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Say I have a song that starts quickly with a strong bass, and I want to create an intro, a build up sound to create anticipation towards the music to come.

How can I produce this?

Thanks for the help guys!

There are a million ways to do this.

You could reverse the first bass note of the track, add a reverb with a loooong tail, then reverse the bass note and reverb tail to give you a reverse reverb build up.

You could sample the first bass note and create a build up from the note with it simply repeating with a build in volume (add a beat repeat to this for some variation).

Okay - not millions - but there's 2 to get you started.

(When you post questions as vague as that, you'll probably get some sarcastic answers. ie:

You could try sampling Kermit the Frog and have him introduce the track.

Something like that...)

You could also use some crazy texture (sampled or instrument).
Layer that with one-shot fx like a boomy explosion or crash cymbals with echoes, etc. before you drop da bass.

Patch wrote:There are a million ways to do this.

You could reverse the first bass note of the track, add a reverb with a loooong tail, then reverse the bass note and reverb tail to give you a reverse reverb build up.

You could sample the first bass note and create a build up from the note with it simply repeating with a build in volume (add a beat repeat to this for some variation).

Okay - not millions - but there's 2 to get you started.

(When you post questions as vague as that, you'll probably get some sarcastic answers. ie:

You could try sampling Kermit the Frog and have him introduce the track.

Something like that...)

I sampled (copy if I'm correct) the first bass note, but how do I reverse the note?

[lol, Kermit rules!]

UPDATE: I found out how to reverse. Thanks for the help!

UPDATE: I found out how to reverse. Thanks for the help!

How did you?

It was a midi bass? or a sample? how do we reverse midi and audio samples in live?

Only audio - on the clip view at the bottom, click the "rev" button.

Basically take any sound with a long decay (a cymbal crash, a long hit, lots of reverb...) and reverse it!

listen to music of others and build up an inventory of buildup techniques. not sure what kind of music you are into, but The Chemical Brothers are pretty talented with build-ups...

The Chemical brothers are talented in all aspects!!

They are rediculous

When I was using Reason loads I used to use a delay to create fills...:
Add delay, set the dry/wet to about 70% and the feedback to zero....you can then automate the feedback level to create variously timed fills...i also gave the delay its own track.....not tried with ableton tho sure it would work the same ?