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DJ Mix: Orbit City

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:23:00 +0000

Orbit City was the name of a games parlour I used to goto as a kid to play pinball machines. Orbit City was also where the Jetson's lived. Both have fun fond memories for me, just like these choons.

1. Gold Snake - Original Mix - Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt
2. Burning Up (Original Mix) - Daniel Solar
3. Good To You (Original Mix) - Claptone
4. Technicolour (Main Mix) - H.O.S.H., HearThuG
5. Tunnel Vision feat. Stee Downes (Original Mix) - Audiojack, Stee Downes
6. Get Down (Original Mix) - Niko Schwind
7. Hard To Find (Maceo Plex Funk Drop) - Bazar
8. Love Keeps (Tim Walter Remix) - YBC
9. Hit And Run (Original Mix) - Hot Since 82
10. Obsession - Isaac Tichauer
11. Hush (Original Mix) - Daniel Solar
12. Baby I Got That (Justin Martin Endless Summer Remix) - Bondax
13. Before I Lose Control - Original (Original Mix) - Betoko
14. Sonnentanz (Sascha Braemer Remix) - Klangkarussell

iTunes Refresh

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:13:00 +0000

Ever found that iTunes doesn't update the tags in your songs after changing tags? Especially when using other software like Mixed in Key, it seems you need to play the file to update the tag.

Here is a solution. Its a simple iTunes script that I made. It will appear as menu item. You just select songs and the select the Refresh menu and iTunes will be forced to update the tags. (MAC ONLY)

You can download here....

New Laasya EP Out Now on Pret e Ecouter

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:59:00 +0000

My latest release out today! Laasya on Pret A Ecouter Records including Original and Later That Night mixes.

http://www.beatport.com/release/laasya/908453

Also available on Juno, iTunes etc.

Support has coming flooding in including:  
Robert Owens "Cool track, later that night great mix"
Marques Wyatt (Om Records) "Smooth"
Deepchild (Trapez, Resopal Schallware, Anabatic Records, Get Physical, Freerange, Dieb Audio, BEEF Records) "Slow-Haus Awesomeness! Proggy-Disco-Strut!"
Alex Attias "Alex Attias (Compost, Visions Inc., Mule) "beautiful and gorgeous beats and sounds" 
Claire Ripley (Dessous, Murmur, Neurotraxx) "Nice tracks" 
Flash Brothers (Agnosia Records) "Laasya (later that night mix) is cool deep Nu-Disco house tune!" 
Lcaise (Tanztone) "Good Tune thx for download"
Twisted Dreams (Square Enix London Studios) "Addictive!" 
Derek Hayes aka Jerico (Tall House Digital) "Love it great piano!" 
Radio play on Stephen Flynn and Stu Kelly's The Deep End show on Bondi FM

Connecting the Dots OUT NOW!!

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:58:00 +0000

4 years in the making.... my album Connecting the Dots is finally out now at all good record stores....

http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/connecting-the-dots/id527201662

http://www.junodownload.com/products/connecting-the-dots/1958678-02/

'Connecting The Dots'…. is an adventure that traverses a world of sounds. Each song setting its own trademark style made from a part of the past and a hint of the future. From bass resonating grooves to uplifting melodic epiphanies, 'Connecting The Dots' is a full body experience culminating in a blissful transcendence into the etheric divine.

Looking back in time, its easy to see how the dots that mark our major life experiences connect. No experience occurs in isolation, everything is set in the context of that which surrounds it. 'Connecting The Dots' is an adventure that marks out these experiences.

The album also includes a bonus 70min continuous DJ mix where the dots between each song really are connected with extra special segue-licious supersonic sounds.

About the Songs on the Album:

KRIYA: A soundscape from Rishikesh, India where the foothills of the Himalaya meet the source of the holy Ganges river.

MANASAA: From the heart it comes. An idea is born. Let it flow.

SALILA: Flowing now and gaining momentum. Taking shape. Form on the move.

