Midee – an online library of Ableton Live presets – let us know that they are launching a beta release.
At the website, users will be able to quickly make music sketches and then get project files with MIDI clips and sounds.
If you are interested in participating in the Midee beta release, see their website to sign up.
Midi-2-the-max has lowered the price of its Scale Library for Ableton Live from 8 euros to zero.
It is free ‘free as in free beer’ – no strings attached, no demo version, no missing features.
What they say about it:
“The Scale library is the most complete collection of presets for Ableton Live’s Scale device, with 400 musical scales from all over the world and for all genres.
Each scale is provided as two presets, one that *quantizes* incoming notes to the nearest scale note and another that *blocks* non-scale notes. Scales are logically organized by their type or name, thus finding the right scale for your next composition or live performance couldn’t be easier.”
It is available now as a free download.
Composer and synthesist Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, has restarted his Studio Time video series, where he offers a behind-the-scenes look at the tools and techniques he uses in doing his work.
It’s been several years since his last season of Studio Time. And in that time, Holkenborg sold off most of the gear in his LA studio, and has set up a new studio in his birth country of The Netherlands, in Amsterdam.
In this video, Holkenborg gives a tour of his massive Buchla modular system. He doesn’t demo the system’s audio capabilities – apparently, that’s coming in future videos – but he discusses the modules in his system and what they do, how the ‘boats’ work with one another, and his thinking behind choosing each module.
