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Re: Ableton Live?
For looping with Mobius over pre-recorded backing tracks, Live is a good
choice. It might be overkill
but that's definitely one of its strengths. If you start the backing
tracks first, then want Mobius
to sync with that tempo you would use Sync Mode set to Host Beat or Host
Bar. With this
Mobius will automatically quantize the start and ending of a recording to
the beat/bar of
the host transport.
If you want to start by creating a Mobius loop and letting it set the
tempo for the backing tracks
that you trigger later, it's a bit more complicated. You would configure
Mobius to use Sync Mode
"Out" which causes it to send MIDI clocks. Then you use a MIDI loopback
device such as LoopBe
or MIDI Yoke to route those clocks back into Live and then configure Live
to slave to MIDI clocks.
Another option if your backing loop requirements are simple is to just run
Mobius standalone
and load the backing loops into Mobius tracks. Mobius will play them as
if they had
been recorded live, then you can use "track sync" to record other Mobius
tracks in sync
with the track containing the pre-recorded loop. If you want to switch
between several backing
loops you can create a Mobius "project" that loads the loops into
successive loop slots in
a track. Then set Switch Quantize to Loop then use one of the loop
trigger functions or
click on them to change. The current loop will play to the end then
switch to the other loop.
You can do some of the same things that Live does but it was not really
designed for this purpose
so if you have complex pre-recorded arrangements spread over multiple
loops in multiple tracks
then the Live UI will be better suited for that.
Jeff