When finishing a track, I’m working almost entirely in the Arrangement view, but there’s one reason I regularly return to the Session view: to check levels in the mix. Float your mouse over the top boundary of the Session view’s Mixer section. It will turn into a splitter tool. Click and drag upwards to expand […]
DJ EQ: TAREKITH’S TAKE
So, today I downloaded Tarekith’s DJ racks. He’s been at this a good long while, and gives out all sorts of good information on the Ableton forums, but I had never checked out his racks. Well, lo and behold there is a DJ EQ in there, conceptually very similar to what I’ve been talking about […]
DJ EQ: ADDING KILL SWITCHES
Another modification I’ve made to my DJ EQ is high and low kill switches. Let’s take a look at how it’s done. To get started, name two macros Lo Kill and Hi Kill: …and setup an unused filter on both EQ 8 devices like this: The frequency is the same as the Filters 1 & […]
DJ EQ: LESS BOOSTY, DIFFERENT
OK, I’m gonna do it: show you a different way to do the same thing I did in the last tip. I know it might seem gratuitous, but I think it’s useful from a process perspective – the better you get about thinking through this sort of problem, the cooler stuff you’ll make. Also, this […]
DJ EQ: LESS BOOSTY
So, I’ve got a few more things on my mind about Analog that I want to share, but I’m interrupting that stream of consciousness to bring you the latest update to my DJ EQ. (You’ll definitely want to read those tips and get the basic EQ rack put together before digging into this one.) My […]
BE SQUARE
Analog’s Shape menu offers four choices: sine, sawtooth, rectangle, and noise. Notice that I referred to the waveform highlighted above as “rectangle” rather than “square.” This is because this oscillator has adjustable pulse width. By default, the rectangle waveform is not configured to be a true square wave, instead it’s a wave that looks more […]
OPEN THE ENVELOPE
A lot of great synth sounds can be created with simple waveforms, filters and effects. Analog is a great synth to experiment with classic subtractive synthesis techniques. It may appear complex at first, but in a lot of ways it’s a fairly simple instrument. When Analog is loaded in its default state, you’ll hear a […]
ANALOG: 4 OSCILLATOR SYNTH
At first glance, Analog appears to be a simple two oscillator synthesizer: One important trick for getting really thick sounds out of this instrument is to take advantage of the Sub oscillators. The Sub is an extra oscillator that generates a note an octave below the main oscillator. To acess the Sub oscillator, first highlight […]
VOLUME AUTOMATION: UNSPEAKABLY EVIL
OK, a bit of an exaggeration perhaps. But here’s the thing: sometimes, as you’re producing a track there are spots where it’s important to automate the volume (fading parts in and out for example). The problem is that later on when it comes time to do a final mix, adjusting the level of tracks with […]
THE GO-ANYWHERE VOLUME CONTROL
Hello from Montreal! Banging out a couple of tips at the hotel (finally all caught up!), then it’s off to get my Mutek started with Mouse on Mars and Nathan Fake. Sweet. So: One problem with using a wet/dry rack to host a Ping Pong Delay is that you can’t control the level going into […]
