How about making a virtual synth out of beer bottle samples?
AfroDjMac continues persistently to deliver new racks for Ableton, just as he has promised, and this week we are heading for beer. Here’s what he says about it. Ableton Live Instrument Rack created by blowing on a Red Stripe Lager bottle and sampling the tone. Effects are then layered, including a tremolo using Ableton’s Auto Pan effect. I created a little beat and left you the stems, which I encourage you to remix. Send anything you make to afrodjmac.com or soundcloud.com/afrodjmac and I will post it.
Download the Live set here: http://bit.ly/freesynth8
it includes two versions, one with Sampler and one with Simpler.
Background info:
Sometime, about two thirds into a mid-winter “I wish I was on a tropical island” fantasy, the iPod shuffle Gods brought me The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” As I found myself increasingly lost in the antics of Jagger, Richards and company, I realized that when I blew over the top of my frosty bottle of Red Stripe, the tone was perfectly in tune with the “whoo whooo’s” that adorn most of the track. As awesome as I thought this was, I couldn’t resist another cold taste, and justified it by figuring I would drink until I found an equally harmonious tone. Soon thereafter the idea for this synth was born.
I have sampled a couple of tones from those very Red Stripe bottles, as well as others from a plastic water bottle. These two slightly different tones are mixed together to create this weeks Free Weekly Ableton Live Rack. From there, I added an Auto Filter with macro knobs to control the various parameters and LFOs; next I used Ableton’s Auto Pan to create a tremolo effect that is synced to the master tempo. A delay set to repitch mode is followed to add some fun twisting effects, followed by an Erosion plug in to add some noise for character. I especially like this particular synth for its tremolo effect, which is easily modulated thanks to the macro knob.
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