Live Looping Software?

Tom · #1 05-31-2007, 04:47 AM

Anyone know of any good real-time live looping software for a windows pc? Stand alone, Reason plug-in - whatever.

Halp appreciated

Camiel · #2 05-31-2007, 06:58 AM

Have you checked out Ableton or is that too extensive? You can rewire reason in Ableton if necessary.

viddy · #3 05-31-2007, 07:20 AM

Yeah, Ableton Live is pretty much the app for live looping.

adam · #4 05-31-2007, 07:57 AM

Live is the shit. Seriously, cannot over-stress that.

Tom · #5 05-31-2007, 02:26 PM

lolk

I'll grab it this weekend. Thanks guyz.

kid cue · #6 05-31-2007, 02:40 PM

Tom if you're going to get Live, i insist you start a dirtyradio show. using only your mouth sounds.

i'm already fantasizing about it...... *drools gratuitously*

thee carp dreamer · #7 05-31-2007, 02:59 PM

i can get you a patch for max/msp that can do ridiculous stuff with live recording and looping...it's a bit temperamental at the moment so i should work on it a bit more.....

Leon · #8 06-01-2007, 12:32 AM

I use Acid Pro. Just because everyone uses Ableton Live.

Tom · #9 06-01-2007, 04:25 PM

You guys were right, Live is amazing. Like, holy shit amazing.

I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment, but I'll spend the weekend working through some tutorials to get me up to speed.

adam · #10 06-01-2007, 04:36 PM

Most people use the session view - I believe "tab" switches between session and arrangement views. I'm a big fan of the arrangement view...having things layed out in time works well for me...being able to see how two loops are lining up and all that, you can sort of work your transitions in advance. Both have major advantages; experiment and find what works for you.

Also, consider a controller like the BCR-2000. Tremendous value, tons of knobs, and Live makes it ridiculously easy to program. Hit the MIDI learn button, hit the feature you want the knob control, turn the knob. Presto - learned. Having knobs for volume, panning, EQ kill switches, delay sends is super useful.

The other thing that really helps is to build a good template set. For mixing, for instance, I had a template set with a certain number of audio tracks, a three-band EQ on each track, a delay on one send and a reverb on the other, appropriate knobs mapped to them all, etc. Oh, and that MIDI button in the top row has a KEY button near it. Hit it, and you can map keyboard commands to any highlighted button.

Example: hit KEY, then channel 1 on/off, then "a" on your keyboard. Then channel 2 on/off, then "s" on your keyboard. Etc. Now that row of your keyboard a-s-d-f etc gives you mute switches for your channels.

Save all that shit as your template track and you don't have to do it again each session.