Category Archives: ableton

Goodbye AKAI, Hello Doepfer

Posted on 2010 07 23 by Jason Job

Well, after a couple weeks with the MPC1000 I had to return it. My unit had a problem with the pads where most of them would periodically double trigger. This made recording with the MPC incredibly frustrating. Also, one of … Continue reading →

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Building An Arduinome

Posted on 2009 08 23 by Jason Job

I finally got together all the parts that I need to build myself  a monome clone. Arduinome is a clone of the open source monome 40h which uses an arduino microcontroller. Wikipedia says, “The monome is an eight-by-eight grid of backlit … Continue reading →

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Oxygen 49 FWD/REV Transport Buttons In Live

Posted on 2008 11 13 by Jason Job

If you have ever tried to use the Forward or Reverse transport buttons on an M-Audio Oxygen MIDI controller in Ableton Live, you will have had the unpleasant experience of losing control of the play-head. When this happens, the play-head … Continue reading →

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Using Built-In Audio Output As A Cue Channel In Live

Posted on 2008 09 28 by Jason Job

I have an Apogee Duet firewire audio interface that gives me one stereo channel in and out. It works great for single track recording and overdubbing but is not very functional for dj’ing. A great feature available in OSX is the … Continue reading →

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