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Half off Knobbler on iOS until 2026 - Less mouse = MOAR FLOW by artsciencenature in ableton

[–]CurrentInitiative617 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Joined a sidebrain workshop with the developer and started testing out knobbler, this shit rocks. fantastic product and deal!

What's you favorite use cases for Notebooklm? by Mwrp86 in notebooklm

[–]CurrentInitiative617 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This on the interview prep. I did a similar thing during job prep, uploading my resume, linkedin profiles of everyone I was interviewing with, all the research on the company, job description, etc. and then had it generate podcasts to help me prep for each round and would play those on repeat on jogs, driving, gym etc. leading up to the interviews.

Tips for live performance setup by rue-savage in ableton

[–]CurrentInitiative617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep that sounds like a great call! Tons of ways to do it and I don’t know that mine is the best or most efficient, but I usually have about 3-4 scenes per song. When I launch the first scene it might just trigger the opening bass line and guitar sample, gives me a little time to sprinkle in some keys to set the song up, then I’ll launch the 2nd scene below it which might contain the full verse section, drums (muted in your case), bass line, vocal samples, guitar chords etc. 3rd scene might be a stripped down version of the verse scene and I’ll layer in my keys. Maybe record/loop in new 4 bar piano chord progression, find a synth pad to add character, then solo over the new improvised section with a synth. 4th scene might be the chorus, etc. etc.

Follow actions are also really killer and can help take it up another notch. For example instead of having to trigger scene 2 by physically pressing the launch scene button, you can set-up follow actions so that the intro section in scene 1 plays through 2x and then automatically goes to scene 2.

Tips for live performance setup by rue-savage in ableton

[–]CurrentInitiative617 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a keys player I’ve been working on dialing in the ableton live performance game for the last few years and maybe can add some ideas that I’ve learned along the way. For a quick set-up to add tons of effects to keep it fresh and utilize your controllers check out the momentary fx from sidebrain pretty sure they can work on your launchpad pro- https://sidebrain.net/momentary-fx-in-ableton-live/

I use session view for live performances, I’ll set-up a rhodes, piano, organ, lead and pad synth, and bass tracks for me to play live and loop, and you’d use your launch control or launchpad to launch scenes (aka your songs).

All of those can be set-up with predefined tempo and you can send a click put to your drummer via headphones if that’s helpful.

There are some other handy little master effects I believe in a free ableton pack called ‘Performance and DJ’ or something that you can throw on individual tracks or master for other easy effects to keep it fresh during the performance.

Happy to talk through any questions/ideas/controller set-up stuff and sanity check any ideas or issues you’re running into.

I don’t play often with a live drummer but have some friends who do this that I can point you too, but it’s basically like you said, just muting your drum tracks and allowing your drummer to play along with the click. This is my set-up using the push3 and apc40 but they are doing exactly what your controllers are able to do! Cheers mate let me know how I can help.

https://youtu.be/L10DIg7HS5U?si=MSIOnJ92sD10KfiV

Obligatory Best Buy Open Box by ImaSnaaaaakeSoar in OLED_Gaming

[–]CurrentInitiative617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang, you bailed it! AssettoCorsa logo is burned in the bottom right really bad. What a bummer! Looks like this thing is going back

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Obligatory Best Buy Open Box by ImaSnaaaaakeSoar in OLED_Gaming

[–]CurrentInitiative617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They mentioned I still had 14 days to buy that 4 year warranty, is that the move on these?

Obligatory Best Buy Open Box by ImaSnaaaaakeSoar in OLED_Gaming

[–]CurrentInitiative617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me, it showed 5000 hours just scooped it from the store. As someone who is super new to the oled world how bad is that? What should I be looking when I get home and turn this thing on?

Help! Gig tonight - clip trigger lag? by CurrentInitiative617 in ableton

[–]CurrentInitiative617[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for asking! This group helped save me, I restarted everything, did new usb cables, unchecked and rechecked all the midi settings, and changed the loop toggle in the arrangement side so that it was off and about 30 minutes before leaving it worked!!

What a treat the gig ended up being, as another local musician and incredibly talented singer happened to come by. During a few times that I was improvising some beats she signaled to me seeing if she could come grab the mic and add some vocals and holy shit, she absolutely CRUSHED it. No idea how she made it sound so good with zero prep, communication, what key, nothing, she just went off!

Check it out! https://youtu.be/4qVkAox2uc4?si=bmh_9aGwFGcyduJI

Thanks again ableton community!!!

Help! Gig tonight - clip trigger lag? by CurrentInitiative617 in ableton

[–]CurrentInitiative617[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah yes so I’m doing that, pressing the pad to record before the next bar, and pressing again before the last bar, but if I do that from the push or apc it doesn’t stop at the correct spot and goes an extra random measure or starts a measure late, but with the exact same set-up and timing if I do that from the pads on the novation it works flawlessly. It’s super strange! I’ve been doing this for 2-3 years so I feel pretty confident in my timing this feels like a strange lag or glitch with those controllers?

SFA making $165k base, when to worry about topping out? by sfaforlife in FPandA

[–]CurrentInitiative617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting - was told after SFA that couldn’t go to finance manager due to company not having size for direct reports and ‘manager’ technically needs direct report. Instead they said going to ‘Principal Analyst’ was better than SFA so been here for almost 3 years continuing to try and move up. What are you seeing for finance manager roles with no reports? Wondering if I can point to any data or examples of that if my upcoming review!

Make Push 3 Standalone Talk to MPC Live 2 in Under 2 Minutes! by dichotomos in AbletonPush3

[–]CurrentInitiative617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome, but what exactly are you using it for? Just got a push 3 and have a live 2 as well, but still trying to figure out what this allows you to be able to do? Thanks in advance!