Re: Does Mainstage + Ableton make sense?

[Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Andy Roberts<acroberts@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In fact, I use Mainstage + Ableton6 + SooperLooper + Max (to record
>> the whole mess 6 channels in realtime) in a similar way. of course,
>> i'm not using the ableton looper,
> Live 8's Looper really agitates the hell out of me, so I am thinking 
>about
> SooperLooper - you are pretty happy with it, then?

I think SL is great. Not only do I get all the capabilities I need,
but it is controllable via osc, so if I want to someday build an
ultra-compact UI for it in MAX, no problem

> What are you using Ableton Live for - triggering pre-recorded clips?

pre-recorded MIDI clips mainly, at present, going through a velocity
variator to add a little variety. some audio clips too - mostly
shakers

I am now also using Live to process the output of SL in order to
introduce more variety into the Loop. I could do that in MS, but MS is
already working pretty hard, and the Live fx are easier to vary via
MIDI Clips with controller info, which act as LFOs, basically, for
this purpose.

> I was thinking about using my AdrenaLinn III to process guitar into Live 
>(no
> modelling software yet, but I'll take suggestions!), so I'll try
> SooperLooper and see what I can make of it!
> Thanks!
> drew



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