by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Oct 29, 2012 | DJing
Ableton Live 9 wish list feature for DJ’s (Open letter to Ableton) With Ableton Live 9 gearing up for a release date announcement, I am seriously excited about the new features as well as the new hardware controller “Push”. Even with this said, there...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Oct 8, 2012 | DJing, productivity
Organizing your presets, samples, songs & essential tools in Ableton Live I wanted to get back to basics here with getting organized in Ableton for producing & DJing. It’s really easy to overlook how quickly you can get unorganized with your music...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Oct 1, 2012 | DJing, Free Stuff
2 Free Ableton Tools for DJ’s & Producers 1. Free Soundscape instrument rack I was having fun with sampling bits of sounds & playing with them in Ableton’s Simpler instrument. I wanted to make some interesting lo-fi soundscapes using just 1 sample...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Sep 28, 2012 | Audio engineering, creative mindset, DJing, Free Stuff, music biz, productivity, Promotion, sound design
The Ableton Live Producer’s Playground is NOW OPEN! After 100’s of hours of creating the best tools, tutorials & templates for Ableton Live users, the doors finally swing open to the public, for what many consider to be the worlds best Ableton Live...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Sep 24, 2012 | Audio engineering, Audio Mastering, creative mindset, DJing, music biz, productivity, Promotion, sound design
Essential Home Studio Tools: My Weapons of Choice I get asked often about what studio equipment is the best to buy to make music. I usually avoid the question because I am aware that there are a million ways to make music & what works great for one person, might...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Sep 6, 2012 | Audio engineering, DJing
How To Extract Acapella From a Song in Ableton One of the biggest questions is get from DJ’s producers & remixers is: “How do I get the vocals out of an original track” The typical answer I used to give is “you can’t”. The...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jul 2, 2012 | creative mindset, DJing, productivity
Is sampling a cop out for less creative people?There has long been a debate in every form of art between making something from scratch vs sampling the work of others to create something new. One side would argue that all their ideas came from within while the other is...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jun 28, 2012 | Audio engineering, creative mindset, DJing, productivity, sound design
The Ultimate Ableton Template Walkthrough It’s finally here after 100’s of hours of very hard work & I’m really excited to share this with you all. This is the tool that I believe will triple your songwriting productivity & you’ll soon...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 19, 2012 | Audio engineering, creative mindset, DJing, music biz, productivity
Looking back, Looking forward New City 2011 was a heck of a year for me. A lot happened.. some good, some bad. I won’t bore you with all the details, but I’ll tell you some major stuff. The most significant change was that for the first time in my life I...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Dec 12, 2011 | DJing
Free Ableton dummy clip template & walkthrough Here’s a quick video showing you how to set up dummy clips for live performances & DJ sets in Ableton. I wanted a simple way to allow you to effect 1 or multiple tracks at a time. Below is the video &...
