Ableton Live

Ableton Live’s Analog: A Synthesizer Tutorial. April 10, 2010 by Ryan Ableton’s Analog synthesizer (introduced in version 7) is an attempt to recreate the vintage sounds of yesterday.

Featuring 2 alias free oscillators, 4 Waveforms (sine, sawtooth, rectangle and white noise), two independent multi band filters, 2 syncable LFOs, and a range of other features, Analog easily stands up next to its hardware counterparts. The Basics Of Synthesis Every analog synthesizer generates its sounds from an oscillator, the most basic type being a sine wave. All Of This Hertz My Head! All sound is made up of vibration. An example of a sine wave. 1 cycle is reached once the wave has reached its lowest point, its highest point, then back to the lowest. A guitar string being plucked will vibrate thousands of (cycles) times per second. Sounds range from about 20Hz to 20,000Hz. Some common sounds you can associate with on the frequency spectrum. Here is what a pure sine wave played by Ableton’s Operator Synth at 440Hz. Ableton Live Tutorial: Learning Operator with Faux M.A.N.D.Y. – Booka Shade Sounds. You’ve seen the splashy “sound just like –” headlines in various music magazines.

But imitation is, after all, an essential form of musical development. Something magical happens as you try to imitate something – you begin to hear it differently. Sometimes you wind up nailing something exactly, and in the process discover how you might make your own, unique sounds. And sometimes, the process of translation falls apart, and instead of an imitation you go somewhere else altogether. Dubstep Talking Wobble Bass: Ableton Live Video Tutorial ~ Operator. SOS Tutorials, Techniques & Workshops. Previous 100 Ableton LIVE NOTES workshops Groove Mechanics.

Ableton Live: Drum Rack + Impulse. Ableton Live: Effect Rack Tricks. Ableton Live: Stacking Synths. Ableton Production Tutorials - The Best Ableton Live Video Tutorials. 10 Of The Best Ableton Live Tutorial Videos. May 12, 2010.

17 Amazing Ableton Live Tutorials. Ableton Live is a DAW that's not only good at producing music, but it's also useful when you're playing live.

It's available for both PCs and Macs, so just about anyone can use the software. One of Live's unique features is its session view. This is a non-linear grid for recording and playing your music ideas in any order. The program can deal with MIDI and audio, supports VST instruments, and has great looping features.

It is flexible for musicians, and loved by DJs. The program was first released in 2001, and version 8 came out in April of this year. This article was previously published on the AudioJungle blog. Last week’s article covered Live’s history and features. 10 ways to triple your productivity & make more music. 12 ways to triple your productivity & make more music Whether you are gearing up for a new year & reflecting on the accomplishments of last year or your catching yourself in the middle of the calendar year with less productivity than you would like, I want to share some techniques that should really help to step up your game.

In all honesty, I’m naturally a pretty lazy guy. At times I sleep too much, fill up my time with nonsense and completely close off to creative endeavors. All that I have accomplished has been in the face of heavy motivational challenges. Believe me when I say that if you are running into motivations issues, I’ve certainly been there. Russian bloke Jim Pavloff re-creates voodoo people in Live 8 — abletontrainer.com. Ableton Live, Tips and Tricks, Max For Live, Live Packs. 30 Tips for Ableton Live Everyone Should Know, with Live Master Thavius Beck [Tips, Videos] Thavius Beck live in Los Angeles playing the legendary Low End Theory party, in 2009.

Whadayaknow, Ableton users? Whether you’re an existing user or considering it for the first time, this month online school Dubspot is giving away 30 video lessons on using the software, free, through the end of June only. So, I turned to my friend Thavius Beck (Plug Research Records), LA-based producer and rapper, and master instructor, to make something exclusively for CDM to add a little more free knowledge. If you are playing with Ableton for the first time, you can unlock the 30-day free trial and give it a shot. 365 Ableton Live Tips. The Master Set of Ableton Live Tutorials. First and foremost I'd like to apologize for the stagnation of posts as of late.

There was way too much on my plate and I was simultaneously hit with some personal issues I had to figure out. I had to do some major prioritizing with a very important new job as well as new mixing & mastering clients. Ze Sound Suite is in its infancy so unfortunately it got pushed to the back burner while I got all these other responsibilities under control. I really love teaching and love sound even more, creating this blog is a dream that has manifested itself into reality no matter how small it is. Creative Reverb Techniques in Ableton Live - Ableton Live. You are probably used to creating your beats, bass and synth sounds, then creating a reverb bus channel, and applying some of that reverb effect to your individual instruments.

Sure, this is a nice way to create a room effect that is coherent amongst your instruments and sounds, but what about using some creative techniques with reverb? I am going to show you how to use reverb a little differently to create interesting processing effects with your tracks. I will be using Ableton, but these same principles can be applied in other DAWs as well. Step 1 – Side-chain Reverb An interesting effect is to create that side-chain “pumping effect” with the reverb. Next I have created a MIDI Track (Shift-Command-T), and loaded up the Pad-Bowed-Square preset (Instruments > Instrument Rack > Synth Pad) under the Live Library. Dreamscapes 3 for Ableton Live - Togeo Studios. Ableton Live 8 Manual. 2 Min. Ableton Tip #3: Routing for Live Looping. When I started using Ableton Live, one of the first things I wanted to learn how to do was live, on the fly looping.

The following video shows one way you can accomplish just that. Because Ableton allows you to route any track to any other track, it is pretty easy to set up. In the video example, I have a midi track with an instrument on it (PS that instrument will be available soon!). The instrument is routed to four different audio tracks. To do this, simply select the instrument track in the “audio from” field on all four audio tracks.

You are not limited to simply routing just one instrument to four tracks; you could just as easily set up multiple virtual synths and live instruments in the same manner.