CEMi Rig Creating a Live Performance and Production Tool By Carlos Emilio Llerena Who is Carlos Emilio? The Saxophonist The Electronic Music Producer CEMi How to bring my two musical sides closer? Creating a Rig Characteristics of the Rig • Interconnectivity • Portability • Ease of Use/Comfort • Live Sampling • Sound Effects • Hardware based • Efficiency The Set Up Main Tools + OP-1 Synth/Sampler Saxophone The Saxophone Sax Frequency Analysis Source: University New South Wales Transforming the Sax • Extended Technique • Sampling and processing on OP-1 • Using combination of FX’s • Wahmmy (Pitch Shifter) + Hall of Fame (Reverb) + Flashback (Delay) • Creating FX racks on Ableton Softstep 2 • • Fully Programable MIDI foot controller LED Feedback • Lightweight • Pressure, position sensitive pads Programming the Softstep as a pedalboard MIDI thru USB to Ableton Stop Looper Reverb MultiDelay Purpose Loop button FX1 On/Off FX2 Stop Looper On/Off FX1 Dry/Wet FX2 Dry/Wet MultiPurpose Loop button LED FEEDBACK for Looper Device Other Tools • Personal main DAW • Allows creative ways of Audio and MIDI routing • Live Performance friendly • Low Latency native plug-ins • Ableton Push Ableton Push 2 • Perfect for Ableton use off laptop • Best pad sensitivity for performance • Quick to input drum patterns Ableton Template MIDI & AUDIO ROUTING LOOPER FX RACK • Audio from “Looper 1” can be sent to OP-1 for sampling. • By using alternate outputs there’s control over when to start sampling. • MIDI routings allow expressive OP-1 control through MIDI keyboard or Push 2 The OP-1 •Main hardware device •Synthesizer and Sampler •4-Track Tape emulation •Creative Effects •Cool looking synth and extremely portable CE.Sounds The Web Store www.cesounds.weebly.com Conclusions • Succesful integration • New skills acquired • Is it really useful and efficient? • Applications • What’s next