Comments on: M-Audio UC-33 and Ableton Live Combo Everywhere at Movement 2008

By: liz revision » Movement & Mutek articles at CDM

liz revision » Movement & Mutek articles at CDM — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:06:46 +0000

[...] M-Audio UC-33 and Ableton Live Combo Everywhere at Movement 2008 Liz notes the spooky near-ubiquity of UC-33e controllers running Ableton Live at Movement. [...]

By: Joe Syndrome

Joe Syndrome — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:12:32 +0000

My dream controller would have everything on the monodeck, Bluetooth wii like sensors, Endless Rotary knobs like Kore, X / Y trackpad controls like the time trip Vsynth, Dbeam roland like sensors, Pulsating lights like Torq, and a frozen margarita machine, Hell.. And a meat grinder.

By: Joe Syndrome

Joe Syndrome — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:03:35 +0000

I have an Maudio trigger finger.. But the knobs break so easily. The plastic is cracking and the actual controller values jump around the 00 – 128 spectrum. Which is annoying. Or Im just a rough tweaker.

The Monodeck caught my eye on his myspace. And i’ve seen videos about it. He really should mass produce that controller. Bundle it with ableton

By: liz

liz — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:01:47 +0000

Robert Henke aka Monolake make his own sampler–the Monodeck- so he doesn’t have to look at Ableton at all:

http://making-music.blogspot.com/2008/03/video-robert-henke-shows-his-setup-and.html

By: cooptrol

cooptrol — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:37:24 +0000

a closed latpop with a controller on top is the best hardware sampler you can ever get…

By: cooptrol

cooptrol — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:26:50 +0000

joshua: at first i ached for some visual feedback, and started looking for some controller that could do that. then i realised i was falling again in the same mistake. one must learn to rely exclusively on the ears to make decisions. to really know the sonic material you are using and to be able to identify it all mixed in the music. i’m really commited to learning this, and it’s not so hard as you may think.

By: EE

EE — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:30:02 +0000

cooptrol you’ve hit the nail on the head. Getting caught up in analytical/visual thinking kills any sense of flow that might have been.

By: Joshua Schnable

Joshua Schnable — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:49:22 +0000

Now, if Novation would only hurry up and ship the Nocturn…

cooprol – I agree with you that keeping the laptop away/closed would be awesome, but the thing that keeps tripping me (and probably many, many others) up is the need for an interface to tell me what’s going on with my Live clips.

Yes, a Monome would do the trick. I think FaderFox has something like that too. But there aren’t a lot of options out there for a bank of buttons that light up when you press them, and stay lit until you press them again.

By: cooptrol

cooptrol — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:01:35 +0000

IMHO there’s still an aesthetics and ethics problem concerning the laptop screen usage as visual reference of sound. the graphic enviroment is overwhelming and usually distracts the focus on music, and projects the image of a stuck-head musician to the audience. I’ve been experimenting with playing with a controller and/or a USB computer keyboard, with the laptop lid closed, and I must say it is a really refreshening experience. It throws back computer music performance to the realm of ears/body/mind (not eyes) musical expression.

By: Create Digital Music » Live Inspiration: Latest from Mutek, Movement Music + Visual Festivals

Fri, 30 May 2008 18:04:56 +0000

[...] is getting his synesthesia on with live audio and visuals at A/Visions, while Liz notes the spooky near-ubiquity of UC-33e controllers running Ableton Live at Movement. (Guess they need to invite us with some odder controllers, [...]