by djnarrative | 26 Dec, 2014 | Reckorder Tutorials
Merry Xmas folks. Hope you are enjoying this festive time. Here is a great selection of tips to improve your workflow in Ableton Live here from talented producer AK - who produces quality content regular so definitely worth following via his facebook page. Table of Contents 1. Use unlinked clip envelopes for sound design 0:20 2. Place 3 identical LFOs in one rack for a quick mod source; slightly offset them 1:42 3. chop before duplicating 2:33 4. deactivate all resampled channels; bring in clips to write sequences 3:50 5. default audio track on 'resampling' 5:10 6. instrument racks + chain selector for morphing synths 5:40 7. sidechain as external input for envelope follower 6:57 8. OS level macros for repetitive keyboard presses 9:35 9. playback scrubber with a muted clip to find cool parts of a clip 10:52 10. warping with the BPM slider 13:13 11. perfect high/low split (using phase cancelation) 14:16 12. empty midi track for project organization 16:42 13. audio buffer rate and CPU resources (and you!) 17:37 14. cleaning up session clips to free resources 18:16 15. using folders named '--------' as dividers 18:43 16. audio follow is cool 19:06 17. recording against a loop forever 19:41 18. using a muted chopping block track that you can solo to find parts 20:53 19. duplicating effects in a row 22:18 20. slice to midi + randomizer + short midi clips + skrillex (or whatever) 23:23 Video 2 Table of Contents 1. Using automation AND modulation, together: 0:21 2. Using silent clips in a follow action block: 3:00 3. Record follow actions while changing timing intervals: 4:20 4. Default Templates... for days: 5:15 5. Random melody generator: 6:16 6. Looped playback scrubber for resampling: 9:07 7. Using Symbols in tracks names: 10:25 8. Muting things with...
