Djing with Ableton lite
I’m a producer first but i’m still using fl studio for that. I thought Ableton would work well for me for djing since i wanted to manipulate my music live. I’m definitely going to get the upgrade but as i can’t afford it right now I was wondering if there was something i could do to make playing my sets fresh in the mean time.
What kind of music is it? I reckon a lot depends on genre because I imagine you’d need different numbers of clips for different genres (e.g. hip hop might need loads and therefore a different approach).
working on trying to meld a few genres. like for instance the set i’ve put the most work into has psy-dub/glitch-hop/and a little trap. so i kinda feel like hip-hop is the melding point actually?
Lool up ill gates clip packs.
Yes, it takes some time to do this to your collection of music but its super fun to play this way. I have no music background and with just learning the basics of music theory ( I mean BASICS) and making clip packs I have been able to have a lot of fun remixing songs on the fly with the clip pack method.
P.s. read anything you can by ill gates on Live. The dude is a genius with Live.
He has been one of my top 3 fav dj/producers for years.
Does FL Studio’s performance mode not work for you?
The 8 tracks and8 scenes limitation of Live Lite might make things a little more complicated, but you can work around it with some preparation. It will just force you to have to drop and drop clips from the browsers throughout your set instead of being able to lay all of them out in one session. But if you organize your collection of clips in a way that works for you, this shouldn’t be TOO big of an issue. Also another tip would be to be sure to save the warping data for each of your clips so loading them will be as seamless as possible.
Learn to DJ.
No, seriously. Ableton Lite is more than capable of being a platform that will let you learn to actually DJ. And if you want to take the loser’s way out and just play your productions one after the other, it can do that too.
Worry about actually being able to do a good DJ set first, then worry about tricks and what not.
Just being able to cut things into clips and use follow actions (i assume live lite supports this) is more than enough to get in your way while you’re learning.
Ableton 9 offers Intro, Standard and Studio. Intro is pretty weak in comparison. One key feature that you’re going to wish that you had was complex warping. IMHO it’s superior to the other modes. Here’s a comparison
Agreed on the warping. It makes a huge difference.