Ableton Live Control Integration Comes to AKAI FORCE & MPC

Published on Dec 17, 2019 AkaiProVideo

Ableton Live Control for MPC and Force
Force 3.0.4 | Ableton Live Control Integration
MPC 2.7 | Ableton Live Control Integration

AKAI PROFESSIONAL® ANNOUNCES ABLETON INTEGRATION IN LATEST FORCE & MPC UPDATES

New firmware delivers control of Ableton Live’s session view, mixer, effects and devices via Wi-Fi for Force, MPC X and MPC Live

Ft. Lauderdale FL, USA (December 17, 2019) Akai Professional, a leading manufacturer of music equipment for performers and producers, is proud to announce Force firmware 3.0.4 and MPC firmware 2.7 that include the highly-anticipated Ableton Live Control.

Force and MPC come pre-mapped for deep tactile control of Ableton Live clip launching, mixer panel and of course, Ableton devices. Ableton Live Control functions wirelessly over a Wi-Fi network via Ableton Link. This is an unparalleled level of Ableton integration from a standalone device. Ableton Live Control mode has been carefully designed to enable users to instantly switch between standalone operation and Live Control mode without ever stopping playback from either platform.

With Ableton Control integration, Akai Professional has bridged the standalone and Ableton worlds seamlessly for an unprecedented amount of creative power. The ingenuity of Force and MPC plugin instruments Bassline and Tube Synth, pristine sound processing FX and stellar sample manipulation algorithms, paired with Ableton and the power of clip launching is here and ready for musical ambitions of the most adventurous kind.

Ableton Live Control Features:

• Matrix Tab - The Matrix tab displays an 8x8 section of Live’s Session View marked in the Live GUI by the colored session ring. Users have a complete overview of—and immediate access to—the scenes, clips, play status, recording status as well as control over playback, recording quantize functions and scene/ clip management.

• Mixer Tab – The Mixer Tab provides instant access to Live’s key mixing functions, divided into three views for control of Levels, Main mixer parameters and Sends. Using Force’s touch interface, control any slider/knob or bring up a full screen editor for precise adjustments.

• Device Control Tab – The device tab controls the device on the current track at Ableton Live’s Blue Hand position, providing control and key visual feedback on Ableton Instruments and third-party plugins.

• Control Bar – At the top of the touch user interface, users can customize the Control Bar to display preset displays for Session, Arrangement and Performance modes including BPM, Phase Nudge Down/Up, Metronome, Follow, Overdub, Automation Arm and more.

Dan Gill, Senior Product Manager for Akai Professional said, "With every update, we redefine the products and extend the scope of their capabilities. With these firmware releases for Force and MPC, our standalone platforms join with Ableton Live to provide musicians, performers and producers unparalleled creative possibilities. Following an extensive Beta testing program, and listening to our customer’s feedback, we are delighted to provide the production community with a control solution for Ableton Live, while harnessing the sheer creative power of the world’s greatest standalone production and performance solutions.”

For more information and to download the latest firmware, visit akaipro.com."

UDO Audio - Super 6 workshop @SchneidersLaden

Published on Dec 17, 2019 SchneidersLaden

"George from UDO Audio presented their new synthesizer Super 6 in a workshop at SchneidersLaden. Enjoy the exploration of this fine instrument and the excellent jam session.

The Super 6 is a 12-voice polyphonic, binaural hybrid synthesizer. It is flexible, powerful and refined with a gorgeous analog sound character. Rich and evolving textures can easily be created via the Super-Wavetable core. The results are shapeable using the binaural analog signal path and the flexible modulation system. All in all a very interesting synthesizer for all kinds of electronic music."

WMD CRATER - Eurorack Bass drum module in-depth tutorial

Published on Dec 17, 2019 WMDevices

"Best of both worlds, Crater is an analog/digital hybrid bass drum module for eurorack modular synthesizers that plays as hard as it kicks.

In this video we explore the sound architecture, fetures, and functions of Crater. We cover how to use the Sustian feature, why you would want to sequence 1V/oct on a kick drum, and make a ton of sounds with the manual controls as well with CV."

WMD CRATER

Nerdseq- Xor Electronics-Euclidean Rhythms

Published on Dec 17, 2019 Dziam Bass

"Today I have a small video using the EUCLIDEAN RHYTHMS function from the latest soft 1.20v for Nerdseq from XOR
This is a very cool feature, as I showed in the movie, you have more expander More Trigger 16 you can immediately add matrix euclidean rhytms from the marked place, just enter the sounds you can add and subtract them from the marked place, it's best to see it yourself.

it is great fun and you create completely new rhythms.
Here use Kickall-Befaco
Hatz-Patching panda
2 x Pico Drums -Erica Synths

Roland MC303 Live Set

Published on Dec 17, 2019 Geylo Follen

Track 01 0:00
Track 02 2:50
Track 03 6:09
Track 04 9:56
Track 05 12:34
Track 06 15:38
Track 07 18:43
Track 08 21:33
Track 09 24:30
Track 10 27:11
Track 11 30:02
Track 12 32:23
Track 13 35:50
Track 14 38:20
Track 15 41:46
Track 16 44:36
Track 17 47:55
Track 18 50:52
Track 19 53:28
Track 20 55:55

IK Multimedia Introduces New Hammond B-3X iPad App

Published on Dec 17, 2019 ikmultimedia

Hammond B-3X for iPad Overview

"The first real Hammond organ for iPad

Hammond B-3X for iPad is a next-level tonewheel organ app that gives musicians an ultra-authentic Hammond organ experience on their mobile iOS tablet. Hammond B-3X for iPad offers the same incredibly detailed, true-to-life sound, flexible full-rig signal chain, and advanced tone shaping as the Mac/PC version, but optimized for use on stage.

With Hammond B-3X for iPad, you can get the same soul, passion and vibe of a real B-3 from a rig that weighs less than 1/100th of the real thing! Learn more at http://www.hammondb3x.com/ipad"

Modular 5u and Eurorack

Published on Dec 16, 2019 therudyrude

"I started with a beat made of Gate Math and various modules to make something that resembled a drum. I then put this beat in FSFX Supra Resonator."

DSI Prophet Rev 2 / Dominator / Tillborg

Published on Dec 16, 2019 Tillborg

"This is a quick track I made using Ableton Live and some factory presets from bank 2 of the Prophet Rev 2. No external effects or processing were used.

The patches I used:
Intro - F2 P49 Bubble Pad
Bass - F2 P15 Dominator
Lead - F2 P93 Sync II REV2
Bell - F2 P36 Squareklavier

The drums were sequenced in Ableton and downloaded from here...
https://soundpacks.com/free-sound-pac..."

Korg Electribe 2 / Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus / Strymon Timeline / NO SLEEP

Published on Dec 16, 2019 Jay Frederick

/ NO SLEEP /

Korg Electribe 2 / Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus / Strymon Timeline /

"I've been trying to use some of the feature of the Korg Electribe 2 that I usually skip over--mostly the vocal samples and the xy pad."

Lower West Side Studio Introduces The Fixed Filter Bank Pro

via Lower West Side Studio

"Lower West Side Studio is proud the introduce the next generation of our Fixed Filter Bank module; The Fixed Filter Bank Pro.

Built using the same Yusynth Fixed Filter Bank electronics the Fixed Filter Bank Pro extends the capabilities of the filter by adding individual outputs for each separate frequency. This also includes outputs for lowpass and highpass frequencies.

In addition the Fixed Filter Bank Pro features attenuators for both the high gain and low gain inputs.

For more information on Lower West Side Studio’s Fixed Filter Bank Pro visit our Product Page."

Priced at $490 CAD