OK, this tip is for all of you who are already up on sidechain techniques – particularly using sidechain compression on your bass track, keyed to the kick drum. What I’ve discovered is that, at times it’s useful to use sidechained filtering instead. Take a look at the following setup: If this Auto filter is […]
UNDERSTAND THE ENVELOPE
One of the most misunderstood features of the Auto Filter is the Envelope section. I’m gonna show you a couple of fun things to do with it, but first you’ve gotta know how it works. The Envelope section is used to detect the volume of the incoming signal and use it to control the filter’s […]
WHY SCRUB?
In my case, the reason to use the Clip Scrub control as described yesterday is to save space in the Session view. In an earlier tip, I talked about breaking a song into 4 clips to have unique launch points for performance. The problem with having every song broken down into 4 clips is my […]
THE OTHER NUDGE
A number of weeks back, I wrote a couple of tips about using the Clip Nudge controls to navigate within your clips during a gig. (see: The Big Nudge and The Little Nudge) What I didn’t mention is the extra mappable area that appears in between the nudge controls when you’re in the MIDI map (see […]
DRAG AND SWAP
If you’ve gotten into using a Sounds Project or a non-library location for storing your presets, you may have found that using hot-swap is not entirely smooth because Live directs the browser to the default preset location, leaving you to locate your custom preset folder manually. That’s why I drag and drop instead. To replace a […]
RACK SWAP
It never totally made sense to me that Live lets you “swap” a rack using the hot-swap button. Since racks contain other devices, it always seemed a bit odd. I thought of swapping as traditional preset loading: once you’ve picked the device, you can try out some presets for it. Swapping out a rack means […]
GO WITH WHAT YOU KNOW
At the end of my workshop today, the question came up – what’s the best way to get started DJing with Live? If you’re experienced as a DJ, but you’re just getting started using Live as a DJ platform, the answer is clear: use as much of your existing skills as possible, and get Live […]
INTERFACE REFLECTIONS
So, I wanted to know who feels strongly enough about their portable audio interface to say that they love it. My experience is that most peoples feelings on this subject could be summed up with “meh.” For the most part, this is how I’ve felt about it as well. I’ve owned a few of the […]
INTERFACE POLL RESULTS
We pause from our regularly scheduled tips to bring you the results of a highly unscientific audio interface poll! Question: “Who LOVES their portable audio interface? What kind is it?” The winner is a tie, with the Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 and the Motu Ultralite both receiving 5 votes. Here’s the full rundown of […]
FLIP IT, DUB IT
So far, we’ve just been looking at ways to use the crossfader-effects trick with pre-fader sends. You can also have some fun crossfading to return tracks when using a default post-fader send. Remember, the difference between using pre-fader (Send A) and post-fader (Send B), is that when using the post-fader send, the source signal will […]
