In the Rack:
Furman Power Conditioner
Radial Pro D8 DI
Motu 828 Audio Interface
M-Audio 2x2 Midi-USB
Pedal Board:
aBility Controller for Ableton Live
w/ ext. foot switch
Boss TU-2 Tuner
LR Baggs DI
SNES Controller used to trigger Ableton Cues.
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Matt,
What is the function of the nintendo controller exactly? Its funny to think of super nintendo and Ableton working together!
Thanks!
i get that question a lot.
1. I use it to play super mario bros on my computer.
2. I have it set up to trigger MIDI notes through Ableton. I use the buttons to Trigger Vocal cues for the band. Currently, they are set up to trigger a cue that says "ONE" or "FOUR"... stating which chord we are ending the song on.
And you can hit those buttons with your feet???????? insane, would love to see that in action.
And as a side note, thanks for all you are doing in the world of loops. You are the person who has pushed me over the edge to start using them! Waiting on my ability controller (hopefully baron is getting better) and cant wait to to get to using the loops ive made! Any words to wise when it comes to integrating this technology into worship would be great! Keep up the innovation and God Bless!
Thanks Paul! Be sure to keep up on our blog. That's where most of our real world experience and insight regards loops comes out!
thanks man.. i'm glad you jumped into the loop world.
I actually have the controller set up to only trigger 2 buttons. All of the small buttons on the right all trigger the same function. All of the directional buttons trigger another function. That way, I can't miss it. :)
glad you are a part of the community!
In the rack::
Juice Goose power distro
Motu 828Mkii for I/O and MIDI
Shure PSM900 IEM's
Ultra DI-Pro for routing clicks and loops
Everything else::
Signal Chain::
Standard Telecaster
electro harmonix Pog2
Iabnez Tube Screamer
TC Electronics Hall of Fame Reverb
Line 6 M13 (volume, delays, reverbs, modulation and tuner)
Boss OC-2 for bass stuff
Electro harmonix Hum Debugger
Powered by T-rex Fuel Tank JR.
Loop::
aBility controller
M-audio expression pedal for loop volume
A PSM900 on top of a behringer DI? oye....
Hahahaha I have my priorities :)
Here's a pic of my pedal board from last week.
btw, the Lysol is probably the most important component. :)
So hows the soft step? Is it worth having both? Advantages over the aBility???? Your thoughts oh lord of the loops :)
I'm enjoying the softstep... It was a little tricky at first to figure out progamming, but once it's programmed it works like a charm. We made a preset that makes the controller function just like the aBility. Currently, I'm using the softstep to control band director cues, and the aBility to launch the loops. pretty cool combo.
Hmmmm, so soft step is usb right? I only have 1 midi port on my motu and the ability takes it. I can see having a fixed set of cues either vocal or like ambient pads for different keys (like one for A, and G and C etc.) always set could be really useful. SOooooo enticing!
yeah, you can use it to run pads as well. It's USB and works like a charm.
Ok so dumb question of the day....if you trigger something from the soft step will it not interrupt what you have already cued from the ability controller? I am not the smartest when it comes to ableton, so how will both tracks be running at the same time????
good question. the softstep is triggering individual clips, no scenes. I have the clips set to Toggle mode, which essentially turns them on and off. You can do that while another track is playing.
The only other complication you could have would be if you are trying to assign a MIDI note that has already be assigned. There are 127 notes available, so I have the softstep set up to use notes 90 - 127, and the aBility uses 1 - 90
Leading at the Mars Hill Gospel Coach event, nice little over head of some of my gear :)
looks great paul! nice kick drum too!
Hahahaha stole the idea from you and Gungor!!!
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My view on Sunday morning....
andrewwalker, what is the silver knob right next to your laptop?
It's an apogee duet with the breakout box.
I am a huge fan of Apogee stuff, and it is definitely the most stable interface I've ever used.
I'm curios to hear how you are using the Duet. The apogee hardware seems very solid but I don't see a lot of people using it live. Just wondering how your experience has been and is it worth the money they seem to be pretty pricey. Looks sweet tho and they sound great.
I do a lot of music production and mixing so I mainly use it for that at home. It just made sense to use it live as well since I already had it. The breakout box works perfect for that, so I can leave the stock cables plugged into everything at home.
Here's my live rig:
M-Audio Keystation Pro88 w/Auturia Analog Factory Keys
M-Audio Firewire 410 for Tracks/Loops Stereo feed and click seperate to monitors
Yamaha Motif and Korg Triton Sound Generators
MacBook running Reason 6 and Ableton Intro
I mix everything on the Yamaha MG12/4. I use mains for keys and Subgroup out for loops. Click runs directly to the monitor board. Everything is MIDI chained. It's bee a lot of work but it works really well.
Hope you all like?
thanks
AKidd
pianoman112
Wow that looks intense, but it is sweet to see what others are doing. What are the rack mount units you are using?
I see a TAMA metronome... why aren't you using the Ableton click?
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