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That's at the base of telePort as well, each module having it's own memory and preset roll. So you can easily set up the mixer channel modules to be routed in whatever way you like including the vst settings, and then have many different Midi control maps ready in the midi ctr module. Finally using the Mainpage as a "snapshot" of which presets to use in all other modules letting you do "scene up" and "scene down" with one button that changes between entirely different setups. Everything you can do with kapture and then quite a bit more, especially that you can "capture" states on attached hardware instruments as well..., but without the screen clutter of a set like plastikmans, because you can morph the modules and instruments instead of preparing a gigantic spreadsheat like he does. The same "problem" though, you have to prepare or at least think about what you are doing when changing scene. If you change to a scene that reprograms 4 different hardware synths via looong sysex messages, loads some software samplers and load 40 new vst effects all at the same time, expect a drop in sound if you are doing it without planning. There are many ways to get around it though, such as using the builin mixer looper as a DJ tool... Oh well... ;) It's very much made for people like me, working more in the direction of plastikman but trying to make it more live than that, with the augmented sequencing and all that, which is not entirely simple to get started with. But for loopers, they could still just use the mixer modules and get this kind of morphable modular setup with Total Recall, but for free ;) On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: > Better way is to plan your setup around latency. Actions that depend > on correct timing can still be addressed with a direct control. > Actions that are quantized in a looper shouldn't be assigned to > Kapture either because the looper needs to know the given command a > bit in advance. It's just like tuning a tempered instrument; balance > the quirks to make a good enough performance possible ;-) > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.perboysen.com > http://www.youtube.com/perboysen > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Philip Conway > <Philip.Conway@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: >> That thing is indeed rather amazing. The only issue is that latency >> builds >> up with large amounts of parameters being changed but maybe that's >> better on >> a faster machine (my trusty but creaky six year old macbook is nearing >> retirement age!). It also makes me realise that I really need to learn >> Max/MSP. >> >> >> Philip. >> >> >> --On 12 February 2012 23:35 +0100 Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I just looked a little deeper into the Max for Live device Kapture. >>> This device offers instant recall. It lets you record and store >>> snapshots of the whole mixer plus devices settings. And this includes >>> looping plugins too! Can you see the tremendous performance power in >>> this for live looping musicians? You can totally design your own >>> looping interface like you want it. Simply decide on what control >>> commands you want, set up mixer and plugins for that and snag a >>> snapshot of it. For some snapshots you may deselect a lot of mixer >>> parameters and only have the snapshot recall the looper's settings, or >>> maybe just one of many loopers you are using. >>> >>> Snapshots can be activated in two ways. First, you mouse the drop-down >>> menu of the Kapture plugin's GUI. Second, you launch an empty clip in >>> Live that has the same name as the Kapture snapshot it's meant to >>> activate. This gives that you can handle a very complex performance >>> setup with only three MIDI pedals: Scene Up, Scene Down and Scene >>> Launch. Compare that to the classic way of assigning one pedal switch >>> for each function. Over here I will keep my 80 pedals (8 Gordius banks >>> of 10 each) and just assign three of them for Kapture. Then I'll see >>> whee this takes me. >>> >>> I just checked with Augustus Loop and every damn parameter in the >>> looper is captured by Kapture. Finally this is opening up a way to use >>> this wonderful looper plugin IRL. My issue with Augustus have always >>> been that I can't press all buttons for all things I want to make >>> happen at once. The EDP functionality design is easier to use but >>> lacks some cool stuff you can do with Augustus. With Augustus it >>> typically makes sense to keep a direct MIDI binding to the Freeze >>> Button, besides this Kapture Snapshot system. >>> >>> Finally, you may rework your setup very quickly in a modular way. Just >>> move around the live clips for different Kapture snapshots. You may >>> put several rows of them in Live's Session View (the data >>> spreadsheat-like interface) so that one Scene (all clips at the same >>> horizontal level) will only launch these Snapshot Clips. Very useful, >>> especially if you work on many projects and has an issue remembering >>> the different setups. Here you can simply read it on the screen, or >>> easily memorize it visually before a concert. >>> >>> FYI I can tell that this total recall approach for many years has been >>> the base for the French software looper Logeloop as well as for >>> Numerology. In those two apps "saving a preset" takes a snapshot of >>> everything, just like this Kapture thing. One thing I will start >>> fiddling around with now, using Augustus Loop and Kapture, is to work >>> with long bows of slow speed shifts, as this looper offers >>> non-quantized continuous speed/pitch shift. I did some of that on the >>> album with Erdem but until this Kapture I've seen a live concert tool >>> that would allow experimenting with it on stage (except for Logeloop, >>> but I can't run many of my tone shaping plugins in that Max built >>> looper so Live currently works better for me). >>> >>> Ok, signing off now. Just wanted to mention this if someone out there >>> also has been looking for these kind of tools. Oh, I should mention >>> that instant recall of everything is not all snappy. At least not >>> according to a discussion on the Max For Live forum. Some users there >>> report that not all settings change at the same time. But I'm not sure >>> that should seen as a showstopper, after all Plastikman uses Kapture >>> every night to coordinate both Ableton Live mix mashup improvisation >>> and synced video. >>> >>> Greetings from Sweden >>> >>> Per Boysen >>> www.perboysen.com >>> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen >>> >> >> >> >> >