Hello all – we are proud to announce that there is a second ILL.GATES workshop available for Monday May24, 2010 at The Would Shop.

Your RSVP link via Meetup.com.

This event is 18+ so bring your (not too) little brother or sister!

Don’t forget the ILL.GATES is performaing at City Hall (map link) on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 9:00pm. Facebook Event link and the CoClubs link.

About the ILL.GATES visit and his evening at City Hall!:

ill.Gates - http://mutimusic.com - http://thephatconductor.com
[Toronto][Muti Music, Amorphous Music/Child's Play/Om Records, Addictech]

ill.Gates is a Toronto-based composer, performer and educator. Over the past 15 years, he has established a global fan base and a reputation as one of the most dynamic electronic music artists around. He regularly tours across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Gates has headlined at such festivals as Burning Man, Shambala, the World Electronic Music Festival and the New Orleans Jazz Festival. He also has cultivated a thriving creative partnership with the San Francisco-based bass music icon Bassnectar, including a chart-topping remix of ‘Maximum’ by DJ Vadim that sold so fast the duo were accused of chart hacking. Please welcome ill.Gates back to Denver for another mind blowing bass fueled performance!

EPROM - http://eprommusic.com - http://myspace.com/eprommusic
[California][Surefire, Black Acre, Cloak x Dagger]

EPROM is known for his diverse, funky and energetic sets, which cross the lines between live remixing and manipulation of hip hop and dubstep with his own obscenely bass-heavy neurocrunk transmissions. EPROM has played alongside artists like Flying Lotus, The Glitch Mob, Skream, Lazer Sword, Kode9, Mochipet, Rustie, and many others. EPROM has worked with internationally renowned MCs and has slated multiple vinyl releases in the coming year. DJ supporters include Starkey, Jakes, Bassnectar, The Glitch Mob, Rustie, Megasoid, Zombie Disco Squad, Riton, Basement Jaxx, and BBC Radio One’s Mary Anne Hobbs.

S.P.E.C.T.R.E. - http://basslabmusic.com - http://facebook.com/spectrebeats
[Denver][BassLab, True Movement, Daly City, Dirty Circuit Records]

S.P.E.C.T.R.E. brings a diverse mixture of bass heavy music combining glitch hop, dubstep and beyond with a flare for the unexpected. His seamless blending of styles and tempos and on the fly mash-ups has made him a crowd favorite in Colorado. Co-founder of the BassLab crew, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. has built a large following from the infamous Jungle Labs warehouse parties, regular nights at Denver’s Beta Nightclub, and his mixtapes on the Temporal Fusion podcast. Recently S.P.E.C.T.R.E. has signed with Propa Tingz’ True Movement label and released the Bad Girls Go To Hell EP which is currently in the top ten charts on addictech.com

Before we talk about mutants, here is a listing I bumped into for the Boulder Laptop Orchestra (up coming) http://bit.ly/9hP0D4.

About those mutants, they are Jazz Mutant(s)!

Via Gear Wire We learn that  Jazz Mutant Lemur V2 (free upgrade by the way)  is now super-dooper! Ableton is supported ke the front of a wheaties box.

Copy & Paste:

• …new, easier to use GUI…
• …seamlessly with leading software applications.
• Ableton Live users, in particular, will benefit from some of the new features…

However, Jazz Mutant has a summary (gosh they sure are cool)

• 3 new objects for boosted interactivity: the Breakpoint, the Gesture and the LemurMenu objects.
• New Tabbed function for the Container object: keep your projects simple and ergonomic.
• New Alias “mirror” objects, for saving time and memory.
• Mouse and Keyboard control for transmitting mouse movements and keyboard shortcuts.

Ohh, there is a promo picture I think looks cool, and see more here:

Free Stuff – head over to Sample Radar for some free dub samples.

Reminder: If you need to build ONE BUTTON like I did:

The get your Brain at Livid. While you are there check out the short run of the Diablo.

Here’s something easy and great. Use a Korg Kaos Pad KP3 as an Ableton controller.

Compare a street value of $349 t a $220 ONE BUTTON.

Remember – Cache Flowe Sunday

As promised! Cache Flowe will be joining us for an evening of Live visual processing. This is going to be an amazing evening for all!

