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vincislex « 100% Ableton Live »
Published on 10/10/11 at 02:13
Best value:
Excellent
How long have you use it?
A Weekend! I drooled for months before the videos of this interface. I flashed serious about the software Ableton Live ... As it is my way of composing, playing music. But the launch of clips with the mouse ... greatly limits the software. Launchpad handily fills the limit.
What is so special that you like most and least?
Simple, beautiful and efficient. Mode "session" Launchpad is really a launch base of the famous clips audio / midi. It is so "versatile" that influences the way we compose his clips, samples ... With 64 clips available directly (and 7 others in "surfing" from page to page) we have a unique approach to music. Much like a conductor ... GE-NIAL
As against the mode "mixer" to adjust volume, pan, send and Send A B. .. is a little "gadget". This is useful when one has it ... but since it works with "not" it is sorely lacking precision ... Personally it bothers me somewhat, because I have an Akai MPD 24 with nice faders, knobs that can be assigned ... For those who hesitate between Launchpad and Akai APC-40, please take the Akai fuller, more serious ...
Mode "User 1": a grid of 64 notes is also very interesting, although there is no tenderness, it can encode rhythms easily.
Mode "User 2" I still have to explore that with "automap". I think that is the mode that can be the most creative ...
This 8x8 grid is a new interface mode, much like a new type of instrument.
Have you tried many other models before buying it?
No. But I absolutely had an interface to play with the clips ... So exactly what I was looking for ...
How would you rate the quality / price?
Excellent! € 135! It's not very expensive and it boosts the functionality of Live, my favorite software. But we must consider what Launchpad for what it is made. Live drive. This is not a "table mix" or a keyboard, but a launch base in pre-recorded clips or recorded on the fly ...
With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Immediately. Even if I use Live primarily to compose pop-rock songs, I playing more and more of "music that turn" based exclusively on samples (currently included with my version of Live Intro). In this case the Launchpad is almost "required" ... I would say that a guy who would it be expected to buy more ...
In short: I love it!
And to conclude the binomial Ableton Live - Launchpad gives you a creative tool of a new order. By controlling the creation and Live clips + handling of the Launchpad you will have access to a whole new type of musical instrument ... Rummage for example on YouTube to see what guys do with this little interface ... Waoooow
A Weekend! I drooled for months before the videos of this interface. I flashed serious about the software Ableton Live ... As it is my way of composing, playing music. But the launch of clips with the mouse ... greatly limits the software. Launchpad handily fills the limit.
What is so special that you like most and least?
Simple, beautiful and efficient. Mode "session" Launchpad is really a launch base of the famous clips audio / midi. It is so "versatile" that influences the way we compose his clips, samples ... With 64 clips available directly (and 7 others in "surfing" from page to page) we have a unique approach to music. Much like a conductor ... GE-NIAL
As against the mode "mixer" to adjust volume, pan, send and Send A B. .. is a little "gadget". This is useful when one has it ... but since it works with "not" it is sorely lacking precision ... Personally it bothers me somewhat, because I have an Akai MPD 24 with nice faders, knobs that can be assigned ... For those who hesitate between Launchpad and Akai APC-40, please take the Akai fuller, more serious ...
Mode "User 1": a grid of 64 notes is also very interesting, although there is no tenderness, it can encode rhythms easily.
Mode "User 2" I still have to explore that with "automap". I think that is the mode that can be the most creative ...
This 8x8 grid is a new interface mode, much like a new type of instrument.
Have you tried many other models before buying it?
No. But I absolutely had an interface to play with the clips ... So exactly what I was looking for ...
How would you rate the quality / price?
Excellent! € 135! It's not very expensive and it boosts the functionality of Live, my favorite software. But we must consider what Launchpad for what it is made. Live drive. This is not a "table mix" or a keyboard, but a launch base in pre-recorded clips or recorded on the fly ...
With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Immediately. Even if I use Live primarily to compose pop-rock songs, I playing more and more of "music that turn" based exclusively on samples (currently included with my version of Live Intro). In this case the Launchpad is almost "required" ... I would say that a guy who would it be expected to buy more ...
In short: I love it!
And to conclude the binomial Ableton Live - Launchpad gives you a creative tool of a new order. By controlling the creation and Live clips + handling of the Launchpad you will have access to a whole new type of musical instrument ... Rummage for example on YouTube to see what guys do with this little interface ... Waoooow