Re: FIRST REPORTS BACK FROM NAMM

[burnett@pobox.com]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Rick Walker (loop.pool) wrote:

> Hi gang,
>
>     Back from NAMM..........too wasted by 48 hours of non-stop noise and 
>bad
> convention food to write much but.....
[snip]
>     Secondly, I saw a software demo that really ups the ante in the 
>pc/mac
> looping world.   It is called LIVE!    I watched the damn demo three 
>times I
> was so excited.
> In a nutshell,  it allows you to run loops (ala ACID) while being able to
> timestretch
> and tempo shift in real time, while you rearrange on the fly, record 
>audio
> from synths via midi, change effects (including rerouting) while 
>recording
> live audio.............all in REALTIME without any glitches.   It is the
> first piece of software that allows someone to take a laptop to a gig and
> improvise with loops and realtime playing......very fucking hip!!!!
>
>     You can dowload a demo at www.ableton.com and, no,  I have no
> endorsement deal with this company (I can't even afford it at the moment
> ;-).  I just was impressed.
[snip]

Here's the link to the release announcement on Harmony Central, with a
screenshot.

http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2001/Live-10-Ships.html
and a second screenshot on the recent announcement they've released it for
Mac OS X:
http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2002/Live-OS-X-Update.html

Also, I am interested to get a look at this Native Instruments KONTAKT
software sampler when it's available.
http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM02/Content/Native_Instruments/PR/Kontakt.html
especially the "integrated loop editor" that is decribed as
"Samples can be trimmed and looped within the main sampler window. The
built-in graphical loop-editor features seamless looping with a
sophisticated autocorrelation algorithm and supports up to eight loops per
sample."
best,
Steve
burnett@pobox.com