digitalworship.net

The newest addition to my habit. I have been on the search for a midi foot controller that 1) wasnt huge like the Berhinger FCB1010 and 2) and was reasonable in cost. Designed from the ground up for Ableton Live, this foot controller is exactly what I was looking for. Baron is a killer designer! I’d recomend the pedal for sure.

Here is pretty good intro and overview of just how flexible (or elastic) audio can be in ableton. I use this mainly when I sample from existing material. Sometimes keeping elements of the original recording work well in your set… especially when you tweak the crap out of it with tasteful effects.

Honestly I didnt think this blog would really take off as much as it has. Only a few short months and…

Almost to the big five tripple zero.

Has anyone successfully used video with ableton?

Here are a couple loops I used in an acoustic set two weeks ago. Hope you dig em. 122bpm

Download here

NOTE: So here is the deal with these loops: You may use these in a LIVE worship setting only. You may not use these in any sort of recording (either live or studio, worship or not). And last but not least. If you use these loops pleas let us know… it makes us happy

In advance, I’m strictly a mac guy so this is mainly for people running on a mac. I assume though these apply to PC somehow…

1. Turn off time sensitive functions such as screen savers, sleep mode, changing desktop backgrounds automatically ever 30 minutes (or what ever you have yours set to), software update, etc. As I am typing it hit me you could program a automator script or apple script to disable these features and also re-enable them when your not doing audio stuff… mmmm, anyone good at programing those?

2. Turn off airpor when running albeton

3. Disable/turn off dashboard. big one here. (here is a good article on how to do this )

4. Run your sets off an external hard drive… needs to have 8MB Buffer, and 7200 RPM - this is a BIG one!

5. Minimize the use of other programs while running abelton

And there you go… couple get ya started tips on optimizing your mac for ableton/audio.

This is gem in disguise… it digs deeper that you might think.

Lets say you really dig the drum sounds on a specific drum loop (ie the kick or snare sounds, etc)… for example on David Crowders “All Creatures of Our God and King” (version 2), you can sample the beat yea… but what if you could also create your own beats with that same kit? This makes it possible and easy!

Check out the video and just think the possibilities… all those hits and sounds you wish you could have in your sample library.

In the begining… well… I really wasnt a fan of Reason… mainly cause of its price tag. I saw no reason to shell out the cash when ableton could do everything reason could (if you know how to use ableton that is) and a whole heck of a lot more.

But in recent days (thanks to a friend who hooked me up with Reason for a stupid price), I have been experimenting with how the two programs interface. Rather than me ramble on about this, Ableton has a great article with some of the high points… feel free to check it out.

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Ok… so this has nothing to do with Ableton, BUT it does have to do with Worship and how we present lyrics. For the last year I have been using my old iBook (which is great) 1.33Ghz to run Keynote for all our slide. I cant justify spending 3-400 on that crazy worship software. Anyway… one huge problem is that iBooks dont have the ability to extend the monitor, only mirror - which means that what the people see is what the person running the program sees… which kinda sucks. If by change Im not using my MacBook they usually jack it and use that just for that feature. This weekend we had a nightmare experiance with running on the iBook and I finally was thinking I’ve gotta find a solution, or buy a new Macbook to solve this. So a little searching on the net and some genius has developed a hack that allows some iMacs and iBooks to run with extended desktops. I downloaded it and it works perfectly. The best part is its FREE!!! Saving me at least $1000!

If you by chance have run into this check our the MacWorld article on it.

HERE

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

hello hello… digitalworship.net is now the permanent home for this little thing we call digital worship.

ive been brewing up some ideas lately on how to take this to the next level… everything from personal video tutorials, to my own sample/impulse kits, and oh so much more (depending on the legal crap).

if you have been blessed by this little site… help me promote and spread the love around. In order for this all to work traffic is essential. so help a brother out and tell everyone you know.

if you all have any ideas or requests… please, please, please let me know.