Prep for Rehearsal
-I (Owen) am thinking about ways in which an Ableton Session View can be ‘performed’ live.
-Using MIDI controllers that have rotary dials and faders, it is possible to adjust ANY parameter inside Ableton. But which ones??? That is the important question.
-What I am going to try tomorrow during our rehearsal is using the Evolution U-Control. I will basically have 8 faders, each of which controls the level of a track in Ableton – so I can mix different ‘instruments’ together in order to progress the soundtrack. I can also select different ‘scenes’ in Session View (i.e. rows of MIDI clips) using the << and >> buttons. Then, I have plenty of dials (24 in total) left to manipulate various effects (effects TBD, but probably some kind of distortion for starters).
-Pictured below: Evolution U-Control (silver one in my lap); Faderfox FT3 and Korg nanoKontrol2 (black and silver ones on desk); Ableton Live Session View (on my laptop)
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Rehearsal
We got together in the Atrium to begin practicing the actual performance. Vibha, Shruti and Yi worked on the visuals, while Maggie and Owen worked on the sound. The main takeaway is that we need to continue practicing, because you don’t really find out what doesn’t work until you fully rehearse. See pics from the rehearsal below.
Practicing projections on wall
Vibha working on her Vizzie patch
Vibha, Owen and Mengru practicing
