Smoking Kills (The Horrorist-Electrofied Mix) – Millimetric by thingstocome
Here’s a clip of a remix I just finished for Millimetric. I played it live in Stuttgart and it past the club test so it’s in his inbox. From a production standpoint your hearing Vermona DRM-1 drums through Izotope Trash, white noise crashes from a Yamaha CS5, the 90′s T99 or 80′s Vomito Negro sample is in an Ableton Simpler going through various Sugar Bytes Effectrix presets. My vocals are through a Shure KSM32 and Wavearts plug-ins.
“I’m a ELECTRONIC. ELECTROCHARGED. RUN RUN RUN RUN!!!!” – The Horrorist
For more info: millimetric.com
This entry was written by , posted on May 27, 2010 at 4:29 pm, filed under music and tagged ableton, analog, millimetric, remix, The Horrorist, Things to Come Records, Vermona, Vermona DRM-1, Vomito Negro, Yamaha CS5. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here’s a quick beginner tip that may save you from loosing a sound. If your using hardware and you want to remember what patch you are using label your Ableton clip with the same patch number! Some hardware will respond to a MIDI Program change. In Ableton double click a MIDI clip to enter Clip View and in the Notes section you will see Bank, Sub-Bank and Program. That’s where you can pick and save the corresponding hardware’s patch number.
When I used DR. T’s KCS and a Roland Juno-106 I would create a sound then slightly change it, save it over 16 patch locations and then have DR. T’s cycle through each patch using Program Change messages. With different filter settings saved in each Patch the Juno sounded like a more expensive synth. Imagine old school Depeche Mode arpeggio patterns with filters opening and closing. It was a pain to set up but worth it in the end.
Happy music making.
This entry was written by , posted on April 26, 2010 at 4:43 am, filed under Ableton Live, hardware, song writing and tagged ableton, Dr. T, Jomox, Jomox MBase, Juno-106, label, MBase, program change, roland. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’m sure there will be plenty of iPad to Ableton Apps however here’s a way to get going today. Check out more info on Ryan Noise here: ryannoise.com
“How to use APPLE IPAD to control Ableton Live wireless using “OSC, OSCulator, Touchosc and Python script.” – dripatlanta
A natural connection or will you wait for an iPad sequencer up to the task?
This entry was written by , posted on April 5, 2010 at 3:48 am, filed under Ableton Live, iPad and tagged ableton, Ableton Live, iPad, sequencer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Mr. Bill – Tutorial 2 : Making complex drumbeats using arpeggiators from Bill Day on Vimeo.
It’s interesting to peak into someone’s left brain meets right brain work flow. You can pick up a few Ableton tips and tricks in this video and see how pushing pixels turns into sound.
“So in this tutorial i have used Ableton’s Simpler, Arpeggiator and utility to create some complex beats out of simple ones. The idea here is you don’t have to program everything by hand if your more into the idea of chance music or your just lazy or want to control things in a different way!” – Bill Day
I never knew that dragging a audio selection onto a MIDI track would automatically create a Simpler with the audio set up. Did you learn anything new?
For more tutorial from Mr. Bill: mrbillstunes.net
This entry was written by , posted on March 31, 2010 at 3:49 am, filed under Ableton Live and tagged ableton, Ableton Live, arpeggiator, Bill Day, sequencer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Reverse Reverb from Rupert Brown on Vimeo.
I like these type of online music tech shows so I hope The DSP Project gains many episodes. I use this reverse reverb effect quite often. Sometimes I add a distortion unit after the reverb to really make the effect scream. Definitely check out my post: The Kick Boom, Thunderverb song writing element.
“In this episode I will show you how to create the reverse reverb effect in Ableton live (but technique can be used in any DAW) and put it into context by using it in a real project.” – Rupert Brown
Ever use this technique in your own productions?
This entry was written by , posted on February 12, 2010 at 8:59 am, filed under Ableton Live, song writing, sounds and tagged ableton, reverb, reverse reverb, Rupert Brown, sequencer, The DSP Project. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHSgMl8Zzu0
Take Ableton’s Session View and mirror it inside Serato’s digital turntable interface and you have what the two companies call “The Bridge”. Every month or so I power up Traktor and make a mix for the car/gym. Considering my Ableton Live addiction I think I’m going to have to give this a shot.