Those of you interested in adding a visual element should check out Processing.org, the source for much of the scripting and framework Cache Flowe uses in his live sets.  Beyond visual Cache Flowe will be performing music and explaining his set up and approach to a full Live A/V set. A few key topics:

• Real time MIDI & audio
• Rendering music videos
• Use of the Eclipse IDE
• ChucK (audio programming language for real-time synthesis) and vocal processing

When : March 14, 2010 7pm

Where :  The Walnut Room located at 3131 Walnut Street in Denver.

How Much? Not a single penny – FREE! Just the way we like it!!!

RSVP NOW!

Cache FLowe Bio : Mashing up idm, hip hop, funk, drum and bass, trip hop, experimental, jazz, techno, and dubstep, CacheFlowe creates genre-skewing electronic music that has received acclaim from local and international press. Producing with a computer since 1996, he’s honed an original style that’s defined by stuttery, complex breakbeats, deep analog basslines, techno-flavored synths, organic instrumentation and contorted samples. Working on the same Ableton Live set since early 2004, CacheFlowe’s live show is a fast-paced smorgasbord of chopped breakbeats and analog synths on 8 channels of audio. He bobs and weaves through an array of electronic genres and tempos, using nothing but sounds and loops from his own productions. Appearing on official record label releases alongside the likes of Twine, Ladytron, Daedelus, Ulrich Schnauss, Starkey, Machinedrum, ISAN, Submerged, Fog, and sharing the stage with Amon Tobin, edIT, Machinedrum, Dizzee Rascal, Mochipet, Jeff Parker (Tortoise), DJ Olive (MMW, Sonic Youth), Nels Cline (Wilco), and countless local talents, CacheFlowe continues to freak the beat in new and exciting ways.

You can find Cache Flowe at CD Baby, Discogs, MySpace, and via Plastic Sound Supply on YouTube and of course his main site.

Some video for your viewing pleasure!

Media and Press information is located here.

Just say no to forest fires.

RSVP Now! FaceBook

This is the a Controllerism special we are calling “The Petting Zoo“. Here is what we got:

• Jazz Mutant Lemur presented by Darren Kramer
• Monome 128 and Launchpad by David Henderson
• DJ Tech Tools MIDI Fighter band Livid DIY by  me.
• Snyderphonics Manta presented by Dawrin Grosse
• Arduinome presented by Mike / Circle Six(wiki link – this is a Aruino chip that works like a Monome)

Following the presentations stick around for some great hands on work with each unit and presenter.  (okay, now you get the petting zoo reference?)

When : February 28, 2010 7pm

Where :  The Walnut Room located at 3131 Walnut Street in Denver.

How Much? Not a single penny – FREE! Just the way we like it!!!

Our evenings sound track is provided by Circle Six via his Ardionome! Next Month Cache Flowe!

But Wait, there’s more…

Our (new) friends at Curious Inventor are so kind they are loaning Ableton Colorado Stribe Duo and Midiator.

The Stribe Duo needs little explanation.  I would sum it up with”pretty lights, crazy control,  and great feed back”.  If Neanderthal don’t cut it go to the site.

Kicking it up a notch – the Midiator converts video game energy into MIDI.  Yeah, that is a PS2 controller. (think of it as Doom to MIDI conversion)

If anyone wants to help present and learn these great pieces form Creative Inventor send me an email at inf [at] abletondenver.com. I would love to hear from you!

How about some photos?o

The Arduinome

The Lemur

The Manta

The MIDI Fighter

The Livid DIY / Brain

The Monome

The Launch Pad

Darwin Grosse

Darwin Grosse is an artist, producer, media software developer, and the Director of Engineering for Cycling ’74. He is also a prolific writer, having authored more than 120 articles for Recording magazine, several product manuals, and countless product tutorials. Formerly the editor of CreativeSynth.com, he now focuses on bringing his Beginner Mind to music and media production. [credit]

Darwin’s Play site : http://www.20objects.com

Darwin’s Blog :  http://www.darwingrosse.com/

Darren Kramer

Darren Kramer is an Edwards Trombone Performing Artist and Ableton Specialist and is in demand as a freelance trombonist, composer and educator throughout the United States.  Kramer graduated from the University of Miami and moved to NYC where he toured with Matchbox Twenty, Tom Jones, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies.  He has also recorded with such artists as Michael Brecker, Eric Marienthal and Jerry Hey and his original composition “Not Far From Here” was a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.  Kramer is now the President/CEO of his own music company, DKO The Darren Kramer Organization, whose inspiring concerts, educational clinics, five exceptional recordings, and over fifty challenging arrangements (Available Now for small group AND big band!) have helped modernize the trombone and expand its role in contemporary music.  The 2010 DKO CD release is entitled “Beyond The Boneyard” and features an inspiring one man band performance utilizing electric trombone, keyboards and computer loops.  This cutting-edge project is also being presented by Kramer throughout the country as a music software PowerPoint Presentation “Creating Music Using Software and an Electric Trombone!”.

