Ableton Live Tutorial: Trap Beat Patterns – Instrument Rack for Drum Programming Pt 3
More info: http://blog.dubspot.com/atropolis-tra…
In the final installment of his three-part Ableton Live video tutorial on how to create a custom instrument rack for trap music production, Dubspot instructor Adam Partridge a.k.a. DJ/producer Atropolis explores the fundamental rhythm of trap.
Every genre of music has a distinct rhythm that defines the style. Understanding the attributes is the first step to creating any specific type of rhythm. I like to refer to these key rhythmic characters as “anchors”. For example, in trap, the common snare pattern falls on the third down beat of every bar. So I like to set these anchor points first. Once I have that consistant snare pattern, I am free to color in the beat with the kick pattern. Music is all about feeling. Experiment with different grid sizes, and place the kick where ever you feel like it works bests. Make sure the loop is playing while you are doing this. After you complete this step, add the hi-hat pattern. – Adam Partridge
Product Presentation at SonicState – Roland VR-09
We get an in-depth look at Roland’s new stage keyboard with product demonstrator Gareth Bowen. The VR-09 is intended for live use, with dedicated piano, organ and synth sections – is it as lightweight as its 5 Kg heft implies… or are there hidden depths? Nick finds out.
Livid interviews Moldover on DIY controller
Livid’s founder Jay Smith sits down with the inventor of “Controllerism” Moldover. Watch as they discuss the growing DIY movement, MIDI guitars, the evolution of “producer” and more.
2 Minute Ableton Tip 29: Split Synths on the Keyboard
AfroDJMac:
In continuing my discussion of the chain feature in Ableton Device Racks, today I teach you how to split synths across the keyboard, by note and by velocity. So after these two minutes are up, you will have an instrument that triggers a different synth depending on how hard you hit the keys, or an instrument that triggers a different synth depending on what keys you are playing. Enjoy!
Making Grime on Reason – Preditah tells how does it
For nearly as long as dubstep has gone from being an experimental subgenre to the juggernaut world-dominating scene that it is today, Grime has been its lesser known cousin – developing right alongside dubstep but staying safely in the underground. It’s not that we haven’t all heard grime beats before but masterful grime producers have been weaving the sounds into pop songs and remixes in ways we don’t realize, effectively sneaking grime into our playlists.
Propellerheads recently met up with respected grime producer, Preditah, to walk through his latest instrumental beat.
Moog session – Minimoog, Prodigy and Polymoog 203A
Jamming away on the moog-rig – The minimoog, the Prodigy and the mighty Polymoog 203A synthesizer. Additional bassline-programming courtesy of Doepfer Dark Time.
Kroffe live at Fylkingen
In a Schulze tradition Kroffe puts his Moogs and german synthesizers and sequencers on the floor and improvise. Hypnotic!
kroffe live @ fylkingen, stockholm the 16th of march 2013
camera by rhizomatik
Neurobash – Northern Pioneers [ official music video ]
The official music video for NORTHERN PIONEERS by Neurobash features dancer Diana with a choreography especially written for the piece. The video was directed and edited by Daniel Brandt with visual effects courtesy of Aeongate Studios and Tigon Media.
The original track is taken from the album RISE BEFORE THE FALL released late 2012 via Tigon Media.
The creative team wish to thank the following persons and partners for support with the project: Kongresscentrum | Lund University, Aeongate Studios, Graphic Design Labs,
Smartfilm AB and the goddess herself, Diana.
Learn Push – 2 Creating Beats
Ableton Tutorial: Using The New Glue Compressor In Live 9
In this video tutorial, Dubspot instructor and course designer Evan Sutton takes a look at Ableton Live 9’s new Glue Compressor effect, which allows users to “glue” together of the elements of a drum part or an entire track.
One of the new effects in Ableton Live 9 is the Glue Compressor, which can help “glue” your mix together and create a more uniform sound. This new device was created in partnership with analog software modeling experts Cytomic, who have created a plug-in that aims to re-create the effect of an SSL bus compressor, which Evan explains “has been known to glue mixes together.” This compressor differs from the regular Ableton compressor in that it’s intended to be pushed a bit harder and used on multiple tracks at once, adding some punch without losing the sound’s character. In this video Sutton demonstrates how this new effect sounds on different sorts of audio tracks in Ableton Live to give you a sense of what this new compressor can do.
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