PALIKA: Swelling yet disparate. Energy with an edge building from below.

LEELA: Power surge. There's no stopping now. May the force be with you.

KARMANI: Action incarnate. Powerful, established and on the rise.

ARAMBOL: Building, rising, lifting through. Ecstatic. In full flight.

ORBIS: Bursting through. Emerging crystal light.

LAASYA (Late Nite Mix): New wave. New expression. Integrated. Evolved.

LAASYA: Arriving now….. Harmony. Delicate. Pure. Blissful.

BHINI: Established…Transcended…Connected.

Released by: Soundtemple
Release/catalogue number: STR-001
Release date: Apr 30, 2012
ISRC: DE-AR4-12-15895   

Laasya - OUT NOW on Pret A Ecouter

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:24:00 +0000

Featured on the Pret A Ecouter Miami Sampler....

Get it here from Juno Records

Get it here from iTunes

Buy on Beatport

TraktorPad - Novation Launchpad control over Traktor

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:38:00 +0000

TraktorPad is my multi-mode mapping for the Novation Launchpad and Traktor Pro

Based on the layout of the Novation Twitch

Designed to be used with an external mixer, it gives you Komplete Kontrol when you're in the mix.

From a dedicated navigation section to fully fledged deck Kontrol, everything is at your fingertips.

The Multi-Modes offer:
- Tri-color visual feedback
- Komplete Hot Cue Kontrol
- Multi-stage Trigger FX
- Mini-Mixer for couch DJ'ing
- Sample deck load & play
- Mouse free beat grids

No matter how you like to play TraktorPad has you covered.

Get TraktorPad now for your Launchpad at www.soundtemple.com.au

Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (Rishi REMIX)

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:37:00 +0000

Gotye made the parts available for his #1 Hit track, so here's my REMIX available for FREE DOWNLOAD

Check out his amazing album Making Mirrors

My TraktorPad3 Now available! - Ultimate Launchpad control for Traktor Pro

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:50:00 +0000

TraktorPad is my multipage layout for your Launchpad. It gives complete control over your TraktorPro software.

Version 3 is now available and includes:
1. 2 Deck Control with multi mode buttons - Novation Twitch style
2. Nav Mode + Sample deck control
3. FX Page for complete control of 4 FX on 4 Decks
4. 4 Deck Focus for control of all 4 decks
5. Screen Saver page - for fun and keeping meddling hands off your kit :-)

The download includes
1. Traktor .tsi mapping
2. Soundtemple MT Software (powered by Bomes Midi Translator)
3. User Guide pdf
4. Setup instructions
This version is free to download.

Click here to get TraktorPad3

Spacefunk DJ Mix

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:08:00 +0000

I am a sucker for a twangy bassline, spacey sounds and future-retro melodies. So, for your funkertainment 100mins of....

Spacefunk:
I'll Be Gone feat. Jazzu - Vidis Redo Mix - Mario Basanov
She's Slow Motion - Manik
T.E.C_1 - Jay Shepheard
Back To Fatback - Original Mix - Phreek Plus One
Buns of steel - Ajello
Gentle Fire - Original Mix - Ilija Rudman
Look Right Through - Vocal Mix - Storm Queen
Transborder - Original Mix - Ilya Santana
Bacili In Bakterije - Original Mix - Ichisan
City 2 City - KINK
Octobussy Part 1 - Spiral Mix - Luke Million
Morning Star - Original Mix - Bubble Club
Dreams In Light - Sare Havlicek
Do You Remember - Downtown Party Network Remix - Mario Basanov
Street Museum - Original Mix - Rudy's Midnight Machine
Traffic Jam - Original Mix - Ichisan
Still Going Theme - Original Mix - Still Going
Yearning - Original Mix - Black Van
Sleaze - Metro Area

3hr Poolside LIVE mix

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:44:00 +0000

Recorded a recent sunset party set. It was 42 degrees that day so I was straight in the pool afterwards.

