in the past years i have been in regular contact with andrew robertson from the centre of digital music at london’s queen mary university. he has been working on his vision of a device to make ableton live follow the tempo provided by a live drummer. he later came up with “b-keeper” a maxforlive device, which did quiet a good job. and now, this has turned into “beat seeker”, a handy and simple to use piece of magic. just switch between variable and fixed tempo using a midi controller or footswitch. this maxforlive device is fantastic for everyone who wants to free himself from having to play to a clicktrack, as soon as a sequencer running.
Month: August 2015
reverse engineering – inner vision of a legendary track
dj & producer jim pavloff impressing us with his mindblowing reconstruction of the prodigy’s big beat classic “smack my bitch up”. done in 2009 on ableton live 8,
the video is unveiling the original samples and production methods used for the creation of the track, clearly showing the genuis of the 1997 original. Isn’t it amazing, what big ears, skills, creatitivity and ableton live can do..?!