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Ableton Live Tips

Aug 24 2022

How to Mix Live Tambourine

How to Mix Live Tamabourine

One of the best ways you can make your productions come to life is by adding real recorded percussion instruments. With this in mind, it’s important to know how to mix live tambourine, shakers and any other instruments you might have in your studio.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Ableton Live Tips, Compression, Mixing

Aug 16 2022

How to make Snares Fat without Plugins

how to make snares fat

This tip is an example of how to make Snares fat without having to resort to more mixing and Plugins. It’s a technique used by big names in the Electronic Music world such as Madeon, Mat Zo and many others.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Ableton Live Tips, Mixing, Music Production, Sound Design

Aug 02 2022

How to get a tight Kick drum sound with LFO Tool

Get a tight kick drum sound

A tight kick drum sound can really help the low end of your mix. One way to achieve this is using LFO tool by Xfer Records.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Ableton Live Tips, Balancing, Mixing, Sound Design

Jul 27 2022

Multiband tip for Mixing Guitars

Here is a really quick Multiband Compression tip for mixing guitars that can help your recorded guitars sit better in a mix. When a track is made up of more VST synths and less organic instruments it can be challenging to make a raw guitar part sit well in the sonic space.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Ableton Live Tips, Compression, Mixing, Music Production

Jul 23 2022

Get that big 80s Snare Drum Sound

make a big 80s snare drum

With 80s and 90s influences appearing more and more in music, here’s a quick tip to help you get that big 80s snare drum sound in your productions. In this lesson we are going to look at a more modern version of the big 80s snare.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Ableton Live Tips, Music Production, Sound Design

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