Deep disco-infused house type stuff...

Just the job for a hot day by the pool

Rishi - RunnerUp 2010 MixedinKey DJ Competition

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:37:00 +0000

This mix won 2nd prize in the 2010 Mixed in Key DJ Competition out of 1100 submission.

Judges included Sasha, Pete Tong, Kaskade, High Contrast, Enferno and more.

Tracklisting:

PART 1 - THE DARKNESS WITHIN
Rishi - Manasaa (Creation Clock Intro)
Eelke Kleijn - Defining the Pattern of Universal Existence
Kaya Project - Dark Tabla (Rishi's Rebirth)
International Velvet - Baby Shiva
Jeff Stott - Overland (Rishi's Re-Incarnation)

PART 2 - RETURN TO THE LIGHT
Sneaky Suntro (Sample: The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun)
The Beatles - Within You (Rishi's Short Incarnation)
Gaudi - Bethe Bethe Kese Kese (Pathaan's Heavenly Remix)
Midival Pundits - Raanjhan (Rishi's Come Again Edit)

More info
http://community.mixedinkey.com/Topic.aspx?ID=8291
http://contest.mixedinkey.com/

My Soundloud link:
http://snd.sc/gAiunW

Rishi's Around the House House Mix - June 2010

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:45:00 +0000

Around the House DJ Mix - June 2010

01 Rishi's Double Glaze Emulsion Intro
02 Lucien n Luciano - Behind My Soul
03 Jamie Anderson - Time is Now (Radio Slave Panorama Garage Mix)
04 Lozano - Berlinetta
05 Pleasurekraft - Tarantula
06 P'Taah - Dance Until We Die (Art of Tones Mix)
07 Steve Bug - Ice n Fire
08 Babak Shayan - Snake in the Grass
09 Marek Hemmann - Inessa
10 Johnwaynes - Entrudo (Deep in Space Mix)
11 Butch - Joy (Extended Version)
12 Solomun - Cloud Dancer (Manuel Tur's Instrumental)
13 Ost & Kjex - Continental Lover (Pawas Dub)

Rishi's Launchpad Presets

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:22:00 +0000

When I am away from home I like to take a portable setup so I can still geek out with Ableton. I have programmed some new presets into the Launchpad to give me maximum usage of this little device.

The Session and Mixer pages remain unchanged.

User1 Preset:
Drum Racks
- Advanced Drum Rack Control of all 128 slots
- 2x drum pad modes (visible pads + 4 bank gig mode)
- Velocity Control
- Midi Feedback

Midi keyboard
- Octave switcher
- Pitch bend
- Modulation
- Sustain

User2 Preset:
Now has 5 sub-pages

a) Navigation and Control
- Top row navigate and grab mp3 or .als from iTunes
- Browse, select load from Ableton browser
- Zoom +/-
- BPM adjust
- Pitch Bend
- View Options
- Copy, Paste, Dupe, Delete, Undo, Redo
- Transport Controls

b) 2 CH DJ Mixer
- 2 CH Dj mixer layout
- 3 band EQ's with LED feedback for visual reference of current setting
- Bass Kill with visual reference
- Volume faders with visual feedback
- FX Control Wet/Dry and Kill
- FX switcher color coded for 4x FX
- 8 Momentary FX pads
- Start Stop clip selected scene
- Navigation
- Clip View zoom in/out

c) Assignable Midi Controls
- 4x 8 step faders with feedback (can be used as a 8 step selector too)
- 4x on/off swithces with feedback
- 4x color coded switches
- 4x wet/dry sliders with kill button

d) Device Control Page
- Control devices just like the APC40 device control
- Navigate tracks and devices
- Adjust parameters
- 3x speed settings for parameter adjustment
- Buttons to set at 0,64 or 127
- Bank reset button to reset racks to 0 on all 8 parameters
- Color coded instant feedback of 8 parameters
- Selected parameter displays 8 step LED meter

e) Letter Page
- Display any letter on the 8x8 grid
- Plays in time with music
- Can also output the corresponding letter sound from the Texas Instruments SPeak'n'Spell

