The prior tips for freezing a track containing a sidechain device assume that you’re fine with the device being at the very end of the effect chain. For example, what if you’ve got a sidechained Compressor sitting before EQ and distortion? If you move the compressor out of the track, then add it back after […]
THE SIDECHAIN FREEZE, pt. 2
Once you’ve frozen a track that requires a sidechained effect, you’re faced with a decision. Do you need to keep the track frozen, or can it be flattened? If you’re prepared to flatten the track, it’s very simple. Flatten the track, then drag the sidechain device from the track you temporarily parked it in back […]
THE SIDECHAIN FREEZE
Special thanks to Francis Preve for suggesting this tip many months ago…if you’re not familiar with Francis, make sure to check him out. He makes great music and is a terrific educator – he’s the author of the Remixer’s Bible and countless articles for Keyboard magazine. If you’ve ever tried to freeze a track that […]
AUTOMATION EDITING: LOCK IT DOWN
One of the most frequently overlooked features of the Arrangement view is the Lock Envelopes switch: When activated, this switch locks automation to the timeline, instead of to the clip. With this switch enabled, you can make a copy of a clip… …without copying it’s automation. …or delete\replace a clip while leaving the automation in […]
AUTOMATION EDITING: CONFINING MOTION
When moving automation using this technique, you’ll sometimes find yourself accidentally moving the automation to the right and left. It’s nice that this is possible, but aggrivating when it’s not what you mean to do. To confine movement to up and down only, hold down Cmd(Mac) / Ctrl (PC) while dragging. Option/Alt is also used […]
AUTOMATION EDITING: MOVE IT AROUND
To save time during the production process, it helps to be a master of basic (and no-so-basic) automation editing. Let’s take a look at a few techniques for moving around chunks of automation. For example, to quickly adjust the volume for a single clip, highlight it first. Then, drag the automation line and it will […]
FACEBOOK EDITING: DELETING
It’s a sad fact of human nature: If you provide anything even remotely resembling a free service in this world, some folks develop a sense of entitlement to it and become incredibly rude if they think they are no longer getting the value they deserve/demand from you. I woke up this morning to this lovely […]
AUTOMATION EDITING: CLEAR AND PRESERVE
This is a good one. You might have never realized it, but when using the Clear Envelope command, the position of the insertion point determines what value the cleared envelope is set to. For example, let’s say you’re recording a performance and while you do you make a bunch of parameter tweaks to a synthesizer […]
AUTOMATION EDITING: SUPER MEGA DELETING
Live’s Global Record mode is great because it makes it so easy to capture a performance, but it’s also potentially aggrivating because it makes it so easy to record unecessary automation. It’s very common to have to go through and completely remove entire tracks of automation after recording an arrangment – fortunately there are a […]
AUTOMATION EDITING: DELETING
Whether or not you use multiple automation lanes, deleting automation is easy delete a chunk of automation, highlight it…. …and hit Cmd+Delete (Ctrl+Delete PC) If you’re editing the automation in a separate lane, then you just use Delete without the modifier key.
