Ableton Quick Tips
Here a few quick tips and hidden features you can use to speed up your workflow in Ableton.
Ableton Quick Tips
Here a few quick tips and hidden features you can use to speed up your workflow in Ableton.
Welcome to the Classroom!
Great to see you guys here and can't wait to get started!
As you guys already know here are the timings for our classes:
Saturdays and Sundays, 6 PM onwards, starting on the 10th of July 2021.
I'll be posting links to our zoom sessions here as well as post class recordings for you guys to check out later.
The learning isn't just during these classes so if you have questions or just something you want to share post here anytime and lets talk!
Ask me anything!
Hey guys, I’m Nikhil and I’m your friendly neighborhood Ableton support guy. Apart from teaching, I’d love to help you with any questions you have on Ableton Live and music production in general!
Make sure to follow this thread on everything Ableton Live and Music Production -
So drop your questions below and let’s start talking!
Module 4 - Mixing your music and basic audio effects
Downloads & Resources :
Dawn’s Music theory video
Completed Project file - Module 4 Reference Project
Ableton Live 90 Day Trial download link
Module 3 - Introduction to sound design and designing your first sounds
Downloads & Resources :
Dawn’s Music theory video
Ableton’s learning synths website - https://learningsynths.ableton.com/
Completed Project file - Module 3 Reference Project
Ableton Live 90 Day Trial download link
Module 2 - Arranging, recording, and editing audio and midi signals
Downloads & Resources :
Dawn’s Music theory video
Completed Project file - Module 2 Reference Project
Ableton Live 90 Day Trial download link
Module 1 - Understanding Ableton Live and making your first song
Downloads & Resources :
Dawn’s Music theory video
Ableton’s learning synths website - https://learningsynths.ableton.com/
Completed Project File - Module 1 Reference Project
Ableton Live 90 Day Trial download link
Make your own drumkit
Hello! In this post, we'll be looking at a fun process of recording sounds at home and turning them into a great-sounding drum kit in Ableton Live.
Sampling opens up a lot of cool ways to music-making. One such idea is building our own drum kits! A typical drum beat is made up of kick, snare, and hi-hats. A great way to start off is to use these sounds as inspiration and find sounds around you to build your own kit.
Check out this beat that I’ve made using sounds captured at home!
Download the samples used in this rack
#1 find and capture cool sounds
Scout around your house, and make a list of things that sound percussive. Cardboard Boxes, crumbling paper, utensils, foodgrain jars, deodorant spray, leaky taps, squeaky drawers; Use your microphone, field recorder, or mobile phone to record those sounds. Watch the below clip to see what I did!
It helps to have a list and cross items off as you’re done recording them.
#2 assort the best takes
Bring these sounds to the DAW. Listen to the recordings, and Isolate the best takes as a separate clip. Label them for convenience.
#3 create a custom drum rack
Finally, drop these takes on to an empty drum rack!
Trim the start and end, Balance the volume, filter, or eq to shape the tone.
#4 glue them all together
Slap a compressor or drum buss on top of the drum rack, to glue the dynamics of different sounds together. Finally, we can save our drum rack as a preset and use them on future projects.
It’s a nice feeling to have your own sounds in your music. And don’t be disheartened if the drum kit doesn’t sound up to your expectations. You will only move forward as a producer, and your ear for recording and processing will only get better from here. Believe it!
If you've made your own drum kit, or have some music you made with it, feel free to share it with us. Also, do reply to this post if you have any questions or thoughts!