Device Details
Device Overview
| Name/Version: | Companion 1.0 |  |
| Author: | CompanionMaker | |
| Description: | Companion is a M4L-device that lets you play your dj-set easily and creatively using just a launchpad and your mouse-turned-xy-pad. You can scrub through your clips, set cue points on them and fire them all perfectly in time while crossfading between tracks, controlling their effects and adjusting the tempo, all on one single surface, without ever changing the user mode of your launchpad or clicking a mouse (moving the mouse around can be fun though). Colored buttons give you visual feedback over what's happening all the time, and, using the shift-button, you can access a second function in most of them. To get started, you can either use the DJDecks-template and customize it to your liking or build your own version from scratch - all buttons are assignable to all of Companion's functions. Because of the programmer's preference for simplicity over vinyl-style-techniques, companion sets live's quantization to "1 Bar" and its time signature to 4/4. Through this, all cue points automatically set to the 1 of the bar they're in and start on the next 1 in the arrangement when their buttons are pressed, fired clips start on the next 1 or, if stopped, end there. This loss in cueing possibilities gains you time when you need it: between things starting and things stopping. Wherever you want to drop from in the middle of your FX-buildup, just push the button and it will be in time, except of course it is your one track in an odd signature. You are going to need a Novation Launchpad. A soundcard with at least 4 audio outputs is recommended. You can get the DJDecks Preset (an .alp-file) at http://bit.ly/SBKxDf or the device alone at http://bit.ly/PeLmCA Watch it in action: http://bit.ly/Symdnw Get in contact via twitter.com/companionmaker www.facebook.com/CompanionForLaunchpad |
Device Details
| Downloads: | 860 |
| Tags | dj |
| Live Version Used: | 8.3 |
| Max Version Used: | 5.1.9 |
| Date Added: | Oct 05 2012 10:54:16 |
| Date Last Updated: | Oct 22 2012 02:56:07 |
| Average Rating | -n/a- |
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| Device Type: | midi_device |
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| License (more info): | None |
Device Files
| Device File: | Companion 1.amxd |
Comments
| I now updated the device so it works with older versions (tested with 5.1.7) too. Fixed problem: Javascript LiveAPI Objects worked slightly different. Couldn't fix: Device has to be iniatialized manually by clicking the little red circle because there is no live.thisdevice object in 5.1.7. Ideas will be appreciated. |
Posted on October 22 2012 by CompanionMaker (report) |
| could you explain how do you set this up,so it shows up on my launchpad?? |
Posted on December 10 2013 by SubbaseDnB (report) |
| Did you watch the videos? For specific problems, I'm gonna answer the facebook message you sent me. |
Posted on December 10 2013 by CompanionMaker (report) |
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A user contacted me with severe problems (like in "didn't even start to work"). Please let me know if you experience the same or similar; Comments here, on the Youtube videos, my facebook or twitter page will all be read and dealt with.
I want to make this work for you.
Greetings, Michael