DESCRIPTION:
Introducing "Video Sampling", where video is sampled just as audio would be, and combined with a live performance. In this set, I use an Akai MPD24 to trigger video samples and VST instruments in Ableton Live 9. The sliders and knobs are mapped to different volumes and effects, allowing me full control over the performance.

Video sampling, in depth:
I use the clip launcher/session view in Ableton to launch small chops/pieces of video clips. These clips are mapped to the pads on my MPD. When I record my performance in to arrangement view, the video tracks are recorded as I had played them, and I am able to render the video alongside the audio with everything synced up automatically.

Equipment List:
Ableton Live 9
Akai MPD24
U-He Diva VST
Tone2 Gladiator VST

Shot with a Canon 5d MkII
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro

Videos Sampled:
LaBlogotheque: Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1tbX_NJn98
Nina Simone - Go to Hell (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RGiV46pHQ8
Bill Cosby - Jazz Beatbox (from S6E16)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tfGRJMveU

Videos used are rights of their respectful owners. No copyright infringement intended.

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