Useful Tips for DJing with Ableton Push, Part 1. Tadhg Leonard on Jul 14, 2014 in Ableton Live 0 comments. Create a DJ template to suit your type of performance.

Want to combine the best of Ableton Live with some of the immediacy of “‘traditional’ DJing? We know some software for that I started DJing with Ableton Live after a couple of decades of playing out on CDJs and 1210s. I also own and I play out using Serato with vinyl too, so I’m certainly well placed to understand all the ups and downs of Ableton DJing – of which there are many of both! Ios56 64 v5661 wad download. I should also add that for me the glass is always half full, and half the fun of a Scalextric was building the track itself!

As the creator of and, which are software templates for the and respectively that work with via, I believe I’ve created two tools that makes DJing with Ableton Live more intuitive and more fun – especially if like most DJs you come from the kind of background above. In this article, I’ll go through some of the philosophy behind my products, and look at specific ways they can help you to tame Ableton Live for DJing. My take on DJing For the traditional DJ, the benefits of Serato and Traktor are many. Personally, I was first attracted to the ability to carry my entire record collection in a single bag (my gym membership lapsed many years ago and my back isn’t what it used to be). But I also embrace wholeheartedly all the new technology. Looping actions, doubling up tracks at the click of a button, cue-point juggling and bewildering effects can all add to the DJ’s ability to entertain a crowd. Some will use these subtly, while others have created whole genres out of making tracks unrecognisable from their original forms (check out Kutski or Kissy Sell Out on YouTube to hear what I mean). (Incidentally, on the whole beatmatching thing, I’ve seen DJs who can and who can’t beatmatch both rock a crowd and fall flat.

So I don’t care much for the argument that you have to know how to beatmatch to be able to DJ; you have to know how to DJ to be a DJ, and that for me is about being able to build a vibe and read a crowd. Glad to get that off my chest!) So anyway, if Traktor and Serato can help you to do all of this, why consider Ableton Live in the first place? Serato Scratch Live can give you the real true vinyl feel, while Traktor is a Midi programmer’s dream. Surely between them they are all the digital DJ needs? Well not quite, as it turns out. The Ableton advantage Here are just a few benefits of DJing with Ableton Live: • User configurability – One of Ableton’s most appealing features.

For instance, how about being able to create endless effects chains to distort or enhance your audio and possibly even create an effect never heard before? • Remixing your tracks live – If you’re a producer then you can reproduce your tracks in stems and mix them live. In this field there’s actually no competition for Ableton Live • Rearranging and perfectly phrasing every mix on the fly – As a DJ, Ableton’s Session mode can be hard to beat, giving far more possibilities than two or four decks. (Performance missing impact? Just trigger a white noise sample and filter out the lows until the bass kicks in) True, Traktor and Serato have sample players, but nothing can beat Ableton’s practically infinite number of tracks Isotonik in action on the Akai APC40. Matched up with the right controller (buttons are important for triggering tracks, and encoders and faders are necessary for effects, so consider an APC40 or Launchpad / iPad combination; even a couple of Nano-style controllers can give you a full set-up from a backpack) and you can create a truly unique performance. So where does Ableton lose out to its DJ controller and DVS cousins, and how can Max4Live along with my products help reduce that disadvantage?