On the first day of the Loop weekend, we uploadedone sample(by UK producer Flora Yin-Wong) and challenged music makers worldwide to make a 90 second piece that would then be listened to and discussed at a live-streamed Loop event. The catch: the Loop event would take place the followin...
Ableton is easily one of the most popular DAWs in the music production industry today. If you’re getting started with making music, you likely want to know how to learn Ableton. Fortunately, after years of development, theDAWhas become more and more intuitive and easy to use. But that do...
Looping originated with tape experiments in the 50s. It’s called looping because back then the two ends of a section of analog tape would spliced together to form a literal closed loop. It’s called looping because back then the two ends of a section of analog tape would spliced together ...
on the note C#1, draw in a MIDI note for the kick drum on 1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4. Repeat the MIDI note pattern in every bar to create the kick drum loop. Play on the MIDI clip, and you should see the kick drum playing from the second audio track...
Collecting IRs can be tricky business - to learn more about it, we interviewed Ableton sound designers Matt Jackson and Christian Kleine. “For pro work in the field,” says Matt, “it’s best to a) work at night when there is the littlest street noise possible; b) use really good sig...
So how do you actually find the notes? If you have a great musical ear, you might be able to find them by yourself. But for the rest of us, there’s modern technology 😅 Many modern DAWs will have an audio-to-MIDI function. In FL Studio, double-click on your sample to open up...
The same goes for the playlist (i.e. where your song or loop plays). You can assign each sound to a track in the timeline, or you can put patterns wherever the heck you want: In FL Studio, pretty much everything is moveable. ...
How to chop samples in Ableton using Ableton Simpler Firstly, let’s talk about the different methods of sample slicing in Ableton. We’re going to focus on “beatslicing” and “manualslicing“. The sample you’re planning on manipulating more often than not dictates the slicing method you’...
Through the rest of the course, you’ll learn much more, including adding more chord layers, adding an arp synth part (using the sequencer), adding vocal chops (from a loop, also demonstrating how to change the pitch of a sample), arranging the song (deciding which parts go where, etc...
Perhaps there’s an awesome little synth line you could loop and filter? Or maybe there’s a vocal line that you’d like to hear more of… try cutting and pasting it in new spaces in the track. Be as creative as you like, and don’t be afraid to chop things really short – ...