After 6 years of touring and playing live with ableton live night after night i figured it was time to put together this article.
Ableton live mixer midi controller.
For instance you could use a midi controller to play notes in midi instruments or to adjust the filter cutoff frequency in a device.
With akai professional s famous build quality and cutting edge engineering it combines a high performance mixer with 8 individual line faders and a master fader 24 control knobs arranged 3 per channel and 1 to 1 mapping with ableton live ableton live lite is included.
The most essential hardware element to an ableton live setup is a midi controller.
I will be uploading a video every day this week with a new kind of control.
9 of the best ableton live midi controllers.
Triggering clips notes and drums as well as.
Jam in session view tweak sends and fx and discover new approaches that help you stay in your flow.
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Livecontrol 2 ipad based on lemur from liine livecontrol 2 gives access to all important functions to perform with live e g.
Akai professional s portable midimix solves this problem completely.
Akai professional apc mini there are better akai s on the market the mpc series but for the money apc mini is a great buy.
Keyboard encoders buttons dials or sliders.
There are midi controllers built specifically for ableton and we are going to highlight the best options.
Ableton push 2 ableton s own controller is fantastically well integrated and makes ableton 10x more fun best for budget buyers.
Many pick up the live push combo on day one of their musical mission.
It s the de facto controller for live.
Ableton is a very special daw that is used by not only producers but also touring musicians.
I would say that this is actually the most popular daw for live.
Touchable is full featured controller app for live which offers dedicated views and controls for live s session view midi note editor mixer devices browser and more.
Ableton live is more fun and feisty when you add a hardware controller turning the software into more of an instrument.
Dedicated ableton live controllers these high quality hardware controllers were co developed with ableton to deliver seamless integration with live.
It helps you focus more on your music and less on your laptop by providing 16 buttons 24 knobs and eight faders all of which integrate seamlessly with live to give you total hands on control.
No setup or installation is required just plug in forget your mouse and get creative.
As well as the expected clip launching and mixer control you get a keyboard and drum pads comprehensive live device and plugin tweaking device browsing a multipoint xy pad and a template editor for building your own control surfaces.