Live beat manipulation

grimley

This is a patch I used at the NordWest II meet in Seattle (Jun 17th 06).
Here's a brief description of the setup before explaining the patch:

I used a laptop running Ableton Live which output 2 mono channels on a PodXT (used as an audio interface).
My G2 acted as master clock for Live which in turn sent clock via a Midex8 to Dasz, Paul and Matt.
I had several Live projects each with a corresponding G2 performance. All the Live projects were setup in the same fashion:
Loops to be processed by the G2 in tracks 1 and 2.
Loops to be mixed but not processed by G2 in tracks 3 and 4.
Midi arps/lead patterns in track 5 and output to slot B on my G2
Midi bass patterns in track 6 and output to slot C on my G2
Midi pad patterns in track 7 and output to slot D on my G2

I used the G2 keyboard to trigger slots in Ableton Live with each octave controlling a different track.

So now the patch ...
It is loosely based on a Reaktor patch by "Exile" .... see here:
http://www.nativeinstruments.de/forums.html?id=timexile_us&nitr=1&l_src=reaktor5_us&tsr_id=34002

Page A1:
Knob1: Loop length
Button1: Engage loop
Knob2: Audio volume gate step length
Button2: Engage gater
Knob3: Filter cutoff
Button3: Engage distortion
Knob4: Filter resonance
Button4: Input 1 envelope follower to filter cutoff
Knob5: Scratch position
Button5: Enable scratch
Knob6: Buzz speed
Button6: Enable buzz (this is the same as the Looper above but the loop length is modulated by an LFO
Knob7: Delay mix
Button7: Vocoder / mute :- If a signal is present on in3 then it is used as the vocoder modulator otherwise mute.
Knob8: Reverb mix
Button8: Gated reverb tail

Page A2:
Mixer for processed / unprocessed audio and midi patterns on slots b,c and d

Page A3:
Knob1: Panner speed
Button1: Engage panner
Knobs 2,3,4,5 and 6: delay and reverb settings.

Credits:
Tim: Filthy Filter
http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-11511-0.html&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=filthy+filter

Rob hordijk: Capturing and looping audio
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhordijk/G2Pages/index.htm

Dasz: Independent knob/button control
http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-7050-0.html&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=ableton+live&sid=d777ae450a8576456658eff48e7296de

LiveLooper7.pch2

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NordWest II audio looper/mangler thing

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audiostatic · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:10 am Post subject:

Very cool, would like to try this Smile

do i need the live .als file ?

tangerin · Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 12

Thanks!
The Exile patch is awesome, wish the g2 could do that!
Please, could you post a blank live project with the controllers already assigned?

grimley · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject:

You don't need a Live project to use this. Just route some audio into input 1 (main L) and load the patch into slot A (it will only work in slot A because of the midi control send modules).
You can also route audio into input 2 but it will only be mixed to the main outs unprocessed.

The midi mapping I was using in Live takes 30 seconds to setup and involved putting Live into midi map mode, clicking each clip and hitting a note on the G2 keyboard.

I would also like to know if this patch works on an unexpanded G2 ... Jan has been describing how to work this out in another thread ... but my head hurts trying to understand it Wink

-grimley

audiostatic · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:01 am Post subject:

Ah cool i have a unexpanded G2 soon to be expanded! tho. i will test over the weekend Smile

will let you know how it goes.