Demo Video Pt1 - User 1 Advanced Drum Rack Control
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tuberishi63#p/u/1/Loyy3VmLyV4

Demo Video Pt2 - User 2 Sub-Presets
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tuberishi63#p/u/0/U3fU8DZfLY8

Get .als from iTunes - Demo Movie

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:43:00 +0000

I break all my tracks into clips and drag them to the browser as an .als. I use iTunes to find which tracks I am going to play.

This resulted in an time consuming two step process to locate a song in iTunes and locate it again as an .als file in the Live browser.

My new iPhone remote gets around that by grabbing the .als file based on the selected mp3 in iTunes

I have this also set up on my APC40, so I can do it remote from the iPhone or direct from the APC40

It uses an iPhone app called Snap, which you can use to create remotes for anything. No Bomes or other Midi Translator involved.

Top Left & Right buttons switch between iTunes and Live
Arrow keys navigate iTunes
TAB - Cycles thru playlists and tracks in iTunes
Play plays the track in iTunes from beginning routed to headphones only
Skip30 button - jumps the track fwd 30secs in iTunes so you can preview the whole track easily
Bottom left - Gets the .als file for the mp3 and switches to Live
Pause - pauses/continues play in Live
Bottom Right - Pastes .als to iTunes

Demo Movie

House Odyssey - trevster vs rishi for Deeper Sessions, Ohm Radio

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:03:00 +0000

DJ Mix I did with the host of Deeper Sessions, Ohm Radio, Spain.....

Tablatek Vol.2 - Frisky Radio Mix Feb 2009

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:52:00 +0000

Tablatek Vol.2 is a 70min DJ mix produced for Frisky Radio. The mix aired on the Feel Ableton show February 2009.

1st prize Ableton Live DJ Comp 2008

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:49:00 +0000

Rishi's Tablatek Soundtrack wins Ableton Live DJ Comp 2008.

A big story in three small parts

Duration: 30 mins
Tempo: 100 - 130bpm
Genre: Tablatek

Part 1: ONENESS - 13mins
Unmanifest totality. Pure potentiality.

Part 2: THE DARKNESS WITHIN - 8mins
The big bang. Relativity begins.

Part 3: RETURN TO THE LIGHT - 9mins
The voyage of Self re-discovery.

iPhone as a MIDI controller. My video demo

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:49:00 +0000

There's some really cool applications available for the iPhone. One that sparked my interest was iTouch Midi - an application that allows the iPhone to act as a MIDI controller.

I decided to see whether I could use the iPhone to DJ with Ableton Live.

See the results in this video....
Click here for blip tv video

16 buttons to:
- navigate session view
- control vol and eq
- select and control effects
- browse and loads tracks to session view

It uses the new iTouch midi app as well as Bome's Midi Translator.

Ableton Live Skin - Ajna - Galactic Space Dust

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:36:00 +0000

Here's a skin I made for Ableton Live...

Download the skin

Novation Automap Universal with Ableton

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:28:00 +0000

These notes were made during my efforts to get Automap Universal 2.0 working on my Mac with a Novation ReMote SL. It includes info for both Sequencer Automap (Template 40 ) and Automap Universal (Template 38 )

Apart from a troubleshooting tip at the end all this info is available in the manual, but as we all know reading the manual can be a bore, especially if there is an easier way.

I hope this helps.

INSTALLATION
The installation is all pretty straight forward. Just follow the prompts. The trickier part seems to be from here on.

You can download latest Automap Universal from Novation
http://www.novationmusic.com/support/software/

SETUP
Connect the ReMOTE SL to your computer and open Ableton Live. Go to the ‘MIDI/Sync’ page of the Live preferences and set the options as shown in the following screenshot:

NOTE: The Input AND Output of the ReMOTE SL in the ‘Control Surfaces’ section must be set to ReMOTE SL Port 2.

