San Francisco- You know that the team here is super hype on all things music tech related, so when we saw a post from Dubspot talking about using Mac OSX Automator to fire up different things in Ableton, we had to see what was up.

While the article itself is pretty interesting, the thing that jumped out at us was a slick looking IOS app called Griid.

While we haven’t had a chance to play with this yet (if any of you have, please let us know what you think!), the concepts behind this application are interesting and look like they could play a major part in anyone’s Live setup.

Griid is comprised of 3 primary modules (descriptions taken from Liine’s website):

1. Miixer
   • “Miixer introduces track based navigation: any fader on any track in any combination. Options include ultra-fine resolution and volume limiting.”
   • Features:
     • Track based navigation: choose any fader on any track.
     • Miixer button: show/hide all faders.
     • Support for the maximum number of sends in Ableton Live.
     • Variable precision fading.
     • Option to limit volume at 0dB.
     • Absolute or relative touch mode for all faders.
     • Fader size matches zooming in clip grid.
     • Stereo Loudness Indicators on each track.

Tutorial Video for Miixer:


2. Cliip
   • “The Cliip step sequencer module allows you to create and edit Ableton Live MIDI clips directly on the iPad or iPhone screen.”
   • Features:
     • Piano roll with zoomable keyboard and timeline.
     • Percussive mode for short notes and Melodic mode with two finger note length gesture.
     • Snap and fine modes. Snap note position (or note end) to the grid, or use fine mode to add some groove.
     • Drag up the velocity lane and add dynamics to your music.
     • Copy and paste functions allow you to copy the contents of one clip to another.
     • Duplicate function allows you to duplicate and extend the current loop (e.g. to copy a loop 4 times so that you can add a variation on the 4th loop).
     • Clear all.
     • Remotely create new MIDI clip.
     • Hide/show velocity panel with toggle.
     • Note names shown on all white keys.

Tutorial Video for Cliip:


3. Griid
   • “The core Griid clip launcher module is the most fluid and reliable clip grid controller for Ableton Live. If you want the best controller on the market for launching clips, you need Ableton on your mind and Griid on your iPad.”
   • Features:
     • 11 x 11 clip grid in landscape; 8 x 16 in portrait on iPad.
       
     • 6 x 6 clip grid in landscape; 4 x 8 in portrait on iPhone and iPod Touch.
     • Fluid clip and scene launching and stopping.
     • Full clip information: name, color, playing status, loop/one-shot position.
     • Track names, scene names and scene colors.
     • Smooth inertia scrolling.
     • Whole Live set Overview mode. Move anywhere with a tap.
     • Tap track header to show playing clip.
     • Group track support.
     • Clip grid independently zoomable in track and scene dimensions.
     • Large font mode.
     • Enable/disable scene launching.
     • Dedicated safe space for scrolling in the scene area.
     • BPM scene names highlighting.