Most people talk a good game but never act on their ambitions. My hats off to you for taking those steps and putting yourself out there. And look at what came of it: Pretty awesome! Great story
Thanks! I just found the original poster. This is REALLY EMBARRASSING and makes me cringe at myself, but... why the hell not... prior to great scott, it was DJ Essen
Hahahah, that's nuts. Awesome story. Awww yiss! I use it mostly for production, but I've spun a few sets with it. Most of my friends are Traktor dudes, but Ableton truly does it all. I feel typical, but I have an APC40 controller, when really, I should have a Push, since I'm mostly on the production side....was always an Ableton/laptop MIDI DJ...
Same. I've always made music over DJing, and I was never able to afford a real turntables. When I started, Ableton was on version 2 or 3, and Traktor had just come out. The first version of Traktor had a number of issues (e.g. the minimum bump in pitch increment was way too big)... so I ended up sticking w/ Ableton, and I used an M-Audio Ozone controller (a good # of years before the APC40 came out)... aaaand now I feel old.
Currently, I use a Livid Instruments CNTRL:R. You should check out the Livid stuff. To me it's gives a bit more control in Ableton (for live performance) over the Akai stuff. Plus, they're just a really cool company in general :)
That thing is sexy, I like your taste in controllers. I'm a sucker for plug-n-play functionality (hence, the APC), but it'd be good for me to get something and map it out customized. That CNTRL:R is a pretty penny though. I want a Push more than anything, but... $ame problem.Currently, I use a Livid Instruments CNTRL:R.