Tutorials

012: Omni routing

Jezper Söderlund — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:08:03 +0000

Make the most of your CPU power. With multi channel instruments you only need one instance to load several instruments. Here I'm demonstrating using Omnisphere as an example.

Presented in 720p using Ableton Live 8.

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011: Behind my back!

Jezper Söderlund — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:53:00 +0000

I finally found a screen recorder for PC that works the way I want it to, so now I can record tutorials on my main DAW. So to try it out, I've decided to show my productional flaws by letting you in on the whole arrangement and the parts of my new single Airbase - Back.

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010: Global Groove Control in Live 8

Jezper Söderlund — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:43:42 +0000

Where did the global shuffle/swing setting go in Live 8? I wondered that myself in the beginning. With the new Groove Pool, the whole groove thing has changed. Here's how you get your global groove under control.

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009: Warping tracks and vocals in Live 8

Jezper Söderlund — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:00:13 +0000

The new version of Live 8 offers a new method of warping that confuses some. So let's take a look at it. And while we're at it, let's warp some vocals!

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008: Let's get started

Jezper Söderlund — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:34:55 +0000

I get a lot of questions on this topic, so let's cover some basics in Ableton Live, specifically how to use Session View vs Arrangement View.
Used: Ableton Live 7

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007: Bass kick - kick bass

Jezper Söderlund — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:10:13 +0000

A short tutorial on how you can turn the right kick into a bassline, perhaps giving you new inspiration on how to write your tracks.
Used: Ableton Live 7

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006: Declaration Of Content

Jezper Söderlund — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:27:43 +0000

It's time to break down a regular Airbase trance beat into its parts.
Used: Ableton Live 7

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Update! Click here to download the files from this tutorial. It contains the Ableton Live 7 project file + the samples used. For non-Ableton users, midi files of all the midi tracks are also included.

005: Let's delay - SVD style!

Jezper Söderlund — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:08:21 +0000

A nice and fairly simple effect reminicent to what Sander Van Doorn used to do in his older productions. Can be done both to productions as well as in real time when using Live to DJ.
Used: Ableton Live 7

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004: Warping in under 60 seconds

Jezper Söderlund — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:39:27 +0000

I've seen a few tutorials on youtube on how to warp. The problem is that many of them are completely wrong. With dance music, your tracks are almost always exactly synced when it comes to tempo. That makes it very very easy to warp. Here's a short video showing how you do it in under 60 seconds:
Used: Ableton Live 7

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003: Vocal Chop Chop

Jezper Söderlund — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:47:29 +0000

It's time to show off just how I do my vocal chops. I try to keep it as simple as possible in this tutorial:
Used: Ableton Live 7

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