I recently upgraded to ableton 10 and a new laptop, the latency and CPU are down, but I was getting odd spikes when I sent midi messages from a pedal. On further googling, I found that the default windows power … Continue reading →
Still in search of the perfect yet compact midi foot controller, I recently revived the idea of using a standard non-programmable midi pedal (a Rolls midibuddy in this case) with midi-ox to put out data that Ableton will listen to. … Continue reading →
Echoloop VST is wonderful, but I’ve struggled to save mdimaps for it. No longer! If you drop the plugin into an instrument rack, you can save midi mappings for it then just drag the rack into a new project. Shame … Continue reading →
I use the M9 with an acoustic guitar for looping and also effects, so have built a midi pedal to handle the looping side of things, so the M9 always in “effects” mode. The real beauty of DIY mdi is … Continue reading →
Should be lots of ideas flying about! … Continue reading →
In my struggle to find a fully-featured midi footpedal that is smaller than my FCB1010, I’ve been using a Rolls midi pedal and using midi-ox to covert the incoming program changes into control or note values with which to control … Continue reading →
You have a limited range of colours assignable to each controller, but if you set them up in banks of 2, you can then tell ableton to use matching colours for a set of macro controls. I find this really … Continue reading →
With the death of the Novation forum (boo hiss) I’ve started a facebook group to discuss this device, any version, all welcomed. https://www.facebook.com/groups/launchcontrol … Continue reading →
I’ve had a message from Keith Wilson, who is struggling to make his FCB talk to ableton looper. So here’s a rundown of a “looper bank”, I have 3 such banks, 2 for a guitar loop, a third for keyboards. … Continue reading →
I’ve recently ditched my zoom floor pedal, which was creating the basic guitar tones I want. The generous gift of a new laptop from my children has given me enough CPU power to look at modelling withing Ableton. The internal … Continue reading →