THE REMOTE SL’S MIDI PORTS
The ReMOTE SL has three virtual MIDI ports over the USB connection.
• Port 1: Standard midi info. This includes keyboard note and aftertouch etc
• Port 2: Sequencer Automap - data between sequencer and ReMOTE SL
• Port 3: Automap Universal - data between the Automap Server software and ReMOTE SL

Automap works in two different ways, ‘Automap Universal’ and ‘Sequencer Automap’.

AUTOMAP UNIVERSAL – (Template 38 )
To use Automap Universal you must select the Automap Universal template (template 38 ) on the ReMOTE and run the Automap Server software on your computer. The Automap Server handles communication between the ReMOTE SL and the software you are controlling.

SEQUENCER AUTOMAP – (Template 40)
There are separate Automap templates on the ReMOTE SL to allow control over sequencers that do not use Automap Universal for mixer control. Ableton Live (template 40)

OTHER TEMPLATES – (Template 1-33, 35 and 36)
Templates 1-33, 35 & 36 on the ReMOTE SL are ‘standard’ templates, so called because when they are selected the ReMOTE SL functions as a standard MIDI controller. A standard MIDI controller allows you to set what MIDI message each of its controls sends.

SUMMARY – Which template to use?
• Template 38 – Control 3rd party plugins using Automap Universal
• Template 40 – Control Ableton Live Mixer and Plugins
• Other templates – Customise your own control as a standard midi controller

AUTOMAP UNIVERSAL

CONTROL MAPS“Control Map” is the term used for the arrangement of parameters across the ReMOTE SL’s controls.

SAVING:
Once you have assigned parameters in the way you want, you can save the arrangement of parameters as a control map that can be recalled when you next control that software or device so that the ReMOTE SL’s controls still control those same parameters.

Each control map will belong to one of four groups, according to the type of client it controls. The four groups are User, FX, Instrument and Mixer. A control map will be automatically assigned to a group, however you can change the group that it belongs to from the Automap Universal window.

It is possible to save the control map but not make it the default control map. Use the ‘Save As…’ option to save a control map as a *.automap file to wherever you like on your computer.

LOADING:
To load a previously saved control map you must first load an Automap-wrapped instance of the plug-in it was created with. This will automatically load the default control map for that plug-in. Ensure the plug-in has Automap focus and then use the ‘Open…’ option to load the previously saved control map.

When you load an Automap-wrapped plug-in into a session, the Automap system will automatically store a control map for that instance of the plug-in without you having to use the ‘Save As…’ or ‘Set As Default’ options. This is an ‘instance’ control map and it will only be recalled for that instance of the plug-in in that particular session. Any changes you make to the control map for that plug-in instance will be automatically saved to the instance control map when you save your sequencer session and automatically recalled when you next load the session.

When you use the ‘Set As Default’ option, the Automap Server saves the current control map as a *.automap file, named according to the plug-in it was created with, in the following location:

Win XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[your user name]\Local Settings\ApplicationData\Novation\Automap Universal\Mappings\ReMOTE SL
Win Vista: C:\Users\[your user name]\Local\AppData\Novation\Automap Universal\Mappings\ReMOTE SL
Mac OSX: ~/Library/Application Support/Novation/Automap Universal/Mappings/ReMOTE SL

AUTOMAP SERVER
The Automap Server software is the bridge between the ReMOTE SL and the software you are controlling.

