Meet The Ambassador – Ableton Live MIDI Controller

Aux Armes, a DJ/VJ from Austin, Texas, recently put the finishing touches on his handmade Ambassador Ableton Live controller. The one-off uses arcade game quality buttons, an aluminum top panel and a custom wood chassis, and looks pretty pro, save for the computer mouse that looks like it was glued on as an afterthought. Aux Armes claims that the Ambassador uses “all key commands through a custom driver to handle playback,...

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Drumming, Sampling, Jamming Robot

We know, we know, what’s up with all the music robot action on It’s A Beta World this week? Well, we think it’s pretty cool, and we are FutureMusic fer chrissakes! Anywhoo, Let’s Make Robots is showcasing their new drumming robot, which plays on any object it finds worth playing. The robot then samples itself with the built-in microphone, and then – get this! – plays a new complementary riff,...

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