Live Track Walkthrough – Birds Fly Dry
Live track walkthrough of my tune Birds Fly Dry that was released on Holding Hands on the Tickle Me Pink EP
Granulator Plus Beat Repeat
This is a sweet trick for getting either random bits of FX that you can sprinkle across your tracks or even get enough elements to create a main motif. It's all about freestyling and then picking the best bits that you've recorded. Go wild on those knobs!
How A Compressor Works
This week's video is on one of the most important aspects of music production. Compression. It took me a long time to properly understand it but it's actually not that complex. I think I was just afraid of it. - It’s a dynamic shaping tool like a limiter or maximiser - Think about how much variation you could have with a singer - The ‘dynamic range’ is the difference between quietist and the loudest part of the performance - You can control the peaks with a compressor - Instead of using automation to turn it down you can use a...
Live Stream 14. Let’s Write A Banger – Track 3 – ODA
It's time for the weekly banger. Gonna dip our toes into the bucket of slam slime and hope to come out with some magic slam jam powers.
How To Finish A Track Part 2 – Capture And Insert Scene / Creating An Arrangement in Session View
In the second part of the How To Finish A Track series I explain how I use the Session View and Capture And Insert Scene command in Ableton to create my arrangements.
Live Stream 13. Let’s Mix A Banger Part 2 – The Gobbler
Round two on the mix down of The Gobbler. Hopefully we should be able to get it all finished off tonight!
Warping Bass Tutorial
Wanna warp the hell out of a bass? I know I do. Here's one way to go about it on Ableton. 1. Add Operator 2. Play in one note for 2 bars 3. Add Saturator and turn up the drive 4. Add Amp, switch it to bass and crank up the gain 5. Add Overdrive and find a sweet spot with some more distortion 6. Add Echo and set the delays to Time and then set them very short. Around 30 ms. Up the input and set the feedback to about 30%. It should be adding an interesting metallic chorus...
Live Stream 12. Let’s Mix A Banger – The Gobbler
After last week's writing session I have gone away and finished the writing and arranging. This week we will have a run over what I've done to the track and then start a live mix down.
How To Make A Reese Bass
Created originally by Kevin Saunderson under the alias Reese in his 1988 track “Just Want Another Chance” which was sampled by Renegade & Ray Keith in their 1994 track “Terrorist”. It has gone on to basically mean any sustained gnarly bass sound and can be heard in tons of dnb, speed garage and all sorts of other genres. Insert Wavetable 1. In Osc 1 stick with the basic shape and bring it all the way to the top for a full square wave 2. Set the effect mode to Classic and set the PW to 66% 3. Turn on the...
Live Stream 11. Let’s Write A Banger – Track 2
I'm putting on my brave face and breaking out the fresh project again. It's banger time.