If the Server is not already running on your computer then it will open up automatically when you open an Automapwrapped plug-in or run a sequencer which is set up for Automap Universal mixer control. The ReMOTE SL will automatically switch to the Automap Universal template (template 38 ) when the Server starts. This template must be selected to use Automap Universal. If it is selected but the Server is not running, ‘Automap is OFFLINE’ will appear on the ReMOTE SL displays. If it is selected and the Server is running then, unless a client is selected for control, the ReMOTE SL displays “No Clients Connected | No ReWire transport found”

The Automap Server can be launched manually by running it from:
Windows: Start -> All Programs -> Novation -> Automap Universal -> Launch Server
Mac OSX: /Applications/AutomapServer

THE PLUG-IN MANAGER
It is possible to control any VST / AU however a plug-in must first be enabled for Automap control in the Plug-in Manager.

The left-hand list in the Plug-in Manager window shows all plug-ins installed on your system and the right-hand list shows all plug-ins that have been wrapped. To select a plug-in to be wrapped for Automap control, simply drag it from the lefthand list to the right-hand list.

Once enabled it will be “wrapped”, meaning that a new version of the plug-in will be created which is contained within the Automap software. A maximum of 256 AU plug-ins can be wrapped.

NB: If you wrap a plug-in whilst your sequencer is running then you will need to restart your sequencer before the wrapped version will be available to use.

CONTROLLING PLUG-INS WITH AUTOMAP UNIVERSAL
An Automap-wrapped plug-in will appear in the list of plug-ins in your sequencer with “(Automap)” after its original name. Load the Automap-wrapped version of a plug-in into your sequencer to allow Automap control over it. The plug-in will look exactly the same as the original version but with an additional Automap border at the bottom of the window.

• Automap logo switch: It will be red for the plug-in which has Automap focus and white for all other plug-ins.
• Learn switch (crosshair): It will be red when either Learn Once or Learn Latch is active and white when learn mode is turned off.
• Novation Logo: When clicked, this opens up a drop-down menu from which you can access some Control Map options.
• Name Text Box: Every instance of an Automap-wrapped plug-in will have its own instance name that you can use for identification when selecting a control map. You can change the instance name by clicking on the box, typing in a new name and pressing enter. For example, you may have two instances of the Novation Bass Station soft-synth in your project, one playing a bass line and another playing a lead line. When you select a different control map you will see them both appear as ‘BassSta’. Renaming them to e.g. ‘BS-Bass’ and ‘BS-Lead’ will allow you to see which one is which.
• Max Number Box: Displays the max value of the last control operated on the ReMOTE SL. To edit the max value click on the box, type in a new value and press Enter.
• Min Number Box: Displays the min value of the last control operated on the ReMOTE SL. To edit the min value click on the box, type in a new value and press Enter.
• Step Size Number Box: Displays the step size value of the last control operated on the ReMOTE SL. To edit the step size value click on the box, type in a new value and press Enter.
• “Pot” Button: Sets the max, min and step values for the last control operated on the ReMOTE SL to max=127, min=0 and step size=1 so that it has a continuous pot-type response.
• “Button” Button: Sets the max, min and step values for the last control operated on the ReMOTE SL to max=1, min=0 and step size=1 so that it has a toggle (on/off) button-type response.

THE AUTOMAP UNIVERSAL TEMPLATEThe Automap Universal template (template 38 ) must be selected on the ReMOTE SL to use Automap Universal. When using Automap Universal, it is only possible to assign software parameters to the following controls:

LHS: Both rows of buttons and both rows of knobs
RHS: Faders and top row of buttons

The bottom right-hand row of buttons on the ReMOTE SL is not assignable in Automap mode and instead has been set aside for activating Automap functions:

Button 1 - Learn: Toggles the learn mode state between Off, Learn Once and Learn Latch.
Button 2 - View: Opens the Automap Universal window in Control Map View.
Button 3 - User: Opens the AU window in Browser View and shows all user control maps.
Button 4 - FX: Opens the AU window in Browser View and shows all FX control maps.
Button 5 - Inst.: Opens the AU window in Browser View and shows all instrument control maps.
Button 6 - Mixer: Opens the AU window in Browser View and shows all mixer control maps.
Buttons 7 & 8 - Control Map Menu: Press these to access the Control Map Menu

