How do you Chop & Screw vocals in ableton?

Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
Post Reply
kingofficial
Posts: 16
Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:17 pm

How do you Chop & Screw vocals in ableton?

Post by kingofficial » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:07 pm

Any suggestions?

Thanks, KO

swishniak
Posts: 1134
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:25 am
Location: Berlin

Re: How do you Chop & Screw vocals in ableton?

Post by swishniak » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:39 pm

pour some drank on your laptop

dylandigits
Posts: 65
Joined: Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:16 am

Re: How do you Chop & Screw vocals in ableton?

Post by dylandigits » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:49 pm

I *think* this should get you where you'd like to go...

1. Load the vocal in a channel as an audio file.
2. Warp (repitch mode) it to get it in sync with your beat as tightly as you'd like.
3. Slow the tempo down to desired speed; the vocal will lower in pitch the more you slow the song down.
4. Throw a Beat Repeat on the channel with the settings you'd like (probably no variation, chance at 0%, and the grid at 1/8) to get the traditional Chop & Screwed beat juggling effect.
5. Map the Beat Repeat device activation button to a MIDI controller or whatever, and then play your beat with the vocal over it, triggering the Beat Repeat at times you want the "chop" to occur.

Post Reply