One Month Left to Remix Christopher Willits - Free Stems and Prizes There's still time to get your submission together for Christopher Willits' Remix Project. For this competition, Christopher has shared 121 free stems from the recording of his album, Tiger Flower Circle Sun. Download the stems and enter a remix by February 1 for a chance to win a boxed copy ...
Konkreet Labs' Oblique, new Max for Live Synth with Integrated iPad Control Konkreet Labs - the makers of the unique iPad OSC controller app, Konkreet Performer - have introduced Oblique, a new free Max for Live synthesizer. Designed to integrate easily with Konkreet Performer, Oblique is an experimental synth capable of a wide range of sounds, and controlled via OSC messages. Check ...
ElastiC ReCorder - new Max for Live Device for Looping, Timestretching and Shifting Ableton Certified Trainer Eduardo Dominguez has shared his new Max for Live device, ElastiC Recorder, with us. The free device works as an audio effect in Live, and can be used to loop, timestretch, reverse and pitch-shift incoming audio. Check it out for yourself in the video below: Grab ElastiC ...
A Guide to Variation in Beat Repeat from MacProVideo's Mo Volans In his latest short tutorial for MacProVideo's The Hub, Instructor Mo Volans looks at the Beat Repeat effect. Follow the tutorial for a demonstration on how to make the best of the variation control, and get your sequence just as varied as you want it. Full tutorial at MacProVideo's The ...
Tutorials Tracks Interact 4, with the Vocoder We've been thoroughly enjoying Berkleemusic.com instructor Loudon Stearns' "Tracks Interact" series - and from the feedback we've seen on Facebook, Twitter and Google+, so have many of you! Loudon continues his series with the following video, which tackles Ableton Live's Vocoder. Learn how to bring out the sibilants ("s" and ...
Dummy Clips with Quantize Courses If you've read about Ableton Live on forums or other communities, you've probably heard "dummy clips" mentioned before. But what are they - and how can they help you make music in Live? In his latest tutorial video, Ableton Certified Trainer and Quantize Courses instructor Keith Mills presents a rundown ...
Sasha on Retro Synths 1980s We recently released Retro Synths 1980s, a new Partner Instrument from Puremagnetik featuring a collection of classic synthesizer sounds. DJ/Producer Sasha checked it out and shared his thoughts with us: "Retro Synths 1980s has some amazing pads, grimy leads and FM bells that easily contend with the original classics in ...
Tutorials Upward Bus Compression - "Tracks Interact" Part 3 from Loudon Stearns Berklee Music instructor Loudon Stearns continues his "Tracks Interact" series with part 3 - focusing on upward bus compression. Upward compression is somewhat uncommon for dynamics processing, but when done right it can be just what a track needs to sit better. In this video, Loudon demonstrates upward compression using ...
Auto Pan as a chopper effect and more, from Liveschool You've probably used Auto Pan for stereo effects in Ableton Live, but did you know that it can also be used for chopping effects and even cutting between two tracks? In this tutorial, Certified Trainer and Liveschool Instructor Adam Maggs shows you how to make the most out of Auto ...
Artists Shea Rose: Growing with Live For Shea Rose, Ableton Live is an instrument for many occasions - from cutting up tracks for a mixtape, to remixing her own sampled vocals, to triggering sounds when playing with her band. We recently spoke with Shea about her music and Live - check out the full profile, featuring ...
Ho Ho House - Christmas sound design from Point Blank's Danny J Lewis Point Blank instructor Danny J Lewis presents a special treat for the holiday season: a turorial with free samples for turning Christmas sounds into beats! Check out the video below, then grab the samples for free at the Point Blank Blog.
New Ableton Live control template for SSL Nucleus We're longtime fans of Solid State Logic - a top-of-the-line name for mixing desks, interfaces and other audio hardware. We're therefore pleased to announce a new Ableton Live template from our friends at SSL, for their Nucleus control console. This new template tightly connects the feature sets of both the ...
Tutorials Loudon Stearns' "Tracks Interact" continues with Auto Filter Last time we heard from berkleemusic.com instructor Loudon Stearns, he introduced a new video series on Ableton Live with a look at the nuts and bolts of sidechain compression. In Part 2 of Loudon's Tracks Interact series, he demonstrates how to add some timbral variation to sounds in Live with ...
Anatomy of a Drum Beat with Dubspot's Pat Cupo One of the best ways to step up your beat production is to study some classics. In this tutorial, Dubspot instructor Pat Cupo looks at ?uestlove's drum beat for The Roots' classic "You Got Me", and dissects it down to the hit. Check out the tutorial and find out how ...
The Uncanny Sequencer - new Max for Live device Ableton Certified Trainer Julie Bayle, aka Protofuse, has shown his veteran Max patching skills in a variety of Max for Live devices. His latest, The Uncanny Sequencer, has a few interesting tricks up its sleeve. Initially designed for Julien's live performances, the device features eight channels of probability-based sequencing. Check ...
Make a Dub Siren in Live with Point Blank's Jonny Miller While it's named after Dub, you've probably heard a Dub Siren used in all kinds of music and DJ sets. In this video, Point Blank instructor Jonny Miller demos a hardware dub siren, and then shows how to make one in Ableton Live using Analog, Overdrive and Ping Pong Delay. ...
