Thanks for the kind words - I'm happy you enjoyed it! The original idea was to build it in Ableton (with ClyphX Pro), but I also wanted to make it accessible to people who don't have Ableton. Additionally, I wanted to build a custom user interface so that everything is specifically tailored to the piece. For that, I used Max/MSP (Cycling 74) to build a stand-alone application that anyone can download and run on their computer.

@@connorshafran Who I'd never even heard of Max, and love it! "A Playground for Invention" indeed! Will look into that more... coincidentally in my past life I invented another software named Max that was also a playground for invention... 3ds Max.

Motion-capture would also be an interesting way to do it, and also technically very challenging. Sounds expensive ;) Automation + click-track is more reliable and consistent.

@@connorshafran Oh, didn't think of motion-capture, that'd also be an interesting way, but yes: sounds expensive... Another way could be to position a camera from above, feed its stream into your computer, use image processing tools to detect the position of the hands and the edges of the table and convert that into Midi information to feed into the DAW, e.g. calculate the distance to the edges and have the left edge set to a min value and right edge to a max value etc. But, yeah, that's probably technically challenging to setup (and it has to be real-time). It would help to stick some post-its to the back of the hands such that tracking is easier ;) Another way could be to build a whole table equipped with sensors that are pressure-sensitive, like a giant midi controller. Just fantasizing...

@@Splines It's possible to use a camera from above, but it would need to have *very* consistent lighting conditions, and probably wouldn't be very reliable. Would also need some kind of external software to handle the pixel analysis, and then that data would need to be sent to the audio software, which would cause extra latency. But more importantly... mounting the camera above the player so that it doesn't move at all and doesn't distract from the performance - that would be the biggest challenge!

1. Make sure you have automation lock turned off. 2. The channels need to have exactly the same plugins. If the channel you're copying to has different plugins (even just slightly different), it won't copy correctly.

Thanks :) Yeah, I made a M4L device that sends DMX to the lights. Check out the Enttec USB-DMX adapter.

Sorry, no trials, because it's a M4L plugin. But there is a discounted option if money is tight.

Presonus Quantum 26x32 interface (thunderbolt). 128 samples buffer size. I have 6 ms round trip latency. Also, don't use any plugins that add latency.

Hey, thanks for the great questions! For the "reverse" effect, I automated an Ableton Reverb to turn on and freeze, as well as a low-pass filter & gain to make it sound like it's ramping up into the drop. I use both arrangement and session/clip view at the same time. :)

Mmm should give that a try :)