Read -How to Use Ableton Drum Racks Once you have sample pads that trigger sounds, it’s time to actually find (or create) the sounds you’ll use to play your finger drums. This collection of sounds is what’s called your drum rack, a minimum of 16 sounds mapped to the 16 sample p...
We’ll get to that in a moment. With Studio One 5 Prime, you can record, produce, and mix in their intuitive single-window work environment. It comes with drag and drop functionality, and multi-touch support as well. In that sense, they take after Waveform a little bit. You get ...
2. Listen to a wide range of music Read - Music Discovery: 6 Ways to Find New Music in 2024 One of the most underrated steps of learning how to make music is also the easiest—listening. Put on music you already know and love, but listen to it in a more detailed way than usual....
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...
This article is designed to give you a basic framework for making house music, but at the end of the day, you still need to put it into practice. But how can I practice? Simple. Open up your DAW, make a new project (or open an existing idea) and follow along with this article. ...
a SM7B [microphone], or often I'll just record to a click on my iPhone and AirDrop it to my computer to drop into the session. I think of it like a blueprint, so I'll put in a synth part that might be a placeholder and a bass part. When it comes to actually making the ...
Have a dedicated folder and drop each sample pack you get into the top level of the folder. Unfortunately, there isn’t really a more elegant system — you have hundreds of samples in a single pack, so there’s no point to reorganizing them. Instead, you’ll have to rely on your DAW...
How to set up a bus / return track in Ableton Live Ableton Live refers to bus tracks as “return tracks.” Ableton starts with two sends and return tracks ready-to-go for applying effects. To use a bus as a send, turn up the knob in the “sends” section of your source track. Th...
Choose the right microphone and where to put it. For instance, condenser mics are great for picking up the fine details in voices and acoustic instruments, while dynamic mics work well for louder sounds, like electric guitars or bass drums. ...
It obviously helps if you’re a fan of the song you intend to work with. You know it inside-out, and can put a new spin on it while retaining the heart of the original piece. Is Remixing Songs Legal? If you intend to remix a song by a major artist, you would need to acquire ...