what kind of music are you doing with live?

philippe n · Post by **philippe n** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:04 am

it's good to see that live isn't just a classical soft used by classical musicians. whatever the music you create, live can help!

jamesp · Post by **jamesp** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:31 am

I've done a couple experimental trance mixes, but mostly I use Live to record rocked-out Celtic fiddle tunes on mandolin. I'll make a jam track out of a drum loop, heavily effected guitars. some midi bass and an occational Sampler track. Then I blow solos over the top. My mixes are a mess, but I'm still having fun.

I also use Live to slow down songs I'm trying to figure out.

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:42 am

my stuff usually ends up sounding like a slightly more adventurous boards of canada.

martin808 · Post by **martin808** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:12 am

acidicelectrotechnodoof

fsk · Post by **fsk** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:16 pm

is that live 5 Comfy??

I cant do that shit with live4 without spending hours on it, or am I just slow ?

Comfy · Post by **Comfy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:16 pm

Hi FSK

Yup, its live 5 (im sure you can still do it in 4) all the way with no fx, and just one audio track.

Basically just dropped a clip which is warped ok into arrangement view, and went to work using copy, paste, duplicate, and cut using various quantization (set to none for the really glitchy bits)! Just started it off randomly and went from there. I keep doin it randomly and try everything, if it sounds rubbish then CTRL Z (undo) all the way back to when it worked and try something new. Usually i just loop 1 or 2 bars at a time work on them, then move on to the next 2 bars.

Dont get me wrong, it can take hours, but you can get some cool stuff which is done in minutes (just make sure you know your shortcuts CTRL+C.V.X,D,Z,Y)

oops sorry, i used erosion in there for 1 beats worth...... which was a reverse kik, at half the original tempo.

The Comfster

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:04 pm

I try to make funky hard house tekno but you know...I'm trying - that's it...nothing complicated or to thought out - try to make it as warehouse as possible

www.soundclick.com/djadonis206

conny · Post by **conny** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:57 pm

Experimental; dronlike or performance oriented; tried some more musical approaches but...
Done some stuff for a poetry reading (with our friend Disclaimer)

http://bluemoose.greatnow.com

// C

Mbazzy · Post by **Mbazzy** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:22 am

Experimental , electro-accoustic music ... AKA "exploratory electronic music" ... what's in a name ...

Goran@Irrupt · Post by **Goran@Irrupt** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:44 pm

jazz which tends to be free. hard drums, doublebass, sax, some piano parts...
i also like to make dubby electronic music.
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Haselmeier · Post by **Haselmeier** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:59 pm

Schlager und Volksmusik!

smart1123 · Post by **smart1123** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:38 pm

Tech/Dub/Electro/House from 95-135 bpm and a smattering of jungle

philippe n · Post by **philippe n** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:59 am

thanks a lot for all your answers. if you have some links to listen to what you're doing it will be good. i'll listen to all songs.
keep on playing!

martin808 · Post by **martin808** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:08 pm

check out my sig dude.

most tracks were done on reason and ableton but the track 'numbering' was created solely using live.

interceptor · Post by **interceptor** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:13 pm

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29056

Link to my electro track in this topic.

I make funky electro 80's dance stuff.