Interested in taking your studio-based compositions and turning them into live performance ready tracks? Timo Preece is here with some helpful workflow and layout suggestions. Programs like Ableton Live have made it easier to take an idea, improvise with it … Continue reading
Author Archives: GravityTerminal
Sonic Structures Real-Time Video Performance
An improvised performance project for the MSc Sound Design department at the University of Edinburgh. A small group of three of us built our own MAX/MSP instruments and performed to a video entitled ’Chromatic Hues’ by Joseph Tagg. … Continue reading
Relocating to Berlin…
Big news. GravityTerminal is in the process of relocating to Berlin. It’s been an exciting 2 weeks exploring the city. Moving forward, looking for new opportunities to perform, run workshops, offer my consulting and production services and collaborate here in … Continue reading
Electroacoustic Composition
A short excerpt from an electroacoustic composition I’m composing for my sound design course at the University of Edinburgh.
Brainstorming custom Live performance setups
A recent article I wrote for AskAudio Magazine about brainstorming and creating custom Live performance setups. Cables? Laptop? Check. So, you may have the gear, but have you planned the actual performance itself? Ableton Certified Trainer, Timo Preece, shares his … Continue reading
Support Unsound the documentary!!!
Important for anyone creative trying to make a living in these times, a much needed documentary… Unsound!!! Please help support my good friend Count in his final push to fund this project. Share and spread the word. The film Unsound … Continue reading
GravityTerminal releases new single Rain_Searching
GravityTerminal (Timo Preece) has collaborated with the talented singer Arae to produce a new two song single, Rain and Searching. These arrangements blend the perfect union of sonic expression by invoking delicate intertwining vocals, beautifully haunting melodies and dark soundscapes … Continue reading
Ableton Live 9 Tutorial: Automation with Push
Timo Preece (Ableton Certified Trainer) aka Gravity Terminal demonstrates how to use the new clip-based automation feature in Ableton 9 using the Ableton Push controller to record, overwrite and edit automation data.
NI Maschine and Live 9 integration
Native Instruments has been quick on the draw getting updated templates out for the recently released Ableton Live 9. Some very nice features for Maschine owners wanting to control Live’s clips, scenes, devices, track controls, etc. From what I’ve been … Continue reading
How to make and perform a track using new features in Ableton Live 9
Excerpt from an AES workshop…Ableton Certified Instructor Timo Preece explores Ableton Live and teaches how to build a song from the ground up Live 9’s new features. How to make and perform a track in Ableton Live 9 with Timo … Continue reading