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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

LIVE STREAM 03. Track Walk Through: Desert Sound Colony – Mox Diamond

LIVE STREAM 03. Track Walk Through: Desert Sound Colony – Mox Diamond

Apr 19, 2020

Today I am going to be taking a look through the project file for my track Mox Diamond which came out on On Loop last November. We will go through each individual part. How I wrote it and how everything fits together. 

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

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 -...

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