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Quick Trick – Mixing Kicks with Transient Shaping
Transient Shaping is a great technique to help a sound punch through a mix. There are many transient shapers out in the world, but you can actually use Live's Compressor for the same effect. Below is a video walk through of using Transient Shaping on a kick. Download the free / by donation Audio Effect Rack. Download the Live Pack
Top 6 Free Glitch Effects and Devices
If you ever want to spice up your music, then adding some well placed glitch effects and sounds will bring on the heat. I love taking a violin part, vocal, or lead and glitching it out. It adds a really unique sound and captures the listener. There are lots of tools out there to morph and mangle. In this article I am going to give you a rundown of the top 6 VST’s and effects I use for glitching out samples. 1. Hysteresis by Glitchmachines Let’s start off with a pinch of some smeared out granular delay. Hysteresis is a free VST for Mac and PC by Glitchmachines.com. This device will take any input and stretch the sound, though a combination of delays and granular filters. In their words, it “creating robotic artifacts and abstract musical malfunctions.” I love throwing these devices on drums or leads and using the Random button. I will then tweak it until I get these strange mechanical stretching sounds. I’ll resample that sound and use it as a strange layer in my track. This VST definitely makes some strange noises, and many of
Adding and Manipulating Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals: There are a lot of ways to add interest to your vocal tracks. In previous articles I talked about treating your vocals to get a clean mix as well as creative vocal effects. Both of this article shows off some pretty essential techniques when working with vocals. In this article I want to look at Backing Vocals as a way to spice up your tracks. Backing vocals can make a vocal sound bigger and give it more depth. A great example of this is doubling a vocal to make it sound like there are two people, albeit the same vocalist. This can make it seem like the singer had another back up vocalist singing along. Using trickery and the power of Ableton Live we can create some really cool backing effects. Multiple Takes: The easiest way to create a doubling and chorus effect is by having multiple takes. When you are tracking the vocals just have the vocalist, record a few times. Then choose one as a the vocal lead and have the other as a backing. For the backing track I generally
Sync Live Drumming with Ableton Live
Ableton live is always coming up with new ways to help live performers. They released a M4L device that is just blowing my mind. This device will take incoming audio, read it in real time, and sync your master tempo to it. It's a simple device, but it has powerful implications. This device makes it really easy for bands to sync with their live drums and have all their samples and backing sounds stay in time with the drummer. This is mind blowing to me. I've tried it out with percussionist and drummers and it's pretty slick. Next to no set up, other than an audio in from the drums, and we were rocking it. Here is an intro video on the device from Ableton: Buy the pack from Ableton.com: https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/beatseeker/
Turning your Drum to a MIDI Controller with Triggers
A year ago I wanted to turn my drums into a MIDI trigger. I didn't want to spend a 1,000 on a drum brain or E-drums. In my search I found an awesome Hack / DIY way of doing it with Ableton Live. This lets me take any drum and trigger samples in Live, be it drums or even loops. The key to this is using KTdrum trigger. This VST is for Windows and Mac. It lets incoming audio be turned into MIDI messages. Download the VST here. I created a video walk-through of setting up KTdrum Trigger in Ableton Live. Check out the video below: For the Piezo Mics I ended up grabbing some off of Amazon for super cheap. I just ran those into my soundcard to Ableton live. You can use these mics on anything. I have tacked them onto my desk, books, and even sculptures. If you use this technique for an art project, performance, or whatever I would love to hear about it. Comment below on how you use Drum Triggers in Live.
How to Rock at Your Music Business
There is our love of creativity and music, and then there is business. For years I have struggled with a deep desire to not want to worry about the business side of things. This year I have overcome that and a lot has shifted for the better. In this video I share how I have overcome some big hurdles around being a successful artist, and how I have more potential as an artist by equally working on the business side of things.
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