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MultiTracks For "Throne of Praise" by Phillips, Craig & Dean Now Available!

"Throne of Praise," the latest radio single by Phillips, Craig & Dean from the album, Above It All, is a powerful worship anthem full of exaltation for the Savior.  Dan Dean, shares, "The idea behind 'Throne of Praise' is that with our actions, our words, and our worship, we create a place of honor for God to sit and dwell. We’ve all witnessed that in our churches on a Sunday. Nothing special about the building or the place we come together, even the day of the week, but it’s when God’s people come together. And in a spirit of community, we get to lift Him and exalt him. Although he already has a throne He dwells on, Revelation tells us, we create this place for Him to come and occupy and it’s one of reverence and respect and honor."

Controlling Lyrics and Video with Ableton Live

A large amount of churches use a Lyric Presentation software called ProPresenter. Renewed Vision the makers for ProPresenter created a Module for ProPresenter that allows you to control lyrics, videos, and other items via MIDI. This is a great solution for churches that don’t have a large production staff (or any) and churches looking for a well run service without distractions. Below are a few links to videos and posts you can share with churches that are interested in expanding beyond using Ableton Live just for running MultiTracks. We'll have more content like this coming soon from our time at Sweetwater as well as a public version of this post soon!

FREE Templates for Ableton Live and ProPresenter

Share the links to these templates with your Customers-they'll thank you for it!

Controlling Lights with Ableton Live

  http://www.sweetwater.com/insync/running-tracks-in-ableton-while-controlling-lights-lyrics-video/  

Can I Control my Light Board with Ableton Live?

I get this question very often. A lot of churches that have been running MultiTracks and feel like they have that down-are very interesting in using Ableton Live to control other gear, like lights, lyrics, and videos. This isn't a large church only thing either. This benefits small churches substantially-perhaps even more then large churches. We have video content coming from our training time at Sweetwater that will include videos you can share with customers. We'll also make a form of what you see here available in public form along with those videos. So the short answer to that question: Yes, it’s very likely. Here’s a few ways to control lights and if Ableton supports that control. DMX DMX is the standard lights accept for control from a lighting console. If you cut out the “middle-man” and want to control lights directly from Ableton, you can use the Enntec DMX-IS to program and control lights directly from with-in Ableton Live in a plugin format. This is a great solution for churches looking for a simple, one machine based solution for MultiTracks and lighting control. SMPTE Time Code SMPTE is the “industry standard” for time-line based automation. Lights are programmed in a console (or software lighting control) on a time line and audio is sent from a control program that sends information like  Hour, Minute, Second, Frame to cue specific lights at a specific point in time. Live doesn’t natively output SMPTE but you can use a solution like http://elteesee.pehrhovey.net to generate a Striped SMPTE audio track. You can load this file into Ableton Live and send it via an audio output of your interface into the LTC (Linear Time Code) input on your Console MIDI Time Code MIDI Time Code (MTC) is essentially a MIDI version of SMPTE. It’s a linear based programming solution. The benefit of this solution is that it’s based on MIDI so you can send it wirelessly or virtually between machines. Using a free Max 4 Live Plugin (Great reason for upgrade to Ableton Live Suite) called LiveMTC you can generate MIDI Time Code information from Ableton Live MIDI Show Control MIDI Show Control (MSC) allows you to call up cues in the console/software using a Cuelist/Cue format and a message like a GO message. A typical MSC message would be be GO to Cue 31 in Cuelist 4. Live can’t natively send MSC but you can use a program like Q-lab or Bome’s MIDI Translator to convert MIDI notes to MSC. MIDI Notes/CC Some lighting consoles/Software accept MIDI Notes or MIDI CC to remotely trigger presets, cues in the lighting console. You can create MIDI notes/CC natively on clips in Ableton Live. Have more questions? Contact Will Directly-will@multitracks.com. Thanks!

iOS 8.3 Update for Playback Intro & Playback Pro

After spending the day testing Playback Intro & Playback Pro on iOS 8.3, we’ve found some fairly large bugs that cause issues with the app. This update causes the track faders to become stuck and un-responsive. The update also seems to affect the function of the Auto-Fade button.

New MultiTracks from Lauren Daigle

Lauren Daigle has just released her first full-length album, How Can It Be, following up on her EP by the same name that debuted last year.  Her hope for this new album is that it would help people draw closer to God.  “There’s a continuing theme on this record—trust,” Lauren says. “My heart’s cry is that people feel empowered as a body of Christ. It’s just heavy on my heart for all of us to rise up in unity and recognize the goodness of God. My hope is that people are empowered by knowing who they belong to, knowing that they are the son or daughter of God, and in response to that being able to worship fully, worship with complete abandon.”

MultiTracks Now Available from Fellowship Creative

Alive In Us is the brand new EP from Fellowship Creative, a collective of artists whose heart is to engage people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through their creative ministry. Recorded earlier this year at the C3 2015 Conference, this new release features four new songs that promote worship and a closer relationship with Jesus. "We’re striving for every ounce of songwriting and artistic expression to point people to who Jesus is and who we are to Him," said lead worshiper, Derric Bonnot. "The whole EP is a journey of the never ending truths of God's love and promises."

New MultiTracks from Hillsong UNITED - Touch The Sky

"My heart beating, my soul breathing. I found my life when I laid it down. Upward falling, spirit soaring. I touch the sky... when my knees hit the ground." The lyrics of Hillsong UNITED's brand new song, "Touch The Sky," speak of coming to a place of surrender and there, encountering God.  It is the first single from UNITED's upcoming album, Empires, which is set to be released at the end of May. Many of you have requested it and we are excited to announce that the MultiTracks are now available!
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