What’s your render recreation?

Posted September 22nd, 2008 by Oliver Chesler
Filed Under: Ableton Live, song writing

What’s that plug-in? No that’s not the new Audio Damage Automaton. Notice the Ableton Render bar? What you see here is Quinn, the best Tetris clone ever made. I’m certainly not going to just going to sit and watch a lime yellow line go from left to right.

I used to jump online and catch up with my favorite blog or forum. However, today’s rendering is pretty quick and by the time I get to something worth reading it’s time to go back to music making. Quinn fits the the bill perfectly. I have it set up to start with a certain amount of “junk” or messy blocks. I try to get the screen to a point where there are no more holes before Ableton is done rendering. Quinn is free and barely takes up any CPU cycles.

Quinn is OS-X only: click here

So what do you do while your DAW renders?

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5 Responses to “What’s your render recreation?”
  1. Silviu Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 am

    I love Quinn, but once I start playing I kinda can’t stop. Doesn’t make it the best choice for an Ableton render distraction. I usually just make tea.

  2. Blinky Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    I miss pong on the JJOS for the MPC1000

  3. JD Says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 5:42 am

    I just leave the room , let my ears rest then go back and listen again on different monitors.

  4. amoeba Says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    rendering == smoke time.

    for some reason, i like the leave the machine alone during render. probably doesn’t matter, but it makes me feel better.

    plus, i like to smoke. unfortunately.

  5. Darren Says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    Tape Op!