How to find and identify Chords
#PMLTipOfTheDay Music Theory Skills
Here are two great websites for building and finding (even more complex) chords: Build any chord: You know the name of the chord (e.g. Piano above), you just don't know how to put it together. Go to this website and it will help you visualize the chord: http://www.onlinepianist.com/chords/ Identify any chord: You have a chord, you see all the notes, but you don't know how it is called. This website has a nice "Chord ID" function: http://www.scales-chords.com/chordid.php Find your scale http://www.pianoworld.com/fun/vpc/piano_chords.htm PML Course about harmony and chord progressions: http://productionmusiclive.teachable.com/courses/harmony-and-chord-progressions Keywords: How to find, name and build chords
Vocal Chopping and Editing inside of this Remake Tutorial
Future Bass Music Production Skills Sound Design Vocals
In this tutorial we are performing several vocal editing and vocal chopping techniques using Ableton Live 9 Suite: Watch Tutorial: Additionally, we’re offering this template: go to template Keywords: Vocal editing, vocal chopping, vocal cuts, vocal chops
Free Ableton Live 9 Beginners Course
Ableton Beginners Mastering Mixing Music Production Skills Sound Design
If you're new to music production / Ableton Live 9, we've put together a little course that might help you starting out - watch this youtube playlist: Additionally, if you're looking for a profound in-depth course on how to produce a track in Ableton from "Start to Finish" - we've put together an extended 21-studio session paid class with Francois. You can enroll right here:
Remaking the Style of Matt Simons - Catch & Release (Deepend Remix) in Ableton Live 9 using MASSIVE
Ableton Deep House Future House Massive Remake Skills Sound Design
We had some requests for a remake on Deepend's style. So here's a remake of Matt Simons - Catch & Release in the Deepend Remix made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive. Steps / Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack, maybe some bongo sounds as well You can look for some decent Piano and Guitar sounds (eg. The Grand Piano Ableton Pack) Then you're good to go for a remake in this style! Steps: Constructing the typical deep / future house drumming with bongos (we are relying on samples from our "Deep Premium...
Remaking the Style of Major Lazer Lean On in Ableton using Massive
Ableton Massive Music Production Remake Sound Design
We had some requests for a remake on Major Lazer. So here's a remake of Major Lazer - Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive. Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough for copied simpler versions of the sound packs) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack, maybe some bongo sounds as well Look for some decent String sounds (eg. The Orchestral Strings Ableton Pack) Then you're good to go for a remake in this style! Watch the full tutorial here: - Check our Tropical House Preset Pack for NI...
Producing A Future Bass Saw Lead with Ableton Operator - Sound Design Tutorial
#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton Creativity Future Bass Sound Design
In this tutorial we are showing you how to design a powerful future bass saw using Ableton Operator plus some of Ableton's built in effects: Basic Steps: Operator: set up basic oscillators (Saw 64, SawD and Square 32), adsr shapes and filters in operator (see video) Ableton effects: add in Compressor, EQ, Reverb and Frequency shifter Additionally, we’re offering this template: go to template (works with Ableton Live Standard + Operator (Version1) or Ableton Live Standard & Serum VST (Version 2)). Watch Tutorial: Keywords: how to make a future bass lead sound, future bass saw, powerful lead melody sound, operator power...
Most Popular DAW 2015: Ableton Live
Ask audio had their members perform a poll and name their favorite DAW / Studio Software. Around 25 000 people responded, and here are the results for 2015: #1. Ableton Live 23.14% #2. Logic Pro 16.95% #3. Pro Tools 15.13% #4. FL Studio13.63% #5. Cubase 9.03% #6. Studio One 3.80% #7. Reason 3.46% #8. GarageBand 2.49% #9. Sonar 1.99% #10. Digital Performer 0.92% #11. Bitwig Studio 0.77% Other 8.70% Source: https://ask.audio/articles/the-top-11-most-popular-daws-you-voted-for Keywords: Most popular DAW, most used DAW Ableton ----
Inspiring movies for musicians / producers
Ok, so lets list a couple of movies you might find inspiring being a musician, producer or DJ: Movies: Can A Song Save Your Life (2014) Ray (2004) High Fidelity (2000) 8 Mile (2002) Berlin Calling (2008) - available with English subtitles Walk The Line (2005) Documentaries: Hans Zimmer Documentary: These are some we like, don't hesitate to post some interesting ones to our facebook or twitter:
Basics of Ghost Production
Being a master of everything is highly unlikely and lays the base for working together with others. Producers aren’t necessarily always willing to become DJs, but maybe DJs dream of being producers as well. There are many possible motivations for it, but in the end, the DJ who’s also releasing popular tunes will get more popularity, bookings, fame, money. Whether you’re coming from the DJing side or you're completely new to music production, it will be quite difficult and confusing in the beginning. You might experience those early on boosts, like, getting your first drum pattern into the daw...
How to make the famous EDM tape stop "levels" effect in Ableton Live 9
#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton Creativity Massive Skills
Julian asked us on our Youtube Channel how to make an EDM pitch tape stop effect like Avicii "Levels" or "3lau - How you love me". So we sat down and put some bangin' EDM sounds into an Ableton Live project. Now you can get this sort of effect with VST plugins like "Effectrix" or "Glitch". However, you can also use some of your Ableton built-in effects to get there. Steps: Melody: Create a massive EDM hook melody and make sure it ends with a long note Frequency Shifter: Load an instance of "Frequency Shifter" and place it in the fx section of...