Ableton Forum

I got sick of my relentlessly shitty hairdo's and unsympathetic hairdressers so I bought myself a hat and wore it all last year. Now I'm receding like a mofo. Not sure if the two are related, but I've stopped wearing the hat just in case.

I can just tell I'm gonna be one of those bald guys with an ...

If vocals are multi-tracked I tend to compress/eq them as a group, and then process any backing vocals as another group. Compression is still something of a dark art to me, though.

I find I don't mind spending time editing if the track turns out well. I hate it when you spend ages editing and micro-editing only to be struck by the revelation "wait a minute...this track sucks!". Consequently I now try and be very sure I like the track before I go near any automation etc.

I vote Reaktor as well. I luff him.

I reckon it's great so far. It's definitely not a "one-size-fits-all" type thing, but what it does, it does really well. I also like the lack of a knobular interface. I've managed to make quite a few patches already, which is unusual for me, not being much of a programmer. I was layering some of the ...

I love this so far. Great for making "distressed" sounding instruments, as well as "alien choir organ in a giant bucket" sounds. Also great to see a synth for people with deficient knob-twiddling skills.

On PC right-click on the waveform and "manage sample file" brings up the edit button. I've never tried on a mac, but could it be apple-click or second-from-the-left-but-one click or something?

you can't polish a turd...

I've got a display case full of gleaming turds that says otherwise...

Thanks for the links. Although I don't think there's quite enough.

Listening to it now. Sounds great, freakin awesome vocals! Well done!

Makes me feel like ice cream.

I find sometimes I get just one line stuck in my head for weeks on end. The worst case was a couple of months of the "had a very shiny nose" line from "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer". Over and over and over...

Good stuff kizzah!!!!

Thanks

that kizzah wins so far but his voice is boring...
more boring than depeche mode...

Thanks

Come to think of it I need to speak to him about some stuff too. Count me in.

I use a lot of sound generator-type Reaktor ensembles and usually just automate the track mute button (if I'm in arrange view) or automate the volume with a blank midi clip (if I'm in session view).

Another favourite is answering the phone with a gruff "Yeah" instead of "Hello". Particularly if you're a hard-nosed detective with his/her own brand of justice. Can also be substituted for "Talk to me".