This video takes you through nearly every aspect of the software, and shows off looping, scratching, Soundcloud integration, midi mapping, turntable effects, and vinyl support. downloadable now available!

A couple weekends ago I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at SF Music Hackday, and SF MusicTech Conference. One company featured heavily in new music technology is EchoNest – a company devoted to a music metadata API for developers. Echonest is one of the frontrunners in this new industry. You can use APIs… Read More

You may notice a lot of new business around Livetronica Studio (and a few “under construction” signs). A quick update to everyone (and thanks for the emails): 1 – Turntable filters – now you can map XY effects like the turntable filters to midi controller with a single touch. The filter you see is designed… Read More

When a DJ runs his hands across a turntable, he doesn’t think about the pitch he is aiming for, he just feels it.  Move your hand quicker and you get a higher pitch, pull the vinyl back at high speed and get that high pitched vinyl scream that has defined so many grooves. In this… Read More

As a real time instrument, it is important to be able to customize Livetronica control to allow you to set up midi control and keyboard shortcuts quickly and easily. Just completed for the new Livetronica release is a versatile system for mapping virtually every command at the click of a button. Just right click (or… Read More

Livetronica Studio just got a brand new drumset (complete with its own drummer). No really, every drum can now be easily programmed to play very precise beats, with as much or little variation as you desire. Start out by dragging the mouse across the probability matrix on the drum – altering the chance that the… Read More

Just a sneak peak at one of the newest features being developed for FlyLoops. The screenshot below shows the prototype for a type of equalizer that lets you draw your own filter envelope. The filter variables are mappable to Midi commands, or controllable with the mouse, allowing users to change the way loops are EQ’ed… Read More

Website traffic is up, and everyone is emailing. Thanks so much for the support and suggestions, keep em’ coming. Here is a quick summary of recent changes, and a look at some things to come: New features new turntable visualization modes vastly improved visualizer better project wide bpm shifting and grain adjust full support for… Read More

I worked the last few days at improving the visualizer features and getting a VST/AU standalone plugin version completed. Mapping is coming along nicely, which allows the user to map the variables of the visualization environment (color, rotation, movement) to what is happening musically (tempo, pitch, volume, turntable scratching). The plugin will be open source… Read More

Within FlyLoops is a real time audio data visualizer that displays a waveform based on the live input audio, plus any looping or turntable output. The goal of this display is to be a professional level visualizer for the audio as it is being performed. Recent improvements to the visualizer include the ability to alter… Read More