A really useful, and sometimes overlooked, production technique for music producers and beat makers – how to play a single sample as a VST or “virtual instrument”.
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Ableton Live 9 has introduced a really handy feature where you now have the ability to convert audio to MIDI. In this video and article, I’ll show you how to easily convert the Harmony and Melody of an audio sample […]
In this quick video learn the differences between the Ableton arrangement view and session view and how I use Live 9 to create Hip Hop beats.
As you may already know, Ableton Live comes equipped with two unique ways to preview your sessions, with […]
Part 3 of the sampling in Ableton Live 9 tutorial series – digging into how you can next-level your workflow with the Akai MPD32 controller and the built in Ableton Live functionality.
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Part 2 of the sampling in Ableton Live 9 tutorial series – exploring some advanced settings and how to create a custom slice preset and chop our samples MPC style building off the fundamentals we discussed in part 1.
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This is by far the absolute easiest way I’ve found to chop samples, and I wanted to pass along my quick 5-minute step-by-step tutorial on how to sample in Ableton Live 9.
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In this video, I discuss the differences between transposing and time stretching as they pertain to your sample-based production as well as finding the appropriate tempo (or bpm) to use with your beat.
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Here’s a cool Ableton Live sampling trick that’s great to use in those certain situations when you have a short sample chop that you wish to extend, or play longer.
Specifically, in this video I show you how to use the […]
Here is a quick sampling technique that can really come in handy during your creative workflow. Using velocity variations of a single sample to emulate a delay (decay) or attack (build up) effect. I also demonstrate using the 16 velocity […]
In this short video tutorial, I teach you a specific layering technique to add a really cool “suction” sound to your Hip Hop drum tracks. This “pre-delay” layering effect works great for your snare and clap samples as well as […]