by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog, Video/video tutorials
The Ableton 9.5 Upgrade Walkthrough This is kind of a big deal. Although Ableton hasn’t yet made the jump to Version 10, 9.5 has some game changing features. Although I won’t be going into how incredible Push 2 is yet (and it IS really impressive),...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Oct 19, 2014 | Blog, Video/video tutorials
Stutter Effects with Warp Settings Here’s a hidden trick in your warping setting to get cool stuttering effects on any audio file you apply it to. Automating it sounds pretty cool too, although you will need to do that manually while recording the results to...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Aug 16, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, songwriting, Video/video tutorials
Kick or Bass getting buried? Try this..A big mistake that is made by producers, especially new ones, is setting your levels too loud when you are mixing & having everything too close to the red to nudge anything up when you realize something is getting buried.In...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design, Video/video tutorials
Music Lessons from a Viral Blog PostMany of you may now be aware of my recent post that went viral called 10 Things they Don’t Tell Music Producer’s ‘Til it’s Too LateAs of this writing, it has received over 11,000 likes & tons of shares....
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jul 13, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, sound design, Video/video tutorials
Steal This Ableton Tip: How to Crossfade in the Arrange Window This is a very quick & simple tip but can really com in handy when wanted to crossfade several audio files on the same track. This option has been around since Ableton 8, but there are still a lot of...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | May 7, 2014 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design, Video/video tutorials
How to create “Head Candy” sounds in Ableton So you’ve put together a basic song arrangement in Ableton or your DAW of choice, stretching out your 16 bar loop to something more songlike but you’ve run into a snag. Your song sounds repetitive,...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Apr 30, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, sound design, Video/video tutorials
Simple Stereo Widening Trick in Ableton Here is a simple Ableton trick that I use in nearly every song I make. It’s often easy to overlook the simple when you expect that it’s extremely complicated to get a professional sound. In truth, a professional...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 2, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design, Video/video tutorials
Best of 2013 – Ableton & Music Production Tips Denver Wow, this has been quite a year for myself as well as Ableton Users. I moved from Iowa City to Denver and quickly met up with some of the most forward thinking DJ’s & producer’s. I notice...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Nov 23, 2013 | Blog, productivity, Video/video tutorials
TouchAble 2.0 Has Arrived! For those of you who have used the iPad application TouchAble or those who have seen some promotional posts on what the new Ableton controller has to offer, the wait is finally over! This will be a free upgrade for all current users and for...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Oct 15, 2013 | Blog, songwriting, sound design, Video/video tutorials
Sonic Charge – Microtonic 3 – Drum Synth I’ve been meaning to do a review of this program for a while. I am quite fond of the Sonic Charge products. SynPlant & Bitspeek are both awesome. Microtonic is all about Analog sounding drums, and boy does...