Inside the Ableton Producer’s Playground. Free Access!
Inside the Ableton Producer’s Playground. Free Access!
This post is for those who are either unfamiliar with my membership site, The Ableton Producer’s Playground, or for those who need more information about it. Today I created a brand new video giving you an overview of what is inside the exclusive group.
Very rarely are you allowed to look behind the curtain until after you have made a purchase. I wanted to let you know what to expect as well as allow you 7 days to experience it for yourself Free!
Below are a few videos to help you get your head around what is at offer. I’m so confident you will be blown away with what you see, that I’m giving you 7 days to test drive it. If for some reason it’s not for you, it’s super easy to cancel from your paypal account.
Inside the Producer’s Playground
What are Song Loops? Find out in the video below:
Here a walkthrough of the Ableton Master Template:
(warning, it’s about an hour.. you can skip through if you like)
Here’s what a current member had to say:
“Hey Jason, i would like to give you a feedback after being nearly 3 month a member of this community. I have never expected to improve my knowledge on Ableton so rapidly as i´m doing right now. Your videos are very well done. And for a beginner it is really the easiest way to get started with this monster DAW. All my questions have been answered very quick from other members and some suggestions brought new and very helpfull insights. So every penny is worth it and i hope to professionalise my skills more and more. Thanks a lot for this and take care!”
Alvaro Moreno
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Ableton 9 EQ Mixing Tip for Conflicting Instruments
Ableton 9 EQ Mixing Tip for Conflicting Instruments
As I dig deeper into Ableton 9, I find more and more ways to solve mixing problems to get better results. In this case I’ve come up with a way to solve EQ conflicts (fighting frequencies).
Conflicting EQs can happen in a mix when 2 or more parts are fighting for the same frequency. Examples of this can be the kick drum & bass, or vocals & lead parts.
When this happens you have a few choices. Get rid of one of the parts if it’s not completely necessary, pan parts to different locations, or use of reductive EQing.
In the video below I focus on reductive EQs. This involves finding the most important frequencies of each track with Ableton 9′s EQ8 effect. Since you can now see the frequency spectrum on your EQ, you can easily find the important fundamentals & reduce the levels in those areas.
Once that is dialed in, you can turn the EQ effect off on each track. Then when a conflict arises, you can simply copy the EQ of a certain track you want to hear better in your mix and paste it to the conflicting instrument.
Check out the video to see how easy this is:
Happy music making,
Jason
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MusicSoftwareTraining.com moves to Denver
MusicSoftwareTraining.com moves to Denver
For those of you who might be wondering why my posts have been a bit less frequent, it’s been due to my moving to Denver. There has been a lot of preparing, packing & all the other stuff that comes along with a big move. It’s certainly taken a toll on my music productivity & even though I have finally arrived here, there is still another month of this to be expected.
For the last 18 months or so I’ve been living in Iowa City, Iowa. It was a great college town with a slower pace of life than my previous residence in Southern California. The new environment has been quite a healing experience. I had to get use to cold weather, but it was worth it. While there, I backed off from DJing gigs & focused largely on music production & building up this site. I knew I’d get back into it later, but I felt the need to re-prioritize. It turned out to be a very productive time.
Here are some of the things I’ve been able to accomplish:
Creating the Ultimate Master Template
Introducing the Producer’s Playground
Posting a 12 step songwriting process in Ableton
Creating the Stutter Pad instrument
A complete update of my 1st Ultimate Ableton Tutorial Collection
Creating (and continuing to improve) my Partnership Program
Although it was tough to back off on live performance, I am really proud of the contributions I’ve been able to make in other ways. So although Iowa City didn’t offer a whole lot in terms of expanding as a performing artist, it still served a great purpose & allowed me to focus on the business side of things in a way I hadn’t previously been able to.
That said, I knew Denver was always part of the bigger plan. There is a great Ableton community both in Denver & Boulder which is not too far away. Denver is also the home of Beatport & clubs like The Church, Beta & the legendary Red Rocks. I’m sure I’m barely even scratching the surface here & I look forward to finding the hidden gems this area has to offer. If you are associated with booking electronic artists & DJs, have good promotion, great sound & think I’d be a good fit for your venue, definitely get in touch with me. I’ll be available in mid-late June.
So this is my 3rd day here & at the moment, the majority of my time is dedicated to finding a place to live & adapting to the traffic & clusterfuckery of the street layout. I’m most likely going to be setting up camp in the Capital Hill area. In the meantime, I’ll try to get more Ableton 9 & Push videos & posts up when I can. I don’t have any space for my studio at the moment, so i’ll be in minimalist mode until I am properly settled in to my new place. Your patience is appreciated.
What you can expect
Being back in a big city will have a lot of great advantages & I plan to connect with a lot more artists & share more tips, tricks, hacks & techniques that you can put to use right away. I’m sure I will come across many new insights from these new interactions. You can also expect more music out of me as well as more focus on DJing & live performance.
Max for Live will be making more appearances as well as I poke around further & discover how far that rabbit hole goes. Instead of bombarding you with every possibility, I’ll pull out the most useful tools & techniques I can.
Members & Partners can expect continued updates & more interaction over the coming months as I always push myself to create a better experience for you all. I’m always here listening to your feedback, comments & suggestions, so keep those coming.
I’m also planning to upgrade the website a bit, so if you are a wordpress guru, get in touch!
Wish me luck on finding the perfect place & expect to hear from me soon!
Happy music making,
Jason
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Write a song in 24 hours – Ableton Walkthrough
Write a song in 24 hours – Ableton Walkthrough
If you didn’t read my last post, I challenged myself to create a song from scratch & finish it within 24 hours. You can read my last post for all the guidelines but generally speaking, I built the song with only samples from other songs and audio content. I didn’t use any built in Ableton instruments, just the effects. Everything was done in the arrangement window.
As far as songwriting experiments goes, this really took me out of my regular process & got me thinking differently. The results were really different as well. I encourage you to try something similar & see how it works for you.
As promised, here is the video walkthrough of the 1st song I created during my 24 hour experiment.
Happy music making,
Jason
Over 30 Hours of streaming Ableton tutorials for just $7
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