Ever had an excellent concept for a riff rattling round your head whilst you trip the bus or wait in line? Well, for those who use Ableton Live, there’s now a strategy to seize these busts of inspiration wherever you’re because of the brand new Note iOS app.
The title right here is vital. It’s not Ableton Live Mobile or Live Go or comparable. The “Note” concept is as a lot about noting issues down as it’s a reference to semiquavers. Think of it as a scratch pad for concepts on the go. Ideas that may then be seamlessly picked up in Ableton Live correct when you get to your PC.
Users of Ableton’s Live desktop DAW will acknowledge Note’s essential interface. It bears greater than a placing resemblance to Live’s “Session” view – itself a kind of sandbox for experimentation. In Note, you’ll be able to have as much as eight tracks every with as much as eight clips.
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For these not accustomed to Live or its Session View, every monitor may be thought of a musical half (drums, synth, vocal and so forth) and every “clip” represents a sequence or brief association utilizing that half. From there you’ll be able to construct out completely different collections of clips that type the premise for various components of a tune.
Note comes preloaded with 261 of synth presets, 56 drum kits, melodic samples and extra. Basically most issues you’ll want to put collectively a tune. Everything discovered within the app is a part of Ableton Live, too, which is what lets you export it to Live so simply.
That stated, you’re not restricted to the sounds included in Note. You have the power to pattern into the app by way of your cellphone’s microphone. The excellent news is, that features an exterior microphone and I used to be even in a position to pattern into the app by way of a synth with a 3.5mm-to-lightning adapter. All that ought to imply that is loads versatile in relation to sound palettes.
There’s a stunning quantity of depth of management, too. Beyond sampling, there are all of the important edit instruments like quantize, nudge and transpose. There are additionally two results slots and every of these can have its personal efficiency “automation” – for those who alter a filter over time, that efficiency is recorded into the clip.
While there are various apps on the market for making music, a real “DAW on a phone” is maybe a bit formidable. It seems like Ableton has received the steadiness proper right here, it’s acquainted, deep sufficient but in addition easy to make use of. Best of all, is the mixing with Ableton Live correct – one thing that’s clearly distinctive to Note.
In Note there’s a setting for Ableton Cloud. Activate this, and your present Note tasks will seem in Live’s browser on the desktop (offering that PC has an web connection in fact). This cloud performance is free, however restricted to 5 “ideas” or slots (which ought to be loads for many).
While cloud performance is free, the app is now. Note will value $6 (£5/€7) and it requires Live 11.2 and onwards for sharing tasks to the desktop.