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Dispelling the Haters
Being a creative person has its hidden dangers. Being outward and public with it adds a whole new level of complexity. How do you present your music? What will people think of it? All that stuff bubbles up to the surface. Of late, I have been dealing with having "haters". People that look down at me for one reason or another. I wanted to share the story of how I perceived it and what I learned from it. I also found a way that I can personally change that story in myself. This video is also the start of a new project. I created a new Youtube Channel to share my process as an artist. It's about the creative process and the lessons I have learned on this path. I wanted to separate it from my more technique oriented videos at my Subaqueous Channel. If you want to see more videos like this, please subscribe.
Parallel Processing with Ableton Live
One of my favorite things about electronic mixing and Ableton is the power of effects. I can morph a sound into unimaginably different new sounds with effect processing. You can layer effects and change a simple sine wave into a complex sound with pulsing auto filter, unique chorusing, and undulating phasing. A big change in my sound design has been learning a new technique called Parallel Processing. This opened even new dimensions to my sound design. Processing What? So to start, let's define what Parallel Processing is and Serial Processing. If you have a sample and you add an effect in Ableton, you start by processing in Serial. You can add a Chorus, then a delay, a reverb, you name it. What is happening is the sound is being processed in a series, or one after another. The sound goes through the chorus, and then it goes into the delay and so on. That is, a linear, or right to left way of processing the sound. This is Serial Processing. There is another way of processing and that is Parallel Processing. Parallel Processing lets you take
2k Halfred Free Sample Pack
If you want to hear some strange lasers from another dimension, then Halfred is your man. I am honored to be apart of Merkaba Music with Halfred, aka Alfredo Treccani. His sound design is top notch. When he hit me up about releasing a new free sound effects library I was stoked. Alfredo has collected an amazing collection of samples and sound design bits that he has created. To give you a taste, check out his music: Here are some words from Alfredo about the free Sample Pack:
Free 808 Style Tom Instrument Rack
I've been loving music that uses 808 style toms. You see this in hip hop, electronic music, which house, and all sorts of music. The 808 style tom sound can be used as a bassline, or an added percussion element. On of the best examples of this is the track Hazey by Glass Animals: In my own music production I have been using this instrument. To make things easier I created an instrument rack in live to get the exact sound I am looking for. This video walks through the instrument rack and how I use it. Below the video you can download the instrument. It is by donation / free on gumroad. Download
Building Instrument Racks – Note Release
I absolutely love making instruments in Ableton Live. I love the challenge of coming up with an idea, or turning a sample into a new instrument. There are a few techniques that can help you make a really realistic and dynamic instrument. One of these is playing a sample on Note Release. In other words, if you want to play a different sample when you let go of the note, then you can use Note Release. Here is a video showing off the technique and why it can be useful in making an instrument. Steps for creating a Sample that plays on Note Release: 1. Add a new chain for a new instrument that will play on note release. (called Release Chain) 2. Add any sampler, vst, or instrument to that Release Chain. 3. Add a Note Length Midi Device to the Release Chain. 4. Set the Note Length MIDI device to Note Off.
Nepal Instruments – Musicians Helping Nepal
The news of what is happening in Nepal really hit my heart. My thoughts are with the Nepalese people and everyone affected. As a musician and music producer I wanted to help in the way that I could. Years back, I was working with Tibetan music for some ambient albums I was working on. On the way I got a lot of recordings from instruments traditionally found in Nepal. I have now gone back to these recordings and turned them into Ableton Live Instruments. These instruments will be available for By Donation. I set up a new Gumroad account just for this, so all donations will go directly to relief funds to help the people of Nepal. Donations will go to UUSC organization as well as some organizations on the ground doing direct food and rebuilding projects. I am working directly with organizations that work to help the people of Nepal. Download the Pack I wanted to put this pack togeather to both share the beautiful culture of Nepal, but also give resources to musicians making compilation albums or tracks for sale to help the Nepalese people (like
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