well i suck at this. prob as clueless as it can get. i have the software. really haven't played around much with it yet. wanted to get a controller first. money is always an issue so wut do you think about the Evolution uc-33?! is there anything better out there?! and i have just gotten a Mac Book...wut els do i need? ex. sound card! the purpose is for djing for now :D production la8er.

TnX

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[quote=mazi;652834]well i suck at this. prob as clueless as it can get. i have the software. really haven't played around much with it yet. wanted to get a controller first. money is always an issue so wut do you think about the Evolution uc-33?! is there anything better out there?! and i have just gotten a Mac Book...wut els do i need? ex. sound card! the purpose is for djing for now :D production la8er.

TnX[/quote]

I ithink this site here will answer all of your questions better than any of us 8)

[url]www.abletonlivedj.com[/url]

It´s got a truckload of FAQ´s which should really help you out.;)

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sweeeeeet! tnx man

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i've got a m-audio oxygen 8 that I no longer need...you want me to bring it down with me?

be happy to show you a few things while i'm down there.

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datd be kewl man! :D:D:D

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you probably don't need any more suggestions so late after your post, but I can't heartily suggest a couple of things...

M-Audio's AXIOM 61 keyboard -- 61 keys (which was a lifesaver after using a 25 key unit for a while). The Axiom has semi-weighted keys which makes a big difference too.

Also, MOTU's Ultra-Lite. I use it a lot for running my monitors, recording vocals and it can also be used in conjunction with a regular DJ mixer as its got 4 stereo outs in the back. Plenty to feed your ableton tracks to a club mixer. Really stable too!

Don't know what mac version you've got, but you may find that you need a little app called "CoolBook" to solve some problems inherent in producing audio with some mac laptops. If you've getting any strange glitches, thats the solution.

peace...

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i just stared too, do i need that harware to make music? can someone point me out to start to know how to make a track even a beat or hit hats..

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Yo Digger, hey bro the best advice i can give you is to check out youtube and all the ableton videos on there. as they can teach you far more than just reading about it.

As for hardware, if you are using a mac, you shouldn't need a soundcard interface for a while, as they are already quite good. But in the future when you wanna do vocals and things of that sort, you'll wanna get you a nice firewire interface. I personally use the Presonus Firepod which is amazing. Even has class A preamps for each of the mic inputs.

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Does anyone use the built in card for djing out with?

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I wouldn't even know if you could do that. as you need something to cue with.

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[SIZE=2]Ideally yes. That's a very good point. [/SIZE]

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Yep a external sound card with a min of 2 stereo outputs is needed to dj. 1 output as the Master and 1 is for the cue...

As for control surface i'm buying this in the next few weeks.. [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nydOFGR3ZIA[/YOUTUBE]

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it's a killer piece of gear.

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learning...