Technique of the Week: Make Your Sub Bass Pop
In our latest technique of the week, Erin Barra takes a look at sub frequencies; a tough thing to control if you don’t understand a few basic things about them… First things first, low frequencies...
View ArticleHow To Create A Dub Delay in your DAW
It’s a fairly straightforward process to get classic dub delay sounds in your DAW. Erin Barra shows you how… One of most compelling and characteristic elements to Dub music is the quintessential Dub...
View ArticleRecording, Editing and Mixing Vocals in Ableton Live 10
You might not think it, but Live works brilliantly for recording, processing, and organising vocals, including harmonies, which is what we’re mostly talking about here. Martin Delaney explains… Usually...
View ArticleRecording, Editing and Mixing Vocals in Ableton Live 10: Step-by-Step...
When it comes to recording, editing or mixing vocals in Live, exercising restraint and shying away from the warp controls sometimes is a skill we can all benefit from, as Martin Delaney continues to...
View ArticleHow To Get Creative with Parallel Processing in Ableton Live
Parallel processing has become the technique de jour, be it compression, distortion or any other kind of sound colouration. Declan McGlynn guides you through the process… The process of duplicating a...
View ArticleHow To Create Reverse Reverb
In our latest how-to guide, Erin Barra explores how you can easily create that authentic, classic reverse reverb sound in your DAW… Reverse reverb is a vibe. It gives audio tracks an eerie sort of...
View ArticleRecording, Editing and Mixing Vocals in Ableton Live – Part 2
Doing it in the studio is one thing, but it’s a different story migrating your produced voices to a live situation, Martin Delaney clears his throat… In the first part of our Live vocal tutorial, we...
View ArticlePavement to Preset: Field Recording in Ableton Live
We have more ways than ever to capture the sounds of the world around us. The question then is, what to do with them? Martin Delaney explains how natural sounds can enhance your music making… Field...
View ArticleCrunch and Punch – Using The New Drum Buss in Ableton Live
Live 10’s new Drum Buss audio effect gives us lovely and dirty new ways to process and boost beats – and any other sound, if you so wish. Martin Delaney gets into a groove to reveal Drum Buss’s dirty...
View ArticleHow To Connect Guitar Pedals in Ableton Live
The popularity of modular synth rigs has fuelled the desire for guitar pedals and that alluring hardware vibe. Martin Delaney outlines the why and how of connecting guitar pedals to your Ableton Live...
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