Creative DJing Vol 1

Today’s creative DJ does so much more than just spin tracks. Alex Solano shows you how you can use Ableton Live, a AKAI Pro Rhythm Wolf, and a AKAI APCmkII to keep your beats live and your set exciting!

Videos

• Introduction (04:39) - Welcome to this series on DJ’ing with Ableton and AKAI Pro. This is a DJ set showing the capabilities of DJ’ing with Ableton.

• Ableton Configuration (06:52) - In this video we walk through the hardware configuration and latency settings necessary to use external hardware.

• Rhythm Wolf (10:54) - In this video we show you how to configure your external analog devices with Ableton to avoid tempo drift.

• APC40mkII (07:45) - In this video we show you how to setup the APC40mkII with Ableton 9 and give you a quick tour of its features.

• Session Mix (07:48) - In this video we walk through how to drag in clips and loops and trigger them in the Session View.

• DJ Effects (07:42) - In this video we explore the possibilities of DJ’ing with the Ableton effects racks.

• The DJ Set Explained (08:56) - We circle around to the beginning DJ set but this time walking you through the workflow of using Ableton with AKAI hardware.