The Glitch thread...

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The Glitch thread...

Post by fatrabbit » Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:32 am

I thought it might be an idea to make a thread where people can list their methods of making purposeful glitch, clicks and cuts etc. within Ableton (or elsewhere too!).

Point of reference might be artists like edIT (see album on Planet Mu), Matmos etc.

Just ways of altering sound or generating new sound...



I'll start with a simple one... Reverse a sample (I have found orchestral sounds work well) and adjust the speed that it plays by clicking either the -2 or +2 buttons in the clip options to the left. Slowing stuff down like this can sound pretty good... and also try messing with the warp settings (Beat, Tone etc.).

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Nice One

Post by coupdetat » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:30 pm

Sorted edIT sounds Well Cool But then most ot Panet Mu stuff does (Big Fan)

Try A reverse Base Kick

I think a lot of it will be a case of magleing sounds and resamplingthem then putting thim in an inpulse or two and Makeing beats.

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Post by The Phat Conductor » Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:42 am

i find that the best way to glitch things out is to just use samples of household objects, machine sounds, cpu overloads, etc. load em into kontakt, put in some midi, and then once the riffs are written, single out a few sounds for special treatment.

it's all too easy to just get carried away with the sound design and not get any songwriting done otherwise.

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Post by Contra » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:42 am

you could also have a whole trak already arranged, then chop the hell out of it, in parts super fine chopping, then highlight it and drag that chopped up glitchy part into session view and make it a loop.

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Post by napalmskatterjazz » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:40 pm

automate everything, use automation paramaters like oldschoolanalog sequencer. I use return tracks alot for stutter as well, keep a clean version and a mangled... use your mind, how can you glitch.....

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Post by etiolate » Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:48 am

The Phat Conductor wrote:
it's all too easy to just get carried away with the sound design and not get any songwriting done otherwise.
ive had this problem consistently since ive been using live.

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Post by DJ Agent Orange » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:55 am

etiolate wrote:
The Phat Conductor wrote:
it's all too easy to just get carried away with the sound design and not get any songwriting done otherwise.
ive had this problem consistently since ive been using live.
I hear that. I'm constantly scrapping sounds that I worked on for hours.

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Post by The Phat Conductor » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:43 am

am i a dick for posting that flyer?

i can take it down if you guys want. sorry. it's easy to lose objectivity when you're in party promo mode. this jam could end up costing me an awful lot of money so i'm all antsy.
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Post by fatrabbit » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:03 am

Nah leave it.. it's good music... but 6000 miles away!

Just don't post it as a comment on someone's MySpace page (personal hate!).

Here's a tip based on something in the Live wiki...


Put a sound into a Simpler. Set start to 50%, Fade on and to 50%, Length to between 1-5% and Loop to 50% or 100%.

Then open a MIDI clip that's 4 bars long say (any will do) and create a MIDI note at C3 that lasts the whole 4 bars (or whatever). Then do a diagonal automation line that stretches from +50% to -50% at the end on the Sample Start parameter of the Simpler. Sounds pretty glitchy.

I'm building a rack with lots of this shit in it. :D

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Post by Contra » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:11 am

The Phat Conductor wrote:am i a dick for posting that flyer?

i can take it down if you guys want. sorry. it's easy to lose objectivity when you're in party promo mode. this jam could end up costing me an awful lot of money so i'm all antsy.
keep that ish up, its all gravy meng....

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Post by 3rdordertrauma » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:19 am

fatrabbit wrote:Nah leave it.. it's good music... but 6000 miles away!

Just don't post it as a comment on someone's MySpace page (personal hate!).

Here's a tip based on something in the Live wiki...


Put a sound into a Simpler. Set start to 50%, Fade on and to 50%, Length to between 1-5% and Loop to 50% or 100%.

Then open a MIDI clip that's 4 bars long say (any will do) and create a MIDI note at C3 that lasts the whole 4 bars (or whatever). Then do a diagonal automation line that stretches from +50% to -50% at the end on the Sample Start parameter of the Simpler. Sounds pretty glitchy.

I'm building a rack with lots of this shit in it. :D
Yes please! Hope you post it when you're done... :wink:

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Not for mac

Post by coupdetat » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:33 pm


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Re: Not for mac

Post by fatrabbit » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:16 pm

What was the point of posting that? Everyone knows that - and there is a good thread within Tips & Tricks where a Rack has been built that can replicate the properties of dblue Glitch within Live on a Mac.

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Re: Not for mac

Post by coupdetat » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:24 pm

fatrabbit wrote:
What was the point of posting that? Everyone knows that - and there is a good thread within Tips & Tricks where a Rack has been built that can replicate the properties of dblue Glitch within Live on a Mac.
what was the point of the Post before that

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