Cool tricks to make things sound better?
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:06 am
Hey guys, I want to know your go-to methods to make things sound better. Preferably Ableton Audio Effects, and creative ways to combine them.
For instance, I've got these tricks:
Want a beautiful preamp sound?
add envelope follower mapped to dynamic tube drive
Want an extremely transparent doubler?
take any audio effect (or instrument), ctrl + g (group), duplicate chain, add utility to each chain and select "Left," and "Right" then pan respectively
How about more consistency/sustain?
add a compressor, makeup on, RMS, Threshhold -infinity, ratio < 4.00, lookahead 10 ms, attack < 1 ms
How about inharmonic distortion?
Create a return with Corpus, set to membrane, set "High" resolution, set listening to 100% L, and 100% R, spread about 14%, LFO amount < 1 %, rate < 1 hz, decay 1-2 seconds, material -20 % to 20 %, add "inharm" to taste, add return on any given track
I frequently combine these techniques and others, but I'm sure there are plenty of great ways to make Live's stock plugins sound better. If you have some, post them here!
For instance, I've got these tricks:
Want a beautiful preamp sound?
add envelope follower mapped to dynamic tube drive
Want an extremely transparent doubler?
take any audio effect (or instrument), ctrl + g (group), duplicate chain, add utility to each chain and select "Left," and "Right" then pan respectively
How about more consistency/sustain?
add a compressor, makeup on, RMS, Threshhold -infinity, ratio < 4.00, lookahead 10 ms, attack < 1 ms
How about inharmonic distortion?
Create a return with Corpus, set to membrane, set "High" resolution, set listening to 100% L, and 100% R, spread about 14%, LFO amount < 1 %, rate < 1 hz, decay 1-2 seconds, material -20 % to 20 %, add "inharm" to taste, add return on any given track
I frequently combine these techniques and others, but I'm sure there are plenty of great ways to make Live's stock plugins sound better. If you have some, post them here!