For the love of god people, please let’s print some stems, OK? For any of you new to this newfangled studio lingo, printing stems means taking a multi-track session and rendering an individual audio file for each track or submixes of tracks (i.e. Drums, Vocals, Guitars, etc.). Uses for stems are myriad: remixing, mixing in […]
AFTER THE GLITCH
So, you’ve gotten the Warp Engine to do some wacky stuff, but you’re now left with a loop that’s either at a tempo that’s completely wrong, or perhaps you’ve pitched the thing up so far that it now sounds like the percussion section for a munchkin opera. The trick here is to take your mangled […]
PITCH UP TO GLITCH UP
So, now that I’ve gotten myself going on the transient loops and envelopes, I can’t stop myself…if you’re just tuning in, I’d suggest reading the last two days tips first. Yesterday I suggested that you slow down the playback of a loop in order to hear what the various Transient Loop Modes do, but in […]
TRANSIENT LOOP MODE: WICKED GLITCHA
Hopefully yesterday’s tip inspired you to experiment a bit with the Transient Envelope. Today we’ll take it a little further by digging into the Transient Loop Modes. With some material, switching between the various Transient Loop Modes may not seem to have much effect. In particular, when you play a drum loop back at it’s […]
TRANSIENT ENVELOPE: WICKED GATE
One of my favorite features introduced in Live 8 has been the revamped warp engine, and the introduction of Transients mode for warping Beats. This mode has some great creative potential, so it’s well worth taking some time to understand and explore it. Live used to always use a straight division of the beat to […]
THE NAME GAME, pt 2.
And now the thrilling conclusion of yesterday’s tip by my first guest tipster, Chris Buono! Within the confines of Ableton Live there’s more to the name game than just track identification. As you may already know, the Master track contains Scene Launchers. These slots can be renamed easily with the same steps used for track naming. Naming […]
THE NAME GAME, pt. 1
Hey folks! Today’s tip is from guest tipster Chris Buono. Chris Buono has been an Ableton zealot since Live 4 and has worked with the likes of Moldover, Elijah B Torn, Karsh Kale and many others. Recently Chris and Elijah B Torn along with Jon Francis Lucow formed the improv trio, trillions, et al. Chris’ […]
FREQUENCY SHIFTER: SUBTLE MODULATOR
If you’ve played with the Frequency Shifter at all, you’ve probably gotten the impression that it’s one of the more aggressive sound mangling devices that comes with Live. Well, that’s true. However, I’ve recently become a fan of using it like a chorus to produce stereo modulation effects. Try setting it up something like this: […]
ORGANIZE YOUR PRESETS, pt. 2
My personal approach to preset organization is to keep all of my presets in a folder outside the Live library. In my Mac’s “Music” folder, I keep a folder called Presets: When I want to save a preset into this folder, I skip using the Save switch entirely and use drag-and-drop instead. Just grab the […]
ORGANIZE YOUR PRESETS, pt. 1
The only issue with saving presets as described in yesterday’s tip is that Live decides for you where the preset shows up in the browser, and if you’re like me you might want a bit more control over how things are organized. First off, be aware that right-clicking on a device allows you to use […]
