Ableton devices dedicated controllers
Ableton devices dedicated controllers Posted on: 18.12.2013 by Brendan Andrascik Hi everybody!After building a lot of generic controllers with a bunch buttons that can do another million functions, I want to explore the "school" of one-knob-does-exactly-what-you-know-it-does-no-matter-what. Ableton is great, but each of its devices is "faceless" in the physical world, and there is no such fun like playing with knobs on a hardware synth :P What do you believe of the idea of dedicated controllers for each of Ableton's device, resembling closely the software layout. For example an Analog synth controller with all the knobs and buttons for oscillators, envelopes, lfo, etc. and just and only that. oF course question is then, why not get actual hardware synth's instead, unless they are as cheap as dirt. What do you believe and which Ableton devices would you love to have control of in the physical world? | |
| Brendan Andrascik 18.12.2013 | Hi everybody! After building a lot of generic controllers with a bunch buttons that can do another million functions, I want to explore the "school" of one-knob-does-exactly-what-you-know-it-does-no-matter-what. Ableton is great, but each of its devices is "faceless" in the physical world, and there is no such fun like playing with knobs on a hardware synth :P What do you believe of the idea of dedicated controllers for each of Ableton's device, resembling closely the software layout. For example an Analog synth controller with all the knobs and buttons for oscillators, envelopes, lfo, etc. and just and only that. oF course question is then, why not get actual hardware synth's instead, unless they are as cheap as dirt. What do you believe and which Ableton devices would you love to have control of in the physical world? |
| Brunilda Kora 18.12.2013 | Not a great idea, mate. While I kinda understand what you're going for, you're going to lose the flexibility that Live offers if you start making custom hardware. With all of the possibilities that Ableton Live offers when you start putting devices into Racks (and the MADNESS that the Chain Selector allows for!), the flexibility of Lives devices is what makes them great. You're better of mapping to the 8 macro knobs in a Rack - then you will know EXACTLY what each of those knobs do. |
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