After almost a year scratchworx.com finally gave us a review and some awesome pictures of the Ohm64. While this was the first generation Ohm64 (powder coated not anodized faceplate, no countersunk screws, and numbered buttons) the review is good and the pictures are awesome.

“If you want a workhorse, something designed for a single job, such as an Ableton Live or Logic or Traktor controller, there are plenty of other things on the market. If, however, you find yourself and your creative urges heavily influenced by all that surrounds you and get inspiration from the rewards proffered from not only personalising and customising things until they’re uniquely yours, but, admittedly, overcoming the shortcomings of a device and truly learning your equipment, I cannot recommend the Ohm64 highly enough.”

You can read the full review here.

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Our very own product specialist Mike Abb shot a video recently of DJ/Producer Elliot Lipp explaining how he uses his Ohm64. Elliot’s live performance is centered around his Ohm64 and in this video he lets us in on some of his performance secrets using Ableton Live. After the tutorial there is a section of his live performance from a recent show in Austin, Texas that was filmed at Aces Lounge. What I particularly like about the performance video is how he uses the launchpad as a mouse of sorts for his live set.

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Steve at http://www.sjlighting.net/ contacted me because he wanted to control lighting software with the Ohm64. GrandMA on PC is odd, however, in that it doesn’t listen to MIDI CC messages, only notes. So I whipped up a simple CC-to-note converter so he could run the software with his Ohm64. He’s really happy now, and here’s his document that tells you how you can do it http://lividserver.com/dl/temp/GrandMA_Ohm64.pdf
(even though it is labled “confidential,” I have permission from Steve to post this!)

This post was submitted by Peter.

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I have just finished a beta of a comprehensive Remote mapping for Propellerhead’s Reason. “Remote” is Reason (and Record’s) method of integrating controllers into their software, and I have to say, it’s pretty cool once you have all the mappings done.
To be honest, I’ve always shied away from Reason in the past, since the interface seemed too closely tied to the analogy of “rack of hardware gear.” This seems to result in interfaces that are bound by a legacy of old hardware, rather than interfaces that took advantage of a computer’s speed and flexibility. I’ve always like the terse control offered by Max/MSP and the simplicity of MIDI learn in Ableton Live. However, now that I’ve spent a lot of time with Reason making this map for the Ohm64, I’ve come to really like it. Mostly what I like is that I now have full control of every device in the form of a consistent hardware interface, and I feel like I can really explore the sonic possibilities of Thor and Subtractor (for example), because I have a massive number of knobs, sliders, and buttons to control it with. This really opened up the possibilities with Reason, since there are some really fantastic sounding kits in there.
I’ve also taken advantage of their Remote SDK by doing a bit of programming that lets me create a “keyboard” on the Ohm64 that is, for the non-piano player, probably a lot better for getting ideas down. The keys are mapped to major or minor scales, and can be transposed at will. Take a look at the video, and you’ll quickly get an idea of what’s possible, then download the installer here:
http://www.vimeo.com/10620213

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Livid OHM64 v1.0 integration plugin for Ableton Live. 32×12 matrix for triggering clips a scenes. All sliders, knobs comunicate via Ableton APIs(Max4Live). No instant map, no midi learn assign. Led interaction with OHM64.

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