THE AUTOMAP UNIVERSAL WINDOW
The Automap Universal Window allows viewing of control assignments, control maps and help information. This window can be opened by:
• Launching the Automap Server (if ‘Show View Window On Startup’ is enabled in the Automap settings menu)
• Selecting ‘Interactive Help’ from the Automap Universal Help menu (Mac) or Automap settings menu (PC)
• Pressing either the VIEW, USER, FX, INST. or MIXER button on the ReMOTE SL

To open the Automap Universal window in Control Map view, ensure an Automap-wrapped plug-in has Automap focus and then press the VIEW button on the ReMOTE SL. The Automap Universal window will open and show the current control map, as shown above. The window is divided into three sections: the control map info at the top, the control layout in the middle and the control settings at the bottom:

Control Map Info
This section shows the following info about the control map:
• Instance Name: The instance name defaults to the name of the plug-in, however you can change the instance name by clicking on it.
• Group: This is the ‘control map group’ to which the control map belongs. There are four control map groups – User, FX, Instrument and Mixer.
• Client name: Middle section. Tells you what the ReMOTE SL is currently controlling.
• Preset name and number: This is shown below the client name, where available.
• Learn: This indicates whether learn mode is Off, Learn Once or Learn Latch.
• Page: Shows currently displayed page and the total number of pages.

TROUBLE SHOOTING

If the ReMOTE SL says 'Automap is OFFLINE' or the Automap Universal software says 'No hardware found'.

This may be because the Mac can not see the third MIDI input port from the ReMOTE SL (earlier versions of the ReMOTE SL OS only had 2 MIDI input ports Via USB).

The following steps should resolve this issue;

1. Run the latest ReMOTE SL installer to make sure you have the latest OS in your ReMOTE SL.
2. Open Audio MIDI setup. (Mac HD/Applications/Utilities/)
3. Find the ReMOTE SL entry (in the 'MIDI Devices' section)
4. Switch off the ReMOTE SL
5. Highlight the ReMOTE SL entry in Audio MIDI setup, and select the 'Remove Device option'.
6. Switch on the ReMOTE SL (If it doesn't appear automatically, select the 'Rescan MIDI' option).

The ReMOTE SL should now appear with 3 inputs and outputs, and you should be able to use Automap universal.

The Mini Maven...

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:02:00 +0000

OK... well not quite.... it's my new Live DJ set up. It's a modified CD case that holds my midi controllers and has an integrated laptop stand.

It's ultra portable.
- Packed : A bit bigger than a record and 10cm high
- Set-up: About the same size as a Technics turntable (turned sideways)
- All cables are contained within

Box Contents:
3x Faderfoxes (DJ2, DX2, DJ2)
Midi interface
Signal noise supressor
Power adaptors

DJ Template Functionality:
4 Decks with 3 Band EQ
7 Wet/Dry FX per deck (EQ8HPF, EQ8LPF, Fade2Grey, ReduxFade, SuperLuper, MegaWash, Avalanche)
2 Toggle FX per deck (Beat Repeat Madness and Doctor Svegee)
12 Clip slots per deck

Midi controlled (mouseless):
- Session view navigation
- Browser navigation
- Clip load to session view
- Toggle Clip zoom
- Pitch Adjust
- Pitch Bend ( for going b2b with the CDJ/vinyl guys)
- Transport controls
- Edit - Clip copy & paste, tab, shift-tab, alt-tab

Setting the BPM Range

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:38:00 +0000

Pitch bend and Pitch adjust with Live

Having grown up with vinyl based DJ’ing and with vinyl and CDJ’s still being the industry standard for DJ’ing, it makes sense to be able to mix between Live and decks or CDJ’s. To do this we need to be able to emulate Pitch Adjust and Pitch Bend.

From Live version 7 - pitch bend buttons have been included. You can easily map these to some midi buttons. It makes beat mixing to external sources much easier.

