In 2018 I stumbled over some posts from Sebastian Beresford (aka BID) about using electronic drums with Ableton Live. BID back then was already working on his book called “The Art of eDrumming”. Back then he was working on some great material. He always planned to do a printed book format (yes those still exist) … Read more
Intro The Note to MAP devices are giving you some more flexibility then using normal MIDI MAP mode in Ableton Live. First of all you get the chance to not only have to stick to only one function/one mapping in your Ableton Live Set. Just by (de-)activating devices you can set-up and switch between multiple … Read more
Controlling Ableton Live via the SPD-SX can be expanded with some Max for Live plug-ins. You can make use of the “Audio Effect” buttons of your Roland SPD to control starting new songs, scenes, tempo tap and much more. Some parameters which are not accessible via the normal MIDI MAP function in Ableton Live are … Read more
Control lights via drums I just got someone asking me about this topic, how to control DMX lights via Ableton Live with your drums. That reminded me that there are actually still a few connections to make. To be honest this topic wasn’t that present to me. This is not because I don’t use this … Read more
Here is a video tutorials series on how to set up MIDI to trigger visuals with drums in Resolume Arena. I used a Roland TM-2 for playing, all the drum sounds, the bass lines and the spheric sounds are being triggered in Ableton Live. All the MIDI is send through Ableton Live before it is … Read more
The “Drumrack Toggle Loop” lets you play loops in Drum Rack in Ableton Live. You can toggle loops on/off in a Drum Rack via Simpler Instruments. If you are using a midi controller like an electronic drum kit this could come handy as you can easily re-pitch midi notes inside a midi track. Especially using … Read more