The different warps modes in Ableton provide an incredible amount of versatility and creativity when it comes to working with audio. Beats mode is a great place to start. You can use transients and segments of your sample combined with different loop modes to create stutter effects, shorten the transients of drum loops and much more.
This is an essential mix down technique for absolutely everyone to get their heads around. It's very simple and incredibly effective. You use a frequency analyser to pin point the nasty resonant frequencies and then use a notch filter to remove them. Smooth mixes here we come!
This one came out on Holding Hands a couple of years back. It's all about a shifting repeated synth line with tons of automation. One for mind benders...
Free Download: https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/time... edit: Sorry I thought it was free but realised after posting the video that it is actually not. The whole pack costs £39. My bad! TimeSting is a killer sequence generator from Skinnerbox. It's a Max 4 Live free download and well worth picking up. It generates acid midi sequences and can be used as a jumping off point for all sorts of wicked bass lines and melodies. Sorry for the less than ideal audio from my mic. I've just moved back to our flat as I mentioned in the video and my studio has become the...
It's time to let our free from expressionist out. Go crazy on the keyboard and somehow in the process we will come up with some freaky little bass lines.
This weeks tutorial is on the art of parallel compression. This is a subtle but very effective tool for adding some compression to your track without losing any of the dynamics of the original sound. Essential stuff for any producer.
This video is all about streeeettttcccching out a vocal using the warp function in Ableton. Perfect for creating tons of tension in a break down before a big drop.
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. This week we should be putting the finishing touches on the arrangement.
Why is it that some tracks written at the same BPM seem to be so much faster than others? This is a common problem that producers find themselves dealing with. I've certainly been there myself. I am in a club and I play a new track that I've written and it just seems so much slower than the rest of the tracks in my set. What is going on? In this tutorial I go through a few different examples of slow and fast sounding beats and explain why they seem so different. Hopefully you speed freaks should be able to...
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.
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