Find Darren at ElectricTrombone.com

David Henderson

[bio pending]

Catch up with David at http://www.dhenderson.com

Mike / Circle Six

[pending]

Take a listen via MySpace.

Curious Inventor

Well, they are not coming here in person, but they will be with us in spirit. Digital spirit that is…

“We’re a few mechanical and electrical engineers from GaTech trying to make it easier to make and sell inventions. We write how-to guides, sell cherry-picked parts and tools, and also manufacture kits…”

Pay them some support here.

DJ Not So Much

Hey, that is me! If I launch my website I will put a bio up.

No forest fires! MEDIA AND PRESS

Here we go, the first announcement :

Ableton Denver is proud to announce and evening with Darwin Grosse from Cycling ‘74 discussing Max For Live.

The event, is FREE! (21+)

Prepare yourself for graphical blasts of information with color and crazy subliminal messages. For now, I provide an image form the interwebs.

This is pretty exciting!  I will post more information and pictures. As for graphics, well, I my current favorite quote is from Myth Busters:

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth over doing.”

More on that real soon. Back to Darwin.

Darwin Grosse is an artist, producer, media software developer, and the Director of Engineering for Cycling ’74. He is also a prolific writer, having authored more than 120 articles for Recording magazine, several product manuals, and countless product tutorials. Formerly the editor of CreativeSynth.com, he now focuses on bringing his Beginner Mind to music and media production. [credit]

Darwin’s Play site : http://www.20objects.com

Darwin’s Blog :  http://www.darwingrosse.com/

Darwin’s Work: http://cycling74.com

When : January 24, 2010

Where :  The Walnut Room located at 3131 Walnut Street in Denver.

Max for Live is an important evolutionary step for both Cycling ‘74 and Ableton.  When you factor in Moore’s Law, my brain should finally melt and ooze out the nose sometime in 2015.  All a result of finally gaining total control on all audio to finally engineer the perfect song, not too dissimilar to the Funniest Joke in the World (YouTube version).

In preparation for “the Final Track”  bring a taiko drum, fourteen airplane vomit bags, and a goat on January 24, 2010 for an evening with Darwin Grosse  and Max for Live.

Final accommodations for goats has not been worked out. Stay tuned.

C.DB.SN will be providing the evenings sound track.  (SoundCloud) Imagery and telepathic suggestion to follow real soon!

RSVP here!

Migrating from the weekly round up to a few smaller posts all the time.  Easier to make a few 15 minute stops than a 3 hour one every week.

Via Mark / Modulate This! Ableton 8.1 is available. Of note is the introduction of a new file format – the snippet:

Live 8.1 introduces a new file format – documents saved with Live 8.1 or newer will not be able to be opened in older versions of Live.

Ableton Download Page and the Forum Page.

That is major, so beware (and beware*)

On another note, Automap is up to version 3.4, go here for more.

And the teaser… We have a really good speaker lined up for Meet Up #3. Watch closely, the invites and such will hit in the next few business days. The date is 24Jan2010!

Cool new site (again, Mark coming through!) http://music-interface.com/ – all about interfaces (so many out there now!). Check out this video:

*yes, Waking Life Reference

Happy THXGVNG!

As promised James (Tobin) has placed Reason Template files on his site at http://www.dorjerecords.com/DAUG/ and I copied and mirrored the data here : http://abletondenver.com/press-kit/2009-11-meetup/follow-up/ – These are ready to go and will help out for the first leap or more.

James is super cool and if want to contact him feel free. Use his http://www.dorjerecords.com/ website.

Back to the Launchpad, no not really.  I have  an Akai MPD24 now and ultimately this unit is a much better performer for me.

I was reminded by David that the Launchpad IS cool. I agree.  I have some bad taste for now. So here is a video demonstrating some of the coolness. There are a lot of cool controllers coming on the market. I am interested in testing and talking about all of them and building a few also.

Mark  Mosher (http://modulatethis.com) has released his new album “Reboot“. If I know Mark, this is an all Ableton Project (with some injections of other technology here and there). This album is available at http://markmosher.bandcamp.com/ (free or donation) as well as on iTunes and other outlets.

