Ableton and Beatseeker

HMVMike · Nov 29th 2015

Anyone using Beatseeker for Ableton with their backing tracks in a live situation? Looked at backing tracks a year or so back and my drummer's not a click track fan from a groove perspective so it got shelved but this seems like the perfect solution.

Would be interested in any practical experiences...

HMVMike · Nov 29th 2015

Here it is in action....

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Ingolf · Nov 30th 2015

If tis works it will be a dream come true.
I think I tried one of its predecessors a few years ago and couldn't get it to work then, but then there was no Max 4 Live.

I also tried the Human Synchronizer by http://www.adiginvention.com/product.php
but it didn't work properly.

Will try beatseeker because for this price it's a steal.

HMVMike · Nov 30th 2015

I'm going to try it out later. My drummer's pretty robotic when it comes to timing but picking up small fluctuations and removing the need for a click would be amazing. It'll be interesting to see how much of the kit being mic'd makes it most effective and how much, if at all, other band "noise" throws it off.

Ingolf · Nov 30th 2015

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I'm going to try it out later. My drummer's pretty robotic when it comes to timing but picking up small fluctuations and removing the need for a click would be amazing. It'll be interesting to see how much of the kit being mic'd makes it most effective and how much, if at all, other band "noise" throws it off.

It has been said in the Ableton forums that a not too distant overhead should work well.

HMVMike · Nov 30th 2015

I'm kind of hoping I can do it off a bass drum and snare. The snare mic should pick up the hats too but if an overhead is the solution, so be it. Might actually be nice for in ears as we rarely mic the kit.

Ingolf · Nov 30th 2015

I will try this soon.

HMVMike · Nov 30th 2015

Going to run a test this evening with some isolated drum tracks as an input so I'll let you know how I get on!

HMVMike · Nov 30th 2015

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only a quick test but it can keep up with Keith Moon apparently!

Ingolf · Nov 30th 2015

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only a quick test but it can keep up with Keith Moon apparently!

That's so great. Thank you.
I'm impressed how steady Keith's playing is in this example.
In my perception he was more the loose drummer.

HMVMike · Dec 1st 2015

I did another test with Bonzo too and it tracked him ok too. I found that giving it a starter for 10 eg. Set the BPM roughly around the target to start of with made it a lot more accurate. I'll do some more tests this week to see how best to run it in a live setting.

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