DESCRIPTION:
One of the greatest ways for me to be inspired is to try a new piece of gear, software or record in a way that is new to me. The trial and error of the creative process in an alien environment is exactly what gets my motor running.

I realized a few weeks ago that I had an old copy of Ableton Live Lite 8 that came with my Focusrite Saaffire Pro40. I see so many of my favorite artists using Ableton that I thought I'd give it a shot. So I loaded it up and dove in and found myself extremely inspired.

The clips I loaded into Launchpad were recorded by me into Ableton using the standard plug-ins that came with the program. I doctored them up at times with the stock effect plug-ins in the software. I added some out of the box hardware for various changes and parts.

I love Ableton! I have always been a Cubase user and always will be, but Ableton has some great features that just make performance a lot easier. I'll be doing a lot more with Ableton in the future.

Instruments used:
- Kurzweil K2000 V3
- Korg Volca Sample
- Korg Volca Keys
- Arturia Microbrute
- Loops were handled via the Novation Launchpad app
- an older iPad
- Alesis iO Dock.
- everything passed through a Mackie CR1604-VLZ and then into the Focusrite Saffire Pro40 before running into...
- Tascam DR-07 recorder.

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More links to my music on the internet:

https://soundcloud.com/mjseitz
https://www.reverbnation.com/markjamesseitz
http://noisetrade.com/markjamesseitz