there is no prob reloading the synths, the problem is just that the project preset tool does not remember the settings of synth if the synth is deleted from the project and reloaded back again.
i do not do live djing, even if this is a secret passion i have.
i do live performances though in opera professsionaly. after 10 years working as a baritone i have to make passience in order to make my second debut as a tenor because this is finaly my voice, and because of professional choices and teaching mistakes i was guided wrongly to sing as a baritone just because there is dark colour in my voice. off topic but ok..... about ableton now, i do not think that scope is necessary for a live dj performance.
it is just a luxury for a dj and it can stand just on a laptop and a good card. but for me that i give the basis on scopes system i just have made a full asio communication.
about ableton i would reccomend bitstream3x as a controller.
ableton is a very clever program.
a nice configuration is the following.
bitstream has 8 sliders and 4 knobs above each slider to be assigned.
for a dj project i would load 8 audio channels in ableton, controlled by the 8 sliders.
now for each channel i have loaded 1 cutoff filter, 1 ping pong effect and 1 compressor.
i will describe the assignement of the 1st audio channel and the same must be done to the rest 7.
volume of the channel: bitstrams slider
amount of cutoff filter: 1st knob
rate of fase of cutoff filter: 2nd knob(vertically)
frequency of filter "x": 3rd knob (vertically again)
q of filter "y" 4th knob vertically again.
now the clever tips of ableton.
the top knob controls the amount of the cutoff filter as i said. you can set the on off switch of the filter on the same 1st knob, but on the left side with midi assignements values you must set it to 0 as off and 1 as on. therefore to the rest 127 steps of midi it will stay on, and only if you turn the amount fully left it will turn off.
you can even assigin a 3rd job an the same knob, this is very nice and i reccommend it for a try:
assign the ping pong effect of abletons host effects to be turned on when you turn fully right the amount knob of the filter and on the left side of abletons midi settings set it to be on from 126 to 127 midi which means that it will stay off during the whole movement of the knob and will be engaged only when you turn it fully clockwise right. very amazing.
if this will be done to all 8 channels it will be as i like it. there can be some changes offcurse according to your like.
in conclusion the top knobs of bitstream turn on and off the cutoff filter, control the amount of the filter and when are fully turned right engage an extra effect which in my case is ping pong effect.
"there is another more advanced option for the same first knob of each channel. to be set to engage even another filter just a little before ping pong for example: there can be a delay turned on from 120 to 126 and in the end of the knob 126 to 127 the ping pong, ..... and many more. but start if you like with just two filters at first and you will see"
now about the compressors, set it to make an effective job when the filters tend to blow the red leds and distort and let them off.
i hve set the keyboard keys 8 zxcvbnm, to turn on and off the compressor of each channel when needed.
i myself have made 5 times this configuration on big ableton empty project and midi channel 1 is used for the first 8 channels, and so on.............midi channel 2 for the 2nd 8 channels........................etc etc....
i use for sure and one group of 8 channels of ableton getting from synths from scope with the same filtering options.
