I usually spend a lot of time on the nuances on a section before I move on. In other words I'll spend a lot of time on the main melody / A section of a tune, I'll get it where I like it, have a couple developments within that theme, and so on. Then I'll put it away for a few days and come back and w...

Focusrite also has the newer scarlett interfaces which are usb 2 vs the saffire at usb 1.1

http://www.focusrite.com/products/audio ... rlett_8i6/

http://www.focusrite.com/products/audio ... rlett_2i2/

I have the 8i6 and have no complaints.

at least:
20 sliders / faders
32 knobs with push button option
30 buttons
49 keys
3 foot switch/pedal inputs

@nnny I really like the atmosphere of this, I think a little bit of variation in the volume or velocity of the hats would give it something that it's lacking. @sniperDubb I like the vocal samples and the intro, the rising midrange bass synth isn't really my style, so the song looses me as that part...

@Noisestorm I really dig this tune. I feel like some of the kick patterns get a little too busy and cluttered towards the ends of the progressions. I think the layering of one shot synth hits and stabs is really good. I think the break down, build ups are effective and I really love the hard sync s...

http://soundcloud.com/subsynth/new-dubstep-idea-take-3/s-0a6t7 Further development. I appreciate all the feedback so far. This is still very rough, no real transitions worked out (just layering clips) But I have a bit more development, less repetition, and so on. I would say this is pretty much sti...

@subsynth it starts out of nowhere too much... build the intro up more. it's too repetitive as well, at the very least filter it a bit until the main bit comes in. the sub is sounding nice, could be louder though. really like the bad. the 303ish things could work, but they feel a bit out of place. ...

see later post..

Really just playing around with a few ideas and layers, no real arrangement yet.. About 3 hours in...

I have a Project folder outside of the library that I backup to an external every few days. Especially before I go on the road for some gigs. I always "collect all and save" so that my samples I'm actively using are included. If I lost my computer I'd at least have my sets ready to play on...

love your tunes, thanks for making yourself available to this community!

Like I said in the post I produce in headphones and when I want to monitor it on a system I have a PA. I've been a live performer for over a decade, but only gotten real serious about Production this year. So I guess My Monitors Are Yamaha 15s Pushed by 500W per side. Here is the behind view. https:...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7hzfaPmexMI/Tmk109sYFWI/AAAAAAAABdE/Mx0n7nON3Xc/11%252520-%2525201.jpg Hardware: Dsi Mopho (Receives MIDI Clips from Ableton and can be played live) Dsi MEK (Sent to Audio IN for Looping and Manipulation in Ableton) Nord Lead 2x (Receives MIDI Clips from Ableton o...

I've had a Scarlett since the first week of June. I love it. I was about to get the saffire 6 when I saw the scarlett was coming out, glad I waited. Edit: I guess I should let you know how I use it..... I have a 2.4ghz core2duo laptop with 4 gigs of RAM. 7200RPM HD I run ableton suite with 4-5 audio...

I recently got a launchpad and original korg nanokontrol on amazon for about 175. (check out the uniquesquared merchant)

Hello, I am using Ableton with a MIDI controller, and I was wondering if it is possible to have ableton toggle/show the effect being modulated by my MIDI controller. The work around I came up with is to midi map the selection of the return group to a button, that way when you click the midi button ...

or export project bones gives you "Scores" that you can drag into new projects.

Just picked this up, it's on sale at http://cakewalk.com for 19.99 through the month of April.

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Lifetime Free Upgrades convinced me to purchase this about 4 years ago, I had used it off and on for about 5 years prior.

I plan to upgrade to the producer edition this weekend.