- Track Header buttons in the Device Selection View will switch Lives view to the device chain of the respective track.

XYPad:
- snapshots will be saved with saved templates of XY pad now
- after morphing / playing / stopping snapshots the dots will not be affected by gravity till touched

General:
- Added support for 4 iPads
- Added possibility to link several ipads and setting their relative positions.
- touchable will prefer a wired connection if available (MyWi etc)
- design & layout changes throughout the app
- added 16 tracks mode 
- triple quick taps on relative faders will: bring the fader to max value if it is done on top of the fader, bring the fader to the exact middle value if you tap around the middle part, and bring the fader to 0 value if you tap on the bottom part.

- Finally touchable will connect via bonjour - tests show that almost no setup is needed to connect 

New Settings: 

Clips: 
Lock navigation in Clip grid - On / Off: 
-If enabled, clips will start immediately after touching - but you won't be able to scroll in the clip grid

Slide Clips to launch in Nav Lock Mode - On / Off: 
-Makes it possible to slide e.g. a row of clips in different tracks to start them

Devices: 
Always Open Device View 8 - On / Off: 
-If enabled, devices will always show the FX8 view instead of switching to FX32 for devices with more parameters.

Mixer: 
Relative Crossfader - On / Off: 
-same as relative faders elsewhere - just for the crossfader 

Hide Mutes - On/Off: 
-If enabled, mutes are hidden from the view.

Max Shown Controls for 2/4/8/16 tracks mode (0-8, 0 being disabled):
-You can set the maximum amount of controls shown per channel in each of the different sizes. When changing size the mixer will automatically show/hide faders depending on your preference.

General:
Link iPads - On / Off: 
-
enables or disables automatic following of secondary ipads.

bugfixes:
- arm / exclusive arm fixed
- numerous fixes for smaller issues / crashes / performance improvements


TouchAble is supported by many professional musicians, performers, djs and composers around the world, who use touchAble on stage or in studio.

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[endthefighting]

Also like to add a question:

Why on earth doesn't the channel selection for the midi yoke get saved?

I've got numerous projects/apps that were already using midi yoke 1-4 for something else, and have to change the selection in touchable every single time I start it...

Any hopes of seeing this fixed? (or maybe it's just my particular installation?)

Much love, none the less :)

[touchAbleapp]

@endthefighting will be added to the Server very soon! also to help people using BoMe or other tools instead of MIDI yoke.

[endthefighting]

Hey there - first of all great app! But seeing as your forum's down I thought I'd voice my concerns here...

After updating to 1.3 everything seems to have gone tits up here - a 17 channel (very basic) setup is now showing really weird things in Touchable:

+Missing clips (visually, although they're there still in Live).

+Black channels - a channel will show up on but every single clip is filled with a solid black colour.

+Wrong channel names/wrong channels entirely...

Hope these are fixable :/

[touchAbleapp]

@endthefighting Hey there,

Jup, just noticed the forum is down - will fix asap. Until then you can always reach our support at : help . touch-able . com

Your problem sounds like bluetooth might be activated on the iPad. Could you check and if so deactivate it?

Send us an email if your problem persists - we'll get it solved :)

[kryptonitejesus]

Have been using touchAble for my live performances and in the studio when I'm tracking... it's a GREAT piece of kit and I would go as far to even say it's the centerpiece of my live/studio rig with the Launchpad being complimentary... it's really that good... it pretty much caused me to put my ZeRO SL 2 away on a shelf.

[harrymerchant456]

@touchAbleapp I have replied to you.

Cheers and respect for your direct contact with users :)

[touchAbleapp]

@harrymerchant456 Not at all - i really meant the first reply - we're very happy to receive feedback like yours.

I'll send you an email with some thoughts as the comment space is limited. What kind of feature/design would you like to see to get the kind of control you need?

[harrymerchant456]

@touchAbleapp

I hope you dont think Im being rude as thats not my intention at all. You have a superb product but I just think your doing what so many other companies do and focus on DJs. I think most why buy your app are producer/musicians live artists. But if Im wrong then I totally understand your angle.

Hers an idea. Make an offshoot touchable for the studio and live use. No DJ centric features. Just cleaner more usable for producers when using VSTs.

But the app is a bargain. Cool! :)

[touchAbleapp]

@harrymerchant456

Come on, smart Djs know VINYL.

[touchAbleapp]

@harrymerchant456 If you have further comments or suggestions what would be needed to change that: please send us an email to info 'at' touch-able . com . We'd be very happy to discuss your feedback!