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The new Note Layout Mode on the push gives you a 32-step sequencer on the top half of the pad matrix and 32 notes on the bottom half.
Well… Ableton fixed that with the 32-step sequencer. It’s great for baselines, but that is about it. It didn’t quite have some of the functions I needed when sequencing melody. Playing with it over time I realized there were so many things I couldn’t do. When Ableton gave us the Melodic sequencer update in Live 9.1 I was excited.
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One of the biggest new Features in the update is the 32-step sequencer.
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Yeah the software of Live 10 brings some cool features… but… we also have some rad improvements to the Push. In this article, we are going to be talking about Live 10 and the new features added to the Push. In this performance, MZ has used this technique on a rim shot and some 808-style toms with the sustain pulled down and some compressed reverb. You can also set up the velocity to map to the pitch of samples if you have Ableton’s sampler (not Simpler, unfortunately) and create melodies out of one-shots. This makes it possible to constantly vary the sound and feel of the beat, creating builds, alternate parts, etc. If you’re assembling your own rack, make sure to load up any sounds that could replace each other in the rhythm in the same column on your rack, and use the top knob of that column to move through sounds as the beat plays. For example, on the kick (which is a sub-driven 808-style kick) he’s mapped to the amplitude sustain, allowing him to dynamically change the energy of the beat from drop to build. Tips: You can map the bottom row of knobs on the Twister to control various parameters of the sounds in that column.
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To add a bit of spice, he routes the drum rack out of his audio interface and through a series of Moogerfooger FX pedals. In the final part of the video, MZ shows his favorite use for the Twister: as an analog-style step sequencer for a Live drumrack. TECHNIQUE 3: DRUMRACK STEP SEQUENCER + EXTERNAL FX PEDALS Oscillator 1, 2 volume and pitch (with fine tune).Tips: Depending on the type of synth you plan on using, you might want to map to some of these classic parameters and see what happens! This makes synthesis more of an exploration and discovery process, which not only allows for faster synthesis learning, but also empowers a skilled synthesist to blast through patches like a true audio animal. Map it to any synth you like, and start jamming instead of clicking. Throw on a beat, take your eyes off the computer, and get lost in the more tactile world of knobs.
In the video, MZ demonstrates how he’s mapped the Twister to control an instance of the Ableton software synth Operator. Oftentimes it’s easiest to just load up a preset and change a few values with the mouse. Staring at your laptop looking at a picture of a synth while moving tiny knobs one at a time on a screen can be a little uninspiring. And like any instrument, it is best when played. TECHNIQUE 2: CONTROL A SOFTWARE SYNTHĪ synth, first and foremost, is an instrument and a sound design tool (maybe those are the same these days).
The difference is incredible and you’ll discover new ways of tweaking your devices you might not have discovered otherwise, adding a hardware feeling to your digital devices. When you are looking at a screen, it is easy to get lost in the world of numbers, visuals, and generally ideas about which values are the right values to use.
Now you can close your eyes and quickly tweak a device’s parameters to dial in the perfect sound just by ear. Just create an effects rack, load up any and all FX you want to control, and assign the parameters you actually want to control (or even multiples) to the macros in the effects rack, and Twister will automap to those parameters instead.īenefits: Music is about listening, and so is production.
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Pro Tip: If you aren’t happy with the default controls indicated by Live, you can easily create your own set of eight macros, which will automap to the device instead. Mad Zach has created a small Live script for Twister which automaps to Ableton devices, allowing you instantaneous, hands-on control over your audio effects and virtual instruments. TECHNIQUE 1: CONTROL ALL ABLETON DEVICES AUTOMATICALLY Watch to the end of the video for a spectacular performance using Twister, Ableton, and four Moogerfoogers. Beyond the Twister just being a formidable companion for in-studio work, Zach also shows off how its sequencer can be used in a live performance setting. Mad Zach invites us into his Berlin studio and shows how he’s been using the Midi Fighter Twister in a production workflow with Ableton Live.
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