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Creating A Custom Slice Preset And How To Warp And Slice Up A Break

Creating A Custom Slice Preset And How To Warp And Slice Up A Break

May 6, 2020

Today I am going to go through the process of warping and slicing up a drum break so you can play all it's sections on a sampler. I will also show you how to create a custom slice preset so that your sample plays just how you want. Creating The Slice Preset 1. Insert a new Drum Rack 2. Insert a Simpler onto one of the empty pads 3. Open Macro controls for that Sampler by clicking on the first black circle with a little dial on it just below the yellow circle that turns that drum rack on and...

LIVE STREAM 05. – Writing A Banger Live With You All

LIVE STREAM 05. – Writing A Banger Live With You All

May 3, 2020

In today's session I am going to start a new track from scratch and work on it for 45 minutes or so. Then we can have a chat about what I've done and I can answer any questions.   I am going to try and incorporate some sounds and samples that you lovely people suggested on Instagram.   Feel free to chime in with suggestions in the chat room throughout and I will use them if I think they will work. In a way this is going to be like a big group collaboration :D  Super duper fun times!

Creating A Template To Start Your Tracks

Creating A Template To Start Your Tracks

Apr 29, 2020

This is how I build the template that I start all my tracks with. I guarantee it will make your life a million percent easier and will help you stay in a flow state when you're writing your music. ------------------ - Start by inserting a ‘Drum Rack’ and calling it Kicks - Search through your samples and find a variety of different kick sounds. Drum racks can take .adg files as well so you could add in the 808 kick pre made sampler in Ableton for example. - Add those to your kicks drum rack by dragging the samples onto...

LIVE STREAM 04. – Track Walk Through – Aunt Wendy’s Wedding In Wales

LIVE STREAM 04. – Track Walk Through – Aunt Wendy’s Wedding In Wales

Apr 26, 2020

Sorry about the technicals with the stream earlier. This one at 5pm should be more stable I hope! Today I am going to be taking a look through the project file for my track Aunt Wendy's Wedding In Wales which came out on Holding Hands in 2018. You can click on the reminder button on the Youtube video to get an alert when the stream starts and you can ask questions in the comments box before the stream starts if you wish as well. Catch you on the stream!

Where Do You Get The Bass Lines? Part 1

Where Do You Get The Bass Lines? Part 1

Apr 22, 2020

The number one question I get asked by producers is without a doubt, "where do you get the bass lines?"  Well in todays video I will take a look at bass lines from three of my tracks.  This is a part 1 and I will continue to look at various bass lines in detail as I make more videos. The tracks that I looked at in this video were: Pompey Cruiser - Holding Hands Control Yourself - Rhythm Section The Bruce - Holding Hands

Echo + Shaper: Tutorial On Ableton

Echo + Shaper: Tutorial On Ableton

Apr 17, 2020

In this video I will show you how to use the Max 4 Live plugin Shaper to map all sorts of interesting LFOs to Echo which in turn will create some crazy modulation on a simple bass line.   I hope you enjoy it and go and make some mental sounds yourself after you watch it. If you have any questions about the video then please comment below and I will get back to you. Waveform Screenshot Mapping Screenshot

LIVE STREAM 02. – Preparing a Track for Mix Down

LIVE STREAM 02. – Preparing a Track for Mix Down

Apr 15, 2020

In this video I go through my process for getting a track ready to mix down. I explain why I choose to keep my writing and mix down projects separate form each other and why I prefer to mix just using audio. Why prepare a mix this way rather than just mix as you go? - When you mix as you go you get excited about adding in more parts and you forget to methodically mix each element.- You often end up just fighting fires. Fixing one element and then realising that it’s messed up another. - Mixing from stems...

Ableton Tips And Tricks Part 1

Apr 15, 2020

[You will be directed to FB to catch this one, as not possible to embed here ;-)] Heya folks, Got some Ableton goodies here for you to check out. Phat Beats. Armageddon On The Streets1. 2-step beat with no swing.- Add tambourine loop- Have a default channel strip saved with an EQ with a low cut already on it to save time.- I also have my default midi channel with a sampler and an EQ on it. 2. Add swing from the groove pool- Try some various options from the 16s 3. Add some random velocity from MIDI Effects -...

LIVE STREAM 01. Mix Down Walk Through – Desert Sound Colony – Pompey Cruiser

LIVE STREAM 01. Mix Down Walk Through – Desert Sound Colony – Pompey Cruiser

Apr 15, 2020

In this video I go step by step through the processes that I used to mix down my track Pompey Cruiser that came out on Holding Hands last month. I cover EQ, compression, distortion, creating an interesting stereo image, tape emulation and much more. Here's a general guide to making your way through a mix down Before you start make sure you have watched my video on getting a track ready to mix. - On Logic Pro increase size of the waveforms with “Waveform Zoom” - All tracks should have a compressor and then an EQ on them. - I...

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