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
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Interconnectivity

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Portability

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Ease of Use/Comfort

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Live Sampling

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Sound Effects

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Hardware based

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Efficiency

The Set Up

Main Tools

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OP-1 Synth/Sampler

Saxophone

The Saxophone

Sax Frequency Analysis

Source: University New South Wales

Transforming the Sax
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Extended Technique

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Sampling and processing on OP-1

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Using combination of FX’s

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Wahmmy (Pitch Shifter) + Hall of Fame (Reverb) +
Flashback (Delay)

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Creating FX racks on Ableton

Softstep 2
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Fully Programable MIDI
foot controller
LED Feedback

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Lightweight

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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

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Personal main DAW

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Allows creative ways of Audio
and MIDI routing

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Live Performance friendly

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Low Latency native plug-ins

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Ableton Push

Ableton Push 2
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Perfect for Ableton use off
laptop

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Best pad sensitivity for
performance

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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