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DMX wrote on 17-11-2009 05:32 PM

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Matt Dahl wrote on 17-11-2009 10:31 AM

Tis’ a very nice piece of kit indeed but not without some very minor niggles

Having the play / stop/ rec buttons right next to the crossfader is going to lead to a lot of people ending their sets suddenly. I’ve unmapped them completely to make sure it doesn’t happen but it’s not the best solution.



Can't say I've ever used a crossfader in Ableton tbh. Just channel faders.



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About to get one of these but starting to think it might be a bit limited for the price. Anyone want to convince me otherwise?

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you can get a 2nd hand iPad 1 for about £200, and make your own custom touch interfaces, there are some very cool youtubes if you go looking

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you can get a 2nd hand iPad 1 for about £200, and make your own custom touch interfaces, there are some very cool youtubes if you go looking



Why would I want to do that? Touch screen is hardly a tactile interface.

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you can get a 2nd hand iPad 1 for about £200, and make your own custom touch interfaces, there are some very cool youtubes if you go looking



Why would I want to do that? Touch screen is hardly a tactile interface.



yeah but it's made by apple and is shiny.

but yeah, it's VERY hard to be accurate without looking on touch-screen.


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Why would I want to do that?



just throwing some ideas out there

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Maschine looks cool - obviously it has its own software but would work for launching ableton clips etc as well.

gotta say all this button-pressing reminds me of when I used to watch my mates playing Tony Hawk on the Playstation, just endless button combos one after the other. Don't really see what makes that better than the 'checking email' stylel of mixing tbh

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voodoobass wrote on 27-06-2011 10:44 PM

Maschine looks cool - obviously it has its own software but would work for launching ableton clips etc as well.

gotta say all this button-pressing reminds me of when I used to watch my mates playing Tony Hawk on the Playstation, just endless button combos one after the other. Don't really see what makes that better than the 'checking email' stylel of mixing tbh



Yeah, I don't find that video impressive either, who the fuck would do a live gig playing drums with their fingers, nonsense.

The APC I was thinking it might be useful for having the ability to have clips at my fingertips when between tracks, as I load the next track in Reason.

Problem I've already come across is that loading a track in Reason won't boss the Ableton tempo, so I'd be fucked if I forgot to change the master tempo for each track, which is gay.


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