“Huston from Ableton and Nick from Serato go through The Bridge – a new technology allowing communication between Ableton Live 8 and Serato Scratch Live” – SeratoHQ
For more info: http://serato.com/thebridge
This entry was written by , posted on January 22, 2010 at 5:36 am, filed under Ableton Live and tagged ableton, Ableton Live, deejay, mix, Serato, Turntables. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
My all time top tip for getting a nice sound from Ableton Live (or any DAW) is to keep your channel faders low and the Master at 0db. I explain my reasoning in an older post from January 2008. You can read it and the great comments by: clicking here. A safety net or let’s say helper in keeping your Master at 0db is a Limiter. Luckily (finally!) they added a native Limiter to Ableton Live 8. I recommend saving your startup Template with the Limiter in place. How much headroom below 0db you should leave is questionable but mostly I just leave it at it’s default setting of -0.30 dB. I’m guessing Ableton set it there for a reason. Of course you can use Limiters to shape and pump your sound and for something like that I turn to other plug-ins like Wavearts FinalPlug ($199) or a hardware unit such as a Universal Audio 1176.
“The Limiter effect is a mastering-quality dynamic range processor that ensures that the output does not exceed a speci ed level. Limiter is ideal for use in the Master track, to prevent clipping. A limiter is essentially a compressor with an in nite ratio. To ensure that your nal output will never clip, place Limiter as the last device in the Master track’s device chain and keep your Master fader below 0 dB.” – Ableton Live 8 User Manual
For more Ableton tips and info: wiretotheear.com/category/ableton-live/
This entry was written by , posted on January 21, 2010 at 7:12 am, filed under Ableton Live, plug-ins and tagged ableton, Ableton Live, dB, limiter, Universal Audio, Wavearts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/v/eU5Dn-WaElI?hl=en_US&fs=1
I think it’s pretty interesting to see where the samples came from. This song also has one of the best music videos ever made attached to it.
“How to make Prodigy’s legendary track “Smack My Bitch Up” in Ableton. Video describes, which samples were used by Liam in this wonderful track.” – jimpavloff
Download the original song: click here (iTunes)
This entry was written by , posted on December 24, 2009 at 6:14 am, filed under Ableton Live, video and tagged ableton, samples, Smack My Bitch Up, The Prodigy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/v/yhfvzTivVLg?hl=en_US&fs=1
I’ve been watching Max for Live waiting for the patch that will make me buy and Schwarzonator made me do just that. Grid pattern making patches and hardware hacks don’t get me going as much as software that helps me create melodies. Schwarzonator was created by Berliner Henrik Schwarz and I am finding it very useful. I really love the random function! Check out the video above for what it can do.
“The Schwarzonator is a note twister. It’s all about helping musicians (or non-musicians) find the right notes and chords in real time. It turns one finger playing into chords that fit together well. Choose from a list of Chord Sets in a drop down menu. Then all notes you play on your keyboard will fit into the selected Chord Set.” – Henrik Schwarz (from Ableton’s website)
Get the Schwarzonator here: www.ableton.com/schwarzonator
This entry was written by , posted on December 21, 2009 at 6:45 am, filed under Ableton Live, song writing and tagged ableton, Ableton Live, Max for Live, patch, Schwarzonator. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF2TQ3s5FuY
Dubspot is school in New York City that trains DJ’s and electronic musicians. I’ve been to the facility for a few Ableton meetings and it was always interesting. Mike Hatsis gives us a run through on using Ableton reverbs and such in a Minimal track. I like how he says, “I like to think of it as the sound’s shadow.”.
“Dubspot Instructor, Michael Hatsis, shows how to add Space and Dimension to Minimal Techno style drums. Topics covered include using Drum Rack’s Send and Return tracks, as well as Creating and using a Plate and a Room style reverb in Ableton Live.” – dubspot.com
For more info: dubspot.com
This entry was written by , posted on November 9, 2009 at 6:00 am, filed under Ableton Live and tagged ableton, Ableton Live, Dubspot, reverb, tutorial. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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