Ableton Live tutorials

This video tutorial is for the Ableton Live beginners. It shows you how to use the session and arrange views in Ableton Live, including tips and tricks you might not read in the  manual.

Zander

Zander

Livid instruments DIY modular builder boards

At the start of March Livid instruments, creator of the livid block and ohm 64 controllers, released their new line of modular DIY build your own midi controller kits. The idea is to allow the user to create thier own custom midi controller using high quality parts and without the need to press your own PCB boards or have a high technical skill. The boards were designed to be user friendly and easy to build.

Livid instruments builder brain board

Brain board

The builder series of boards revolves around a central “brain” board with separate fader, knob, buttons, breakout and talkback LED boards.

On paper the brain loops quite flexible and open extensive expansion. The spec of the main brain board is as follows…

• USB Powered
• Class-compliant no drivers needed
• MIDI in and out jacks
• 16 direct wire digital button contacts (support up to 64 contacts with a diode matrix, and 179 with a diode matrix and support chips)
• 64 direct wire analog inputs
• 14 direct wire LED’s (support for 48 LED’s with a matrix)
• Programmable MIDI settings with a software editor via USB
• Dimensions 3.5″ x 4.5″
• OEM and quantity discounts available

Push board

Livid Push board

These push boards are for touch buttons similar to the ones on the OHM64, livid block, apc40 or launchpad. They also double up as an LED board, standalone or with buttons.

4×4 button board small

Dimensions: 3.25″(w) X 3.25″(w)

$12

4×4 button board medium

Dimensions: 4″(w) X 4″(w)

$12

Turn board

Turn board

The turn board is for pentometers or knobs for most people. They support .1″ pin spacing thru hole pentometers meaning they will work with most 9mm pentometers. Availible in 4×4 or single pot boards.
4×4 turn board

Dimensions: 4″(w) X 4″(h)

$12

Slide board

Slide board

The slide boards are for adding faders. They support most 60 mm faders and are availible in 1×4 boards. Livids own high quality faders will work with these boards.

1×4 slide board

Dimensions: 4″(w) X 4″(h)

$12

Breakout board

Breakout board

The breakout board is for connecting all the individual boards together and to the main brain board. Livid has included the abilty to add screw terminals so you can quickly remove and add connections.

Break out board

Dimensions: 6.5″(w) X 3.5″(h)

$12

Wiki, video tutorials and support

Livid have supplied quite a lot of support for the boards, so people who are new to the DIY thing can learn as they go along. Theres video tutorials, a wiki and schemetics.

Check it all out here at livids site

Clip envelopes in Ableton Live

Another new Ableton Live tutorial video added, this time dealing with the how to use clip envelopes in Ableton Live. Mainly for beginners but it can’t hurt to brush up on the basics.

Zander

APC40 & Luanchpad with Max for Live

New tutorial uploaded showing you how to use the APC40 & Luachpad with Ableton’s Max for live. This tutorial goes through the basics of selecting a control surface, observing the buttons and using the Live API to create a simple app. The tutorial will help you understand how to build your own apps for max for live and the APC40 & Launchpad.

Get creating!

Zander

EXS24 tutorial part 2

This is the second part of a two part video tutorial covering the basics of using the EXS24 sampler and some of the more advanced techniques too.

Using the EXS24 sampler in Logic video tutorial part 2

For part one see this post or Using the EXS24 sampler in Logic video tutorial part 1

APC40 & Max for Live tutorial

New Max for Live video tutorial covering how to do custom mapping & remapping of the the APC40. This tutorial gives you basics for opening the possibilites of using an APC40 and Max for Live. Get creative and make some new patches or devices for Max for Live or create a completely custom APC40 mapping.

Zander

Zander

EXS24 tutorial

I’ve just uploaded a new video tutorial, using the EXS24 sampler in Logic. It’s a two part tutorial with second part coming in the next couple of days. The tutorial focuses on the EXS24 sampler that ships with logic. The sampler is very powerful but often over looked so I thought it deserved some tutorial time. The tutorial covers both the basic and advanced techniques.

This tutorial is a part of a new section on logic tutorials with plenty more to come in the next couple of weeks.

Enjoy