Marcus Wortley wrote an excellent tutorial which will help with choosing a suitable range:
"Live has a tempo range of 20.00 - 999.00 beats per minute (bpm) capable of any tempo down to the hundredth place (.01). This gives Live a total of 97,900 possible tempo states. Standard MIDI Control Channel (CC) messages have a range of 0 - 127, with no decimal resolution, and thus have a total of 128 possible states."

Depending on your DJ'ing style you can restrict your range by changing the MIN and MAX in midi map mode. This allows your midi controller to increase in desirable increments and it restricts your range to the tempo range you typically play in.

Here is some suggested ranges:

Using .als packs to DJ with

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:24:00 +0000

Using .als packs to DJ with

Your DJ template will be saved as an Ableton Live Set (.als file). However, we can also create .als files by selecting multiple clips from session view and dragging them to the browser. Once saved, they can be retrieved just as we would retrieve an mp3 file.

Why use .als files and not just mp3’s?
1. It's easy to do. Just drag the clips to your browser.
2. I control when the track moves to the next section. Eg: i can fire two clips at the same time DeckA moving into the main rif and DeckB moving into Outro. Gets around the problem of intro's that are too long or short.
3. Some tracks I might have a loop which I can play over another track until I am ready to bring the track in eg: Vox snippet of FX noise
4. Never have to fiddle with the clip envelope whilst playing (eg: turning loops on/off)
5. Have options as to how you bring a track in 1) loop a breakdown or 2) standard beats intro
6. Loop and extend a breakdown whilst you bring another vox loop from your next track in
7. Nothing to loose. If you dont want to use the .als then just load the mp3 or wav.
Possibilities are endless.

Example:
Beats 1
Beats 2
Main
Breakdown
Outro Loop
Mix Snip

Here’s how you do it….

1. First, Set your Global quantize to 1 bar. (near the transport bar at the top of the screen)
2. Load an mp3 into Live
3. Set the quantize setting on your mp3 to Global. (see the clip envelope.)
4. Right click on the file and select duplicate. You should see a copy of your mp3 in the next slot down
5. Go back to the first clip and Loop some intro beats say 1st 8 bars
6. Go to the second clip. Move the start marker to the 1st beat of a bar where the track gets interesting
7. Set the loop markers for a point towards the end of the track that has a little rif that you might play over your next track
8. Right click on that file and select duplicate
9. Make the start point at the end of the last clip and set loop markers right near the end of a track with just beats
10. Highlight all 3 clips. Drag and drop them into your browser where you keep the mp3. Save it as the same name
11. Now drag and drop it into Live as you would your mp3

There you have it. You now have:
Intro beats Clip
Main Track to Loop near end
Outro Beats

Highlight the first clip and press enter
Arrow down and press enter. At the first beat of the bar your track should move into the main part of the track – seamlessly
When your track reaches the loop at toward the end of the track arrow down and press enter
Your track should now move into the outro.

The possibilities are endless. Just experiment with a few tracks so you get the hang of it and then let your creativity fly.

Website Finished!!!

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:40:00 +0000

Somewhere along the electronic music production and digital dj'ing path I seem to have collected a passion for computer “geekery” that includes web and graphic design.

Some time ago a compelling impulse to build a website consumed me. This impulse was not satisfied with getting someone else to do it or using templates or stock websites. For some reason I needed to learn how to build a website myself. Many many hours and many battles with cascading style sheets, menu's, photo management and browser compatibility issues it's now complete .... at least until the next update is required.

Check it out here:
Soundtemple Website

2nd Prize Ableton Live DJ Comp

info@soundtemple.com.au (Soundtemple) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:57:00 +0000

Lost in the Sound (ALDJ 10 in 10 Mix) - 23/7/07

My entry, Lost in the Sound won 2nd prize in the Ableton Live DJ Forums Summer 2007 competition (www.abletonlivedj.com).