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...
In this video I am going to show you how to create a sidechained reverb rack on Ableton and then how you can go crazy with the reverb tail to create a lazer style rhythm. 1. Add Reverb 2. Create Rack (cmd+G) 3. Show chain list (little yellow toggle on the left side of the rack 4. Duplicate the chain 5. On the second chain delete the reverb and rename that chain “dry”. Call the original chain ‘Wet’ 6. On the reverb that’s left on the Wet chain set it to 100% wet and increase the decay time to...
In this video I will go over the basics of Wavetable in Ableton and show you how to create a Boards Of Canada style bell synth. Through creating this patch you will get a good basic understanding of how the Wavetable works and just how crazy versatile it is! Hope you enjoy.
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
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