If you're reading this, then chances are you're into music that fits a traditional fixed grid system, typically with 4x4 or broken beats, funky bass riffs, and other rhythmic fills. Typically in a 4/4 time signature, one bar of music is broken into four beats, and each of those four beats is broken down into 16th notes. If you were to lay down a note to be played on each 16th … [Read more...] about Ableton 11 Groove Pool Tips and Workflow
Ableton Workflow
3 Tips for Streamlining Your Ableton Workflow
Finishing tracks, especially when you have a full time job and relationship you're also balancing while trying to reach your goals as a producer can be a daunting task sometimes. How often do you click through endless kick drum or snare samples? How much time do you spend writing snare rolls and build ups with synths? Below I describe three techniques that have helped me go … [Read more...] about 3 Tips for Streamlining Your Ableton Workflow
Free One Macro Ableton Effect Rack (Filter + Delay)
When DJing, sometimes I want to ride both the dub delay and the filter at the same time but on my Pioneer XDJ-RX2 that's a bit tricky. To add this effect into my music productions I created a one macro Ableton effect with a highpass filter and delay with settings mapped to Macro 1. You can download it for free here. … [Read more...] about Free One Macro Ableton Effect Rack (Filter + Delay)
Using Reference Tracks for Song Arrangement
A lot of people use reference tracks for mixing down and mastering, but in this article we cover how you can use a reference track to also help with your arrangements. You know the feeling. You've got a grooving 8 or 16 bar loop that's got you head bobbing on repeat for hours, maybe you've got a killer breakdown and drop figured out, but you're not sure where to start with … [Read more...] about Using Reference Tracks for Song Arrangement
Creating a Versatile Drum Rack Template for Ableton
Ableton excels at creating dynamic workflows using their instrument and effect racks that allow you to combine and save presets of chains of effects and instruments to be able to quickly swap between sounds, layer sounds, or run the same mastering chain on all of your tunes. Ableton also allows you to save your channel strips so that you can have creative routing possibilities … [Read more...] about Creating a Versatile Drum Rack Template for Ableton