Some thoughts on the meet up(s).

1. Spill 2 beers on Launchpad. That might make things go better for me next time.

2. Definitely want to have performers for the night. Thanks again to Chase for the soundtrack.  I plan on having him back for the next meet up (tentatively scheduled for 22Jan2010).  Anyone who is interested in providing the evening music please contact me. I would like to include collaborative and experimental stuff also.

3. Like any other tech meet up we I would like to grow the community involvement.  One area I consider critical is MIDI / Computer support.  So, I am interested in incorporating a meet up area for people to “test” or “help” with equipment after the meet up. So, bring laptops (there is wireless in the Walnut). This is inspired by the install fest that Ubuntu does “installfest”’s (Google search). So, there are a few of us Ableton and MIDI geeks. If we can help we will. We need both types of experts as well as some problems.

Next meet up topics – well, looking for a speaker on Max4Live.  I am not diving in too deep with max until my new studio project is rolling.  I am watching the topic closely, but I am working in another room for a while. Are you ready talk about it?

In the world of Ableton, there are a TON of sample packs getting released.  I can’t keep up (still recovering from vacation and marriage).

The Win7 footprint is not making any significant presence yet.  Not nearly as loud as Apple on the Snow Leopard release.

Love this, a via gearwire a mini tenori on think geek.

OMG So want to get? You too?(next link)

http://www.djtechtools.com/2009/11/19/diy-midifighter-kit_midi-fighter/#more-3435

Take a look at this demo. Do you agree on how the lines between Ableton (type) performance is melding with DJ Performance tools.

Some new people at the last Abelton Meet worth mentioning.

Chris from Spark Fun (Boulder) came down thanks again. Collaboration is in the future.  Anyone interested in Arduidno domination?

Also Doug from NIIO Analog stopped by with his Iotine Core. Analog filter with great control.  I look forward to hooking up with him again soon. People are building cool as all heck stuff in our area!!!

Again, I would like to remind everyone that the gap  between DJ tools and Ableton are closing.  I read some passing blurb about a formal announcement scheduled for Winter NAMM. So, I have been looking into Traktor / DJ Tool crossovers with Ableton.  There is a presentation in the making on this topic.

I am always looking for new ideas and speakers.  There are a few people who need to send me an email still who I met.

I am sorting through a back log of RSS feeds, I will pop stuff on line as I find it.

Any good shows happening? Send them through…

Thanks, warp hard.

–Marc

Here is a preview I picked up on the twitter environ (2 minutes). The release is scheduled for November 23, 2009. (http://audionewsroom.blogspot.com/2009/11/max-for-live-release-date-and-public.html) – the day after our meet up (phew!).

So, if anyone is ambitious enought to learn like crazy and present their findings for our next Ableton Denver meet up – PLEASE talk to me.

I will be digging in – but there is so much on my list (just my sample editing list is 5 pages long, then they need to be placed in Ableton).  Plus I am crash coursing on the Launchpad – SO MUCH NEW TECHNOLOGY!

Bleh – watch the video…

Well, I have returned form my wonderful international travel and other assorted excitement and I am proud to take credit for all 10 of the free Live packs available now at http://www.ableton.com/able10-artist-packs.  Like is hinted, I have had nothing to do with these free live packs, but I will take credit.

Regardless of my (temporarily displaced) ethos click on over and get your free packs.

As for meet up #2 – James Tobin will be presenting us with information on using Ableton as a sequencer / controller with reason (via rewire). Reason is NOT my forte, but I will be dropping a formal release on James (who has a great resume and experience and is super knowledgeable) and details.

Also – I will be presenting the Novation Launchpad for all to geek out on.  If there is anyone out there who has mastered this unit please contact me, I just got mine on hold yesterday (the day of release) and have a big hill to climb.

I have been in contact with various people who want to collaborate and fin help, so be sure to socialize!

We will also talk about Colorado Music Lab’s (pre) birth – where Ableton Denver will find an official home (OMFG we have an office with a studio, lab, and stage).

Get excited and stand by for more…

And, I am summing up all the week+ news (holy crap I got a lot of feeds to eat up).

Next Meet up 22nov2009 – Walnut Room – 6:30 social, 7p start. http://www.meetup.com/Ableton-Denver/calendar/11691445/ sign up now, great stuff!