thanks for the infos... i've done it this way before and been really pleased with all the results *except* for the sound of the timestretch engine (though I haven't heard 2.x or greater)... and i don't have the time to timestretch them manually in Logic or PT.
and i'm personally cool with not beatmatching live... it's nice to be able to spend all your attention on the mix. and with the offset control, you can jack the mix a bit (i hate it when everything is right on the beat). in addition to all the cool mixes posted here (non-stop dj's, lunar selector, etc.), i like what kirk degiorgio did with Live on that Keep Diggin' mix. -d > -----Original Message----- > From: James Hurlbut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:19 PM > To: Dave Cronin; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) electro.techno.bbeat.house mix > > > I'll record the whole track into the computer, set the loop > to the first > bar and then go through it one bar at a time adjusting the > cue points to > match the track measures. For stripped down dancefloor tracks > it takes less > than a minute. For melodic and vocal bits I set the cues to a > repeating > downbeat or sound. There's alot of room for creativity in > live sampling > with Live, but I think the more common use of the software is > to map out > your tempos before hand and during a live mix focus on starting and > stopping loops and tracks, changing the start and end points > and offsets of > looped sections, and adjusting eqs and FX sends. It may seem > like mapping > the tempos before hand is a copout, but the cue points can be > used as a > flexible tempo reference for your whole mix rather than just > a tool for > locking pre-programmed loops in step. There is still alot of room for > developing and displaying skills as well as making mistakes. > Plus your > entire mix is saved non-destructively so you could go in and > correct your > mixes afterwards if you were to distribute it as a mix cd ( > you can tell I > didn't do that in the mix I posted). Hope that helps. > > At 10:12 AM 1/16/2004, Dave Cronin wrote: > >A question about how you did the mix in Live (I've been > playing around with > >this a bit lately.) > > > >Did you pitch-shift the records as you recorded them into > Live or did you do > >this inside of Live? > > > >The reason I ask is that my attempts to do the pitchshifting > in Live have > >all sounded like total crap-- especially melodic and vocal > bits. Though I > >must say that I'm using a pretty old version of Live. > > > >-d > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: James Hurlbut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 8:30 AM > > > To: 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: RE: (313) electro.techno.bbeat.house mix > > > > > > > > > Sorry! I forgot part of the link. stupid computers. Yeah, its > > > actually at > > > http://www.hurlbotics.com/mp3/mixitup.mp3 > > > Hopefully my server can handle it. For the curious, it's done > > > with vinyl > > > recorded into Ableton Live and a lot of cue point lovin'. > > > > > > > > > At 05:08 AM 1/15/2004, Brendan Nelson wrote: > > > >OK, after a bit of guesswork I've managed to work out the > > > correct URL and > > > >am downloading the mix now! > > > > > > > >It's at: > > > > > > > >http://www.hurlbotics.com/mp3/mixitup.mp3 > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > > > >Brendan > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________ > hurlbot > http://www.hurlbotics.com/mp3/ > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________ > >
