The Auto Filter rack that we started yesterday needs another feature: auto-bypass. In other words, when the knob is rotated hard left, the Auto Filter device should be turned off completely so there’s no low cut at all. To do this, we’re going to map the on/off switch in the upper left hand corner of […]
BI-MODE FILTER
We’re almost done with the design of the filter rack we started two days ago – a few more steps, then we can move on to getting it mapped to a MIDI controller and rocking it on a gig. You see, I’m not happy with a one-knob high pass filter – I want it to […]
BUTTON THAT KNOB!
Hey everyone – occasionally I’m going to ask you for support of some sort to help keep the Live tips coming. Today, I’m asking that people help Haitian earthquake survivors. Even if our donations are small, if everyone helps it really adds up. The link above is to the aid organization started by Wyclef Jean. […]
ABLETON LIVE: GUITAR FX BOX
Since friday night, I’ve gotten a bunch of questions about the live setup that I posted a picture of. So today I figured I’d briefly talk through it and give you a sense of how I’m using Live when I’m playing guitar. Essentially, the setup is based around using Live as an effects box and […]
HIDE THE VELOCITY LANE
I really like MIDI editing in Live. Over time, I’ve developed a workflow for programming MIDI that is faster and smoother than I’ve ever achieved in any other environment. I create a lot of parts by drawing them directly into the MIDI editor. In fact, I’ve made entire songs without ever touching a MIDI controller. […]
OK FINE, SHOW THE VELOCITY LANE
Of course, as with any proposed Best Practice, there are always going to be exceptions. When editing velocity for certain types of parts, the velocity lane may be just the thing. For example, let’s take a simple hi-hat part. Assume you want to create a velocity curve that moves up and down with slight variations […]
DUPE THAT LOOP
Since I’ve been talking about the MIDI editor for the last two days, I’m going to take this opportunity to answer a question that a reader asked about the best way to duplicate loops during MIDI editing. When programming parts, it’s very common to start with a 1 bar loop to get the basic feel, […]
START IN THE ARRANGEMENT VIEW`
Today I’m working on a couple of remixes so I’m dealing with a bunch of stems (individual parts from another song). Since these files are each the full length of the song, getting them ready to work with in Live requires a different approach then starting off with loops – namely, starting off in the […]
START IN THE SESSION VIEW
For most of us, the production process begins in the Session view. Even in the remix/stems context that I was talking about yesterday, a good chunk of my work – creating new MIDI parts and editing audio loops – is going to happen in the Session view. So, it may seem like I’m stating the […]
RETURN OF THE SESSION VIEW
So, as I was saying yesterday, after I’ve laid out the basic arrangement of a track I return to the Session view for all sorts of things. In particular, I love being able to listen to my song play back while I compose new loops against it. For example, while the song is playing […]
