Our previous article focused on the hacking side of the Launchpad. This time we’d like to offer a different point of view, the performer’s one. Madedeleine Bloom is a new singer/songwriter/computer geek from Berlin, Germany. She’s a Live user, and a happy owner of a Launchpad since a few weeks.Her…
Tag: Live
interviews
Novation Launchpad 1/3: a hacker’s perspective
Novation’s Launchpad has caused quit a stir since its launch: it’s a compact, light, functional grid-based controller for Ableton Live, with a hard-to-beat price tag (yes, it’s made in China, but so is the iPod and most of the stuff we daily use). Actually I’m not interested in joining the…
A busy Xmas for MaxForLive users
It’s going to be a busy Xmax period for MaxforLive users. Lots of new (and free) stuff in these days: Matthew Davidson, the polycreative gentleman known as Stretta, has released his monome suite of apps (be sure to check his blog often, he’s also adding new apps almost on a…
software reviews
Max for Live: release date and public beta
A busy day for Ableton (and Cycling ’74, in this case) PR people, I guess. The release date for the long-awaited Max for Live has been scheduled for November 23, 2009. It will cost USD 299/EUR 249. If you already own Max 5, the discounted price is USD 99/EUR 79….
news
Live Intro: starting from 99 euro/dollars
It’s a fact: DAWs are getting cheaper and cheaper. Logic Express showed the way in 2004, and then we have seen all sorts of light versions (more or less limited). But now everything is becoming so cheap that’s almost embarassing. Just in the last two months we got Avid introducing…
events
Live User Group Berlin: Max for Live, barbecue, a Midsummer Night’s Dream
It took a while to find the place (ok, our fault, but the whole post-industrial and now super-clubby area is a microcosm on its own, worth exploring) but the Ableton Live User Group Berlin’s meeting, held at Suicide Circus yesterday, has proved to be a nice chance to meet a…