Ableton Goodies: Push without Push – Free Lemur Template Puts Shove on iPad
Virtual Push. Photo courtesy the author. It was only a matter of time. An intrepid Lemur for iPad user has devised a template that emulates Ableton’s Push hardware. Cleverly entitled “Shove,” the...
View ArticleMood Ring: Put on an iRing, Wave Your Hands in front of iPhone, iPad for 3D...
Put a ring on it: camera tracking allows 3D gestural control on any iOS device. Clearly targeted partly at non-musicians, IK hopes to give you a fun way to control an iPhone, iPad, or computer software...
View ArticleApple’s OS X Yosemite Proves Largely Wrinkle-Free for Music; GarageBand...
Here’s a welcome change. OS X Yosemite (10.10 is a major update to a desktop operating system that brings with it almost no apparent headaches for pro audio. The normal advice applies. Backup your...
View ArticletouchAble 3 Controls Ableton Via Wire, Mimics Live Devices on iPad [Gallery]
Let’s get straight to it: there are two big problems with controlling Ableton Live from an iPad. One, relying on WiFi means risking disaster if a connection is unstable for some reason (OS updates,...
View ArticleBomeBox Lets You Connect MIDI, and Transform It, Any Way You Want
MIDI is a magical lingua franca between, well, sort of everything. But that’s only if you get it connected. And then once you do have it connected, you might want to tame its messages so they...
View ArticleConductr Controls Traktor and Ableton All in One iPad App
If you want to control Ableton Live from an iPad, you’ve loads of options. If you want to control Traktor – not so much. The best all-in-one option is Traxus Control, which is free (though it requires...
View ArticleLink could change how you play music, even without Ableton
You’re probably so used to sync being broken that the first time you see Link, you might not believe what’s happening. Link began its life as a research project and has turned into a full-fledged...
View ArticleLink is out of beta; videos, what’s new in Live 9.6
The funny thing about Ableton Link is that it doesn’t require Ableton Live. It isn’t even an app. It’s a sync technology, one that allows software to jam together, wirelessly, without any one clock...
View ArticleZont is a futuristic pocket synth that takes snap-in cartridges
Time to start singing about how we’re the operator with our pocket calculator again. The ZONT Synthesizer is an upcoming handheld instrument. And it’s what one designer imagines for the synths of the...
View ArticleThose standalone MPCs do wireless Link and MIDI and it’s the future
The world now: a bunch of mismatched cables, and then complicated setup. The world of the future: wireless, easy to configure. Or so we hope. Akai has managed to deliver MPCs that function both as...
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