July 26, 2012 Welcome back to Live & Direct for more inside tips and tricks in Ableton Live. This week we’re going to talk about creating DJ mixes with Live. One of Live’s great advantages over other audio software is its ability to function as production and performance software. Creating DJ mixes is a [...]
July 19, 2012 This week we’re going to talk a bit about workflow and discuss how you work affects your creativity. In a previous column I talked about ‘finding your style’ to help you focus your creative energy in a productive manner. This article will be an extension of this, showcasing how you can set [...]
July 12, 2012 Hello! Once again we are here to learn about Ableton Live. This week we’re going to cover a specific sound design idea; big boomy pitched kick drums. I’ve come across several different tutorials that cover this exact topic, but when I started creating it myself I found that I used a different [...]
July 5, 2012 Hello! We’re back again with more Live & Direct. This week we’re going to be covering how to sync multiple computers running Ableton Live. I will be covering all the necessary steps to sync two MacBooks running Live, but the process will be the same for PC users (albeit with the [...]
June 28, 2012 We’re back again with another instalment of Live & Direct. So far, all of these articles have been showcasing various instruments and effects that I assembled and use in my Live sets. These have all been quite idiosyncratic, but serve to highlight the many sonic possibilities when working in Live. In [...]
June 21, 2012 Hello. We’re back with another instalment of Live & Direct. This week we’re going to wrap up the LP Synth by covering all of the instrument voices. So far, we’ve covered dummy clips, pitch control, chord structures and arpeggios, now we’ll explore how they all come together to make music! The instruments [...]
June 13, 2012 Hello all. In this week’s episode of Live & Direct we’ll be continuing our exploration of the LP Synth. We’ve already covered dummy clips, pitch control and chord structures, now we’re going to go over arpeggios. So far, you’ve seen the LP Synth evolve from single-note dummy MIDI clips to a [...]
June 7, 2012 Hello again. In this weeks column, we’re going to dive deeper into the LP Synth instrument, exploring some of the harmonic elements that make it unique. I’m going to be covering a bit of music theory in this one, so hold on to your caps. In a previous article I covered the [...]
May 31, 2012 We’re back again with more Ableton Live tips and tricks. In this article we’ll start exploring another instrument that I have created for production and live performance. The Novation Launchpad is an essential part of my setup and I use it quite extensively in the studio and on stage. I like [...]
May 14, 2012 Welcome back to another installment of Live & Direct. This week we’ll be looking at an auto-play percussion instrument that utilizes several different Live tools. The purpose of this instrument is to provide a background rhythmic layer to complement a main drum beat. The goal when creating it was to produce [...]
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