Control lights with your drumming I just got someone asking me about this topic, how to control DMXis via Ableton Live with your drums, which reminded me that there are actually still a few connections to make. To be honest this topic wasn’t that present to me, not because I don’t use this MIDI to … Read more
Alesis Strike Multipad Review – first impression and thoughts DISCLAIMER: this review is not ment to be a full check on all the functions or sounds of the Alesis Strike Multipad – this review is mainly paying attention on it as a MIDI controller with Ableton Live not in stand-alone mode and to make some … Read more
INTRODUCTION Remote control via external MIDI hardware was one of the features which made me falling in love with Ableton Live over 10 years ago. It was just one of the things and something so easy to set-up and straight forward to use that it opened up a lot of new techniques for my live … Read more
UPDATE: This device was updated to V2 and is now only available as a paid device HERE. You will find more info on the Version2 of the Note Toggle Drum Rack on this page here. Play loops in Ableton Live For some users Ableton Live is all about looping – that is not surprising … Read more
Background storySome years ago I was thinking about how to make my bands ( Ego vs Emo ) performance more lively I had this idea about creating a drum set-up which would allow me to move around on stage. As I’m standing while playing in this band anyways and wanted to be even more pro-active, … Read more
How to use your playing velocity to control parameters in Ableton Live? A few month back a fellow AbletonDrummer asked me if it would be possible to control delay, reverb, and send knobs in Ableton Live with your drumming, which made me thinking about this topic. Of course you can always midi map a midi … Read more