Today I’m going to write a little about Simpler, Live’s basic sample playback device. In particular, I’m going to clear up one common area of confusion: how to make sample playback velocity sensitive (so the harder you hit a drum pad or keyboard key, the louder the sample gets), and how to set this as […]
THE SOUNDS PROJECT
Since I spent the last couple of days talking about creating a hand-claps Instrument Rack, I thought I’d tell you a little bit about how I go about saving this sort of instrument as a preset. You may recall that I recently spent some time talking about effect presets and how I store them in […]
COLLECT FILES ON EXPORT
OK, so now that I’ve discussed the concept behind my Sounds Project, I’ll take you through some of the critical steps to get it set up right. First, create a Project folder. Right-click in one of the file browsers, and you’ll see the Create Project command to get things started. Next, create a few basic […]
GETTING AROUND ARRANGEMENTS
Often its the simple things that make me happy. Today, its a lovely little use for the arrow keys. Live makes navigating the Arrangement View a lot like navigating the words in a text document. Once you’ve placed the cursor in the timeline, you can move back and forth one grid line at a time […]
A FEW GOOD SAMPLES
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been discussing the use of a Sounds Project – a single location that contains all of your sounds be they presets or samples. The trick to having a usable Sounds Project is to understand that you don’t need a large number of sounds. instead, you need to have […]
SHAPE THOSE SOUNDS
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ONLY THE BEST
Since we’ve spent the last few days majorly tweaking a sample, I want to take a minute to remind you (and me!) that the purpose of selecting a small group of samples is to get up and running quickly when creativity strikes. Hopefully, you’re now feeling secure in the knowledge that it’s possible to shape […]
THE BEST PRESET EVER
OK folks. Here it is: That’s right. Operator in it’s default state is my favorite preset. When I need a sound fast to get an idea down, it’s almost always where I start. A few thoughts about why: It’s a freakin sine wave, with full sustain (meaning the note sustains as long as you hold […]
IN THE MIX
Over the last weeks, we’ve done a lot of sound design stuff so today I want to remind everyone (myself included) that the best way to tweak a sound to perfection is in the mix. In other words, sometimes you have to listen to a sound in isolation, but once you’ve got it in the […]
SAVE A COPY
This is a good one. Live has a few different options for saving: Save (save changes to the current version), Save As (save changes to a new file and open the new file) and Save A Copy (save changes to a new file, but keep the current file open). On a day to day basis, […]
