I used to use the Sonalksis filters to DJ. Didn't take up much CPU and worked well.

I think OPs point was that beatport's genre slotting is pretty weird sometimes, which I agree. And they did move that #1 from minimal to tech house. I routinely find tech house in their deep house category, techno in minimal, electro in house, etc. But then again, isn't that personal preference? I l...

datalus wrote:i havent really found anything directly related to that except for cutting down on my buffer size in the Live options.

Use delay compensation to sync up Ableton's signal with the kick.

Ableton 8 + Max + Akai APC40 was definitely a welcome upgrade. I've already put in my order for the Live 7 Suite upgrade, so I'm getting Live 8 Suite when it's released. Spectrasonics Trillian, SSL Duende packages, FXpansion synths, new controllers from M-Audio (they look like they're built well, ho...

You can use Ableton like an MPC pretty easily... it's not all about the piano grid. Sometimes I just use as an audio or MIDI looper.

its just a 808 sampled kick.. but when i turn down all the levels the trqack doesnt sound so good. "Enhance the top end so the transient cuts through the mix." how do i do that? Have you tried layering another kick on top? Sometimes I split the same kick up onto two tracks so I have bette...

The logic tutorial at macprovideo.com really helped get me started with logic. If you're not familiar with DAWs and synth programming you should check it out. The main Logic 101 tutorial is something like 8 hours long (!) but it takes you through Logic's shortcuts and workflow to produce a song. My ...

I can see the MIDI keyboard thing -- it's hard to draw a groovy bassline -- but drum machine? You still have to program drum machines on a step sequencer, which is basically the same thing as a piano roll. Unless you're talking about something like an MPC.