Live dubstep with ableton...

[John Arkell]

just uploaded our 2nd little video... bass has it's own channel with cutter effects... master effects and drum looping controlled via APC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVOwdGRaYiw

I lOVE ABLETON.

[AceLuby]

Video made me a bit woozy, but the music is pretty good. As far as critique there wasn't quite enough low end for my taste in dubstep, I like earth shattering lows. You could also use a bit more verb on the snares. Other than that it was pretty good.

[John Arkell]

cheers dude, thought we managed to get it pretty low for the last drop... added a second sine wave to the bass via a split channel from the pedals, i think some of it has maybe been lost in the the youtube compression/upload...

if you have any pointers on how to achieve the earth shattering effect that would be very much appriciated... production is my hobby... very self taught, hopefully I can get some tips on here

[Theo Void]

I likey
Vay nice

[atlaskk]

Woh... this is the first truly live dubstep song I've ever heard. So awesome and very amazing. Keep it up!

[annadyne]

Fun and ultra-groovy, guys!!!

[regretfullySaid]

Cool; always enjoy seeing musicians staying busy with their gear when playing:)

For that extra low end (I thought it was fine but I know what he's saying) I would keep it simple and see if an eq raise around 40hz will work with whatever the bass is coming out of. It could've been there and just lost in the youtube part, though.
I figure if you're adding extra lower tones/harmonics between pedals and live bass, the Sub quality wouldn't be as pure as a simple waveform.
Could be wrong though, I'm just thinking the more the tone is going through extra paths the more it loses purity, but berhaps the quality of playing/bass/pedals are high enough to do the job.

Still, it shows you got enough musicianship and tech skills to get somewhere.

[Skylark]

good work there! mix needs improvement, but i think creativity allways takes prefrence imo... nice job!

(btw, also a bit seasick after those camera moves, lol)

peaceman

[John Arkell]

thanks for your comments guys... yeah the mix definatly needs work... will organise that when the time is right....

new video next week. with your notes taken onboard

John

[John Arkell]

took some of your notes onboard... managed to get a slightly higher quality version on the tube as well... hopefully you guys are into number 3...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu6AtV6VIJM