Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by anybody human » Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:28 am

Tarekith wrote:- The proper way to use a side-chained compressor.

- How to do a remix.

- How to clean up a project to send to a collaberator.

- Basslines, how to be big without being over-powering.
I'd be especially interested in - How to clean up a project to send to a collaborator.

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by Dr. Fluffenstein » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:18 am

How to make a kickdrum that blows women's clothes off :)

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by arafel » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:26 am

my vote:

DELAY - in all its glory and multiple uses:

Delay as reverb fx (short)

Ducking Delays (still hear the original with goey thick delay madness)

Delay as a comb-filter-like fx

Pitching delays

Dub delay routing and looping

Call & Answer with delay

et al :D
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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by timothyallan » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:37 am

now we're talkin, I had a few delay tricks on the to-do list already, but you can never have too many :)

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by beats me » Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:42 pm

In a rare moment of seriousness, how about some techniques on making lo-fi beats or other interesting beat manipulation beyond just "clean". You could probably take the collective catalogs of Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, and Crystal Method and have a never ending "how the fuck did they do that beat?" Q&A session.

Granted, this isn't exactly your area of expertise, but challenge yo self, nigga.

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by starving student » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:22 am

beats me wrote:In a rare moment of seriousness, how about some techniques on making lo-fi beats or other interesting beat manipulation beyond just "clean". You could probably take the collective catalogs of Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, and Crystal Method and have a never ending "how the fuck did they do that beat?" Q&A session.

Granted, this isn't exactly your area of expertise, but challenge yo self, nigga.
in another rare moment I agree with beats this would be very interesting if it weren't for the fact that all of those groups he named just use distortion, damn I'm sick of that shit, how bout the same thing beats said minus the distortion?

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by Sibanger » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:52 am

'How to understand midi' for noobs to advanced users of Live.

Something like this would've saved me a lot of time in the beginning.

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by Saxer » Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:35 am

if you go on with the "house series" (i saw them all and i like the arrangement part most):

- get "untimed and untuned" vocals into the track
- include acoustic recordings (i.e. preparation for a guitar or vocalist session)
- select, cut and rearrange the recording session results
- mixing
- mastering

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by broken_specs » Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:01 pm

Hi Tim,

I bought your house music tutorial and really enjoyed it - it's been a great help.

One of the things that I would like to see would be some kind of overview of traditional music theory, but in the context of electronic music production.

I'm currently doing some reading on music theory, but the material is obviously aimed at a much broader audience.

It wouldn't have to be Ableton only; I can imagine this slotting quite nicely into your generic list of courses.

Cheers :-)
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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by Dalski » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:20 pm

anybody human wrote:
Tarekith wrote:- The proper way to use a side-chained compressor.

- How to do a remix.

- How to clean up a project to send to a collaberator.

- Basslines, how to be big without being over-powering.
I'd be especially interested in - How to clean up a project to send to a collaborator.

...or how to lean up a project / create a single 'set' from multiple existing projects, ready for a trouble free live performance?

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by MacGuffin » Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:16 pm

Khazul wrote:Pretty much anything that keeps coming up as a n00b question.

What VST do I need to sound like Deadmau5, Justice, Tiesto?
What sketchy Russian website can allow me to download their presets?

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by pulsoc » Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:33 pm

THE BROWN NOTE

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by MacGuffin » Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:07 am

brown note, lol ;)

BTW, Timothy I'm having a laugh but I must say I bought your videos and they are excellent products!

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by monohusche » Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:02 am

funken wrote:
alex.the.forge wrote:
funken wrote:ACE
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an in-depth tutorial, a proper full coverage. There is a short one knocking about but I still barely understand anything much
Without knowing much about that synth, from a quick look at the controls I'd say you just need something more general on synthesis *ahem* - seriously though, most of those sections are pretty standard on a synth, if you know what everything is doing and why then it's just a case of finding where everything is.

Sorry to hijack there Tim. Unfortunately I can't offer you any suggestions, Im in the same boat trying to work out my own next title.

The competition is just too fierce among Groove3 authors. ;-)
Well I do know the basics, done a couple of nick's and one of yours on Operator. I agree its finding where everything is thats the main problem, its bloody complicated even without messing around with any wires. So, what I'm after is something very specific to ACE.
I have made the basic diagram my desktop, shame I cant print it, and am trying to tackle the manual. It just seems so hard compared to something like Analog. Its a great synth though, the sound is superb. Can be a bit hungry on the old CPU though. Actually that reminds me I never finished your Operator one off! Something to do over the holidays.
Isn't ACE just a "normal" virtual analogue synth if you don't use cables ? the default signal flow is on page 6 of the guide.

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Re: Things you want to see explained/worked through in video?

Post by nopattern » Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:33 pm

Tarekith wrote:- The proper way to use a side-chained compressor.
setting lookhead to 0 and maybe selecting post mixer for the sidechain to do it old school style is a good way to go for dance music

ableton's sidechain still has never quite worked right for me, i use cubase or reason with a perfect result

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