Matt Donald
i'll help you get to grips with ableton, midi, hardware, live visuals or course design, or any mix of them
i'm Matt: a producer and live av performer who loves the messy, exciting place where ableton, hardware and visuals collide. i toured worldwide as a musician before moving into creative tech, and now i write for attack magazine, build max for live devices and web tools that real musicians use (tools by matt), and i'm a teenage engineering beta tester and mentor who has run product demos at events and designed educational content.
i also spent 13 years leading pedagogy, quality assurance and curriculum at nexus, and i've worked as an external examiner.
bring me a tangled midi rig, a te box you can't crack, a visuals idea that won't sync, or a course that needs sharpening, or all four. you'll leave with a clear fix and some momentum.
Services
your hardware and ableton working as one system. bring your rig, or the one you're planning, and we'll sort out how everything talks: midi and clock, audio in and out, routing inside live and out to external gear and back. works with synths, drum machines, samplers, grooveboxes, controllers and effects pedals. you'll leave with a setup that works, or a clear wiring and settings plan. bonus: i build custom max for live devices and touchdesigner visuals around hardware rigs, so if you want to go
get properly to grips with your te gear. tell me what you own and what you want from it, and i'll take you through it live. i cover workflow, hidden features and shortcuts, sequencing and sampling, and building a setup you actually play. you'll leave knowing how to use it, with a workflow to practise. bonus: i'm a te beta tester and mentor, and i've run product demos and designed educational content around the gear, so i know where people get stuck and h
get your audio and visuals talking to each other. bring your project, or the idea you can't get working, and we'll build or debug it together on screen. i cover audio analysis, triggering, osc/midi control, multi-output setups and keeping a rig stable at a gig. you'll leave with a working connection or a clear route to one. bonus: i've done this live, so i know what breaks on stage and how to avoid it. i also wrote the attack magazine tutorial on connecting the two.
