Yes, I was not well prepared for this I must admit. Also it is still possible to leave the arrangement and trigger clips and scenes yourself manually. The Arrangements import perfectly in the Force. Fortunately this can be simulated by cutting up the songs where I used this in separate live sets and creating an Arrangement. My live set runs itself, if I let it, by using Follow Actions on clips and scenes in the live set. This was my first real unpleasant surprise. Nice.Īfter copying my Ableton Live live set it all begins. After initializing, formatting (eFat) and naming the internal drive it now shows up as Force SSD. Internal storage is only 16 GB of which 6 GB is available. I thought I had to replace the internal storage. There is a lid that has room to add an SSD and this was actually for me a pleasant surprise. The best thing to do first is to mount an 2.5 inch SSD drive inside. It also turns into a dumb audio interface in Computer mode. In this mode it allows access to connected storage, but strangely not internal storage. The device starts up in Standalone mode, but can be put into Computer mode. It is possible to change this behavior in the preferences. It has a nice touch screen, and it strangely wants you to either start a new project or open an existing, before allowing you to access other functions, like browsing or configuring the device. Larger then an Ableton Push, but the same idea. Unboxing it, reveals a heavy and sturdy device. These are my first impressions of the Akai Force. It is all in one and looks like a music instrument. This way it potentially does a way with the laptop, sound interface and launchpad. It promises to be able to read an Ableton Live set and converting it to an MPC live set. Not only an MPC (Midi/Music Production Center/Controller), but also a standalone live instrument. Of course, to prevent me constantly working on the laptop I control it with a Novation Launchpad, but I do have to check the laptop screen once in a while.Įnter the Akai Force. I know it is now very common to play like this and my audience never questioned it, but still it bothers me that people might think I am checking my email while playing a live show.
Now I am also playing more acoustic ( Stripped) versions of my song, without a laptop and that is also because in a way it still feels like cheating to use the computer to play along when playing live. In previous articles you can find out how I use Ableton Live live and it is great to be able to play songs live, just like they have been recorded in the studio. My live setup when playing solo, or as a duo now with a bass player, centers around Ableton Live on a laptop with a Focusrite sound interface.
#Vst stagelight plugins for ableton live full
This makes collaborations projects a pain in the Everyone has different VST, VSTi, interfaces, Software DAW (Different Versions) It would be nice if Reason releases a standalone plugin for Reason Rack, without having to buy/install the full software.After having played live for more then one and half year I was eying this baby: the Akai Force. My goodness the market is flooded and learning all them is a no go.
#Vst stagelight plugins for ableton live pro
There's Reaper, Reason, FL Studios, MPC Software, Studio One 4, SONAR, Ableton Live, MOTU Digital Performer, Cakewalk, Stagelight, Garageband, Mixcraft Pro Studio, Bitwig. I stick to Cubase/Nuendo or Samplitude/Sequoia. That's why all these sound and effects services are popping up. The Software DAW, VST, and VSTi market is saturated. Just like Ak-Sys was for the MPC 4000, s5000/S6000. Basically, the software should only work with the MPC. The MPC Software should just mirror what is on the MPC. It's everything and nothing at the same time. Personally I don't use the MPC software - but I hope things like this work in their favor, and they don't have any issues with it. The answer to those questions determine the expectations for how the software should handle new products like this reason rack. Eyalc wrote:This is where the Akai team is always going to struggle, and their identity crisis is going to be on full display - is MPC an instrument, or is it a DAW? Can it be a plugin? Or does it just host plugins?
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