This is awesome. I used to think music was no big deal but after playing with this I realize I have no musical talent whatsoever.
Get Started Making Music
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#182Can someone here say more about Ableton as employer?
I have friends who work there in a number of areas and colleagues who have freelanced for them (convolution reverb for example). It is pretty nice from what I hear and the focus is very much enabling creativity before profit.
and how's their salary compared to other Berlin companies?
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#183Good afternoon! Dear writer, you have a very good occupation - a combination of work and a hobby. With this combination, people always succeed, the most important thing is not to stop there. When your job is your favorite pastime, then the key to success is in your pocket. The world of creating music has long stepped into software and without programming today, good music will not be. I support your direction. Like me!
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#184As a dev, I find Ableton incredibly frustrating. The Live Object Model (LOM) allows custom automation and software control. But it's half-closed, and half-open. Access is through Max for Live, which is a dataflow language "programmed" by joining little object blocks to other object blocks - like Scratch. There's unofficial Python support, but it's poorly documented. Many things are possible, but many other things are…
If you use OSC you could be interested in the DAW I develop: https://ossia.io ; a part of its object model is accessible through it, hadn't had the time to expose everything yet.
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm fairly sure Elm was ripped out and replaced with TS later on.
Yeah, not sure if this is the same but here's a tweet about some recent tech usage https://twitter.com/AbletonDev/status/1143880805317525506 "Running on Web Audio, WebAssembly and WebGL. Made with three.js, Tone.js, anime.js and React using TypeScript and much "
That tweet is about the newer learningmusic.ableton.com. Apparently a different project, different stack.
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm an owner of Bitwig and a huge fan; that being said I think it's more fair to say that Bitwig supports Ableton Push with a few asterisks. It is supported as far as the Bitwig scripting API can support it. The experience is not the same as using Push natively with Ableton.
What are the differences? Does the screen work? I have a Push 2 with Ableton.
Here are the open issues for the Bitwig Push controller scripts to get a sense of what's not working: https://github.com/git-moss/DrivenByMoss/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%...
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#188Ableton is great and paved the way for a more creative and intuitive workflow! I switched from Cubase very early on and never looked back. That is, until I found Bitwig ( https://www.bitwig.com ) which supports Linux! They also deserve a shout out taking it even further!
To all guys commenting here - Are you guys hobist, programmers or professional. Why you use these tools? Just asking out of curiosity. Thanks
My question is more on why would you switch a $300+ tool if they all can do the same ? (not in the same way, but you get the point)
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm getting back into making electronic music now and I've agonized over where to go the software/computer/DAW route or hardware/groovebox/sequencer. Right now, I'm doing it all on a computer using Reason and a very nice MIDI controller (Arturia KeyLab 61 mkii The main things I like about doing it all on a computer are: * Great screen and interface. It's easy to drag and drop and see the composition visually. Boxes l…
>Any thoughts on how to dip my toes in the water with hardware to see if that's a better fit? How much money is "dip my toes"? If you're talking less than a hundred bucks for some cool toys, you can buy Korg Volca and one of PO-x0 series from Teenage Engineering. If you're thinking $500+ you can get something like Alesis Micron (designed by Bret Victor, BTW) or Korg Electribe, or Elektron Model:Sample. If you're fine…
> How much money is "dip my toes"?
That's one of the things I'm not sure of too. I technically can afford basically whatever, but there's a lot of opportunity cost and I'll feel really bad if I buy something pricy and it ends up collecting dust.
This thread has been great for getting me to think about why I might want hardware and what my actual goals are. If it's to produce finished, polished songs, I think using a DAW is a better workflow for me. If it's as a sound source, I'm not yet convinced that real analog is worth the complexity and cost.
But if it's a fun box to get inspired by and play with away from the computer, then something that has an interesting UI, can make some sounds, and has some amount of sequencing is what I should focus on. That sounds like an OP-1, Digitone or Deluge to me.
> Also, try to buy a used device. You can save tons of money this way.
Great advice. Thank you!
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#190Fruity Loops, Cubase, Reason, Reaper, Cantabile Performer, Presonus Studio One, Ableton, OpenMPT, Jazz and Logic before apple...
I love to have a good sequencer on my hands to handle the recording of my creative spirits.
I also love to look back in time and stumbled over some old music programs on the amiga system. I would love to learn more about working with tracker based sequencing but iam faster done in a modern daw. Presonus Studio One is a good DAW. Ideas sketching via webtools is also awesome. I love me my little beepbox.co
https://tinyurl.com/y6rr2rok
At the end it only counts if you have fun, how to control or create, do things with a digital working station.