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
The “Toggle All Notes” lets you toggle loops on/off in a Drumrack via included Simpler Instrument. 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 electronic drums this device solves the big issue of “Note … Read more
The Simple Step Sequence device lets you step through a midi note sequence of up to 8 notes pitches (the”Long” version up to 32) triggered by one incoming midi note from one certain pre-set pitch. Just place the Simple Step Sequence device in front of an Ableton instrument e.g. a Grand Piano Sampler preset. How … Read more
I was always fascinated by the idea to be able to run around on stage playing drums when I perform. For my band Ego vs Emo where we do a mix of electronic dance music with Ableton Live + sax + drums, I ‘m always thinking about how to improve the possibilities of not being … Read more
When using the BopPad with Ableton Live you run into limitation as you only get 4 pads to trigger samples, clips or scenes. You can select between 4 different preset slots but that only gives you a total of 16 different MIDI note pitches and it is not a really comfortable way as natively you … Read more
When I was doing a review about the Roland SPD One Wav Pad, I was struggling a little on how I should explain the editor. Roland decided to go with a text editor for this model, which is the only way to load and assign samples to the different slots on the SPD One Wav. … Read more