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Endless Summer
This mix originally appeared on abrooklynlife.com back in 2006 as a part of the podcast series. I put this mix together using Ableton Live and I am very proud of it. It is definitely one of my favorites, and I think it turned out pretty well.
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/tranzfuse/endless-summer-a-dj-mix-by-adam-smith-august-24-2006[/soundcloud]
Tracklist:
- Junior Boys - Double Shadow - Domino
- Daniel Bell - Rhodes 2 (Loop) - Logistic
- Social System - Right of Way - Archipel
- Butane - Ulcer (Gurtz Remix) - Unfoundsound
- Herbert - Banquet (Herbert Remix) (Loop) - Peacefrog
- Ada - Cool My Fire (I'm Burning) - Areal
- Jesse Somfay - Your ...
Simply Superstitious
This mix was put together for my friends as a part of their podcast on abrooklynlife.com way back on (Friday!) October 13, 2006 and originally appeared here. This was one of a handful of digital mixes I created in Ableton Live. I'd say it is one of my favorites I've done. I still enjoy it from time to time.
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/tranzfuse/simpley-superstitious-a-dj-mix-by-adam-smith-october-13-2006[/soundcloud]
Tracklist:
- Drexciya - 700 Million Light Years from Earth - Clone
- Lab Rat XL - Lab Rat 3 - Clone
- Professor X - Reconstruktx - Clone
- Der Zyklus - Mxyzptik - Gigolo
- Der Zyklus - ...
iPhone as MIDI Controller: TouchOSC, OSCulator, Ableton Templates for BigSeq VST
The iPhone does make a handy MIDI controller fo sho. Combined with TouchOSC and OSCulator, the iPhone becomes a customizable physical interface to control endless plug-in parameters for the DAW of your choice.
Here is a set of templates for my favorite combination of software right now that will hopefully get you going quickly. The idea to do this was originally inspired by and derived from chromedecay's video tutorial on vimeo.
12 Songs in 2010: January Project
First actual full song I've ever completed. I don't love it, but it's not too bad. The real goal is to get over that hump of coming up with a half-baked idea and then abandoning it, which is what I did most of last year as I learned the ins and outs of Ableton.
Take 1: January (First Attempt)
Notes:
- Used Analog Warmth rack on master track
- Too much low end
- Sounds way too muddy, basically unlistenable
- Removed Analog Warmth rack
- Sounds better, but still too bassy
- Improved low end
- Snares and hats too loud
Ableton Live User Remote Script for Akai LPD8
Here's a preset and Ableton Live user remote script I made for the Akai LPD8 MIDI Controller. These two files work together nicely and allow you to map the LPD8 pads to Ableton's drum rack interface. When you mouse through the drum rack pad overview the LPD8 pads will be mapped to the highlighted bottom two rows of drum rack pads.
1. Download and unzip LPD8-user-remote-script. Once unzipped you should end up with a directory named LPD8 that contains a file called "UserConfiguration.txt."
2. Place the folder and file in ~user/Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live8.1.3/User Remote Scripts/ for Mac (not sure about Windows, sorry).
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