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Get Your Ableton Grids in Order, Free, with Launchsync
In live electronic music, the endless free expanse of the computer screen tends to run up against the limited ability of your brain to tell just which freakin’ track am I on, anyway? In the studio, it can be annoying. Live onstage, it can be train wreck-inducing. Ableton Live’s Session View has for years exacerbated […]
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MIDI Controller with Loads of Faders, Knobs, App Support: Livid DS1 on Preorder [Gallery]
The world has no shortage of MIDI controllers. There are big ones, small ones. There are, increasingly, loads of specialized controllers designed around apps. The DS1 is designed to be something different: it’s a mixing controller. And as conceived in a partnership between educational studio Dubspot and Austin, Texas boutique builder Livid Instruments, it’s meant […]
Scratch Anything, in a $20 Plug-in: MIDI, Turntables, and Hosts Like Ableton Meet
Turntablism is still alive, but surprisingly, turntable techniques haven’t entirely harmonized with modern DAWs. One of the first products ever covered here on CDM was Ms. Pinky, a combination of software and vinyl, which recently saw a Max for Live iteration. But Scratch Track is about the most universal, easiest way yet to drop scratching […]
VJ App VDMX Adds Automatic BPM Detection, Lovely Effect, Controller Features
Peter Kirn - July 17, 2013
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Grids for Visuals: OhmRGB, Block Meet Vdmx, More Options from Livid
Peter Kirn - April 12, 2013
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Spray Cans and Beamers: Urban Projection Mixes Pixels, Live Mural Painting
Peter Kirn - February 22, 2013
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