Oliver Sommermann
ohz.bsky.social
Oliver Sommermann
@ohz.bsky.social
I work on Ableton Note and make beats
Changing the pitch of all individual drum hits independently of each other, on a range of 96 semitones, could be time consuming, fiddly and uninspiring. Or it can be like this.
February 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This MIDI is editing workflow is getting really good, if I may say so myself.
We've just released Ableton Note 1.3b7 to TestFlight with more improvements to last week's MIDI Editor overhaul. We overhauled the action menus to make more use of the space in full screen mode but also brought more additions to the smaller editor.
February 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In most consumer tech, “smart” means “complicated .”
Come to think, “smart” usually has the connotation “not obvious.” Everyday tech should feel obvious.
And if it’s somehow “smart”, it should explain itself. Instead, most “smart” tech needs smart users, or smart experts to explain it to them.
December 17, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Reposted by Oliver Sommermann
Bsky is being flooded with German speaking AI powered bots.
A thread on why this is important, ultimately making all social media is unusable. #deutschland #trolls #AI #election

1/ What happened? All these responses to a @zeit.de post have something in common (spoiler: they are not real):
December 7, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Reposted by Oliver Sommermann
We just released a new beta of #ableton Note with improvements to the MIDI Editor! Grab it now via TestFlight!
December 4, 2024 at 9:33 AM
@figma.com just published this wonderful article from my team mate Pablo, about the design philosophy behind Ableton Note and pushing past the obvious. A refreshing reminder to not get swept up in the design fashion of the day.
November 27, 2024 at 9:18 AM