Ableton Live & Akai APC40 Live PA Set Up
Ableton Live & Akai APC40 Live PA Set Up Posted on: 15.05.2011 by Monserrate Rupnow Details on how I use Ableton Live and the APC40 to play live: http://tarekith.com/ableton-live-apc40-live-pa-set-up/ Not quite DJing per se, but Ableton seems to be popular here, so maybe someone finds it interesting. | |
| Eleonora Raaf 19.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by marc.elektro
I guess it all depends on personal preference and how hands-on you want to get with your performance, but got any links/suggestions for getting setup to DJ with the APC? For instance, one issue I've run into (that may have a simple solution, I dunno) in designing a proper workflow is trying to restrict my set to 8 total tracks, so I don't have to move the red selection box left-to-right at all (an action which, at least with my current settings, totally ruins the tracking of the physical channel faders). So I warp the songs I believe I might wanna play, and chop it to a few clips of different lengths to use as cue points. But if I decide playing live I want to mix two songs that I happened to put in the same track, do I have to drag and drop one of the songs to an open track since you can only play one clip per track at a time? I feel like there's better ways to organize a set if you plan on playing mostly other people's productions, but I can't seem to get the hang of it. |
| Monserrate Rupnow 15.05.2011 | Details on how I use Ableton Live and the APC40 to play live: http://tarekith.com/ableton-live-apc40-live-pa-set-up/ Not quite DJing per se, but Ableton seems to be popular here, so maybe someone finds it interesting. |
| Rolanda Clodfelder 20.05.2011 |
Red means stop, green means go, duh.
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| Eleonora Raaf 19.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by marc.elektro
I guess it all depends on personal preference and how hands-on you want to get with your performance, but got any links/suggestions for getting setup to DJ with the APC? For instance, one issue I've run into (that may have a simple solution, I dunno) in designing a proper workflow is trying to restrict my set to 8 total tracks, so I don't have to move the red selection box left-to-right at all (an action which, at least with my current settings, totally ruins the tracking of the physical channel faders). So I warp the songs I believe I might wanna play, and chop it to a few clips of different lengths to use as cue points. But if I decide playing live I want to mix two songs that I happened to put in the same track, do I have to drag and drop one of the songs to an open track since you can only play one clip per track at a time? I feel like there's better ways to organize a set if you plan on playing mostly other people's productions, but I can't seem to get the hang of it. |
| Lena Schirado 18.05.2011 | I don't use the same workflow for DJing but I'm glad you posted this for Ableton. Always something to learn with that program. |
| Jacqulyn Cruson 18.05.2011 | very nice post! |
| Monserrate Rupnow 17.05.2011 | Thanks, glad you found it useful! |
| Audrey Pinda 17.05.2011 | Very excellent article, and really something that rings some bells along the lines I'm mentally working at the moment. It's nice to read how someone has gone through and organized their workflow. |
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