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Freddy’s Tech Tip 005: Vocals ADT (Artificial Double Tracking)
There are plenty of vocal tricks out there but ADT remains an absolute classic. When singing the lead vocal twice in such a way that the timing and phrasing of each performance are as close to each as...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 006: Drum Racks Top Tips
Drum racks are the obvious choice to build our beats. They are quick to use, versatile and easily mapped to most controllers. In fact, you will have to use Drum Racks if you want to use PUSH as a “step...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 007: MIDI Remote scripts
Your controller may have a surprise for you. How about changing its functionality to get more out of it? You may have heard of MIDI Remote Scripts and wondered what they were and how useful they could...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 008: Bass Crossover Rack
Getting the full range bass sound we hear on countless tunes these days relies heavily on splitting the signal into various frequency ranges. Using a “crossover”, the mixing engineer can split an audio...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 009: Master Warping
Live’s elastic audio engine has to be the most significant asset of this program. The ‘warping’ function will let us correct the timing of a performance or even mess around with that timing to yield...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 010: Izotonik ‘Modular’
The Max4Live community is growing fast since the release of Ableton 9 and I couldn’t help noticing a company that had already got to grips with this exciting new world. Izotonic offers a range of...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 011: Chromatically Triggering Clips
As with everything in music, it is often the simplest things that work best. This trick is easy to set up yet the results can be astonishing. In Ableton’s session view, you can assign your clip to a...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 12: Mapping Tips
Here is a list of useful MIDI mapping tricks… Inverting the range: You might have encountered this issue more than once. The hand movement doesn’t match the control’s movement. For example, I raise a...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 13: The HAAS Effect
A good mix relies on a correct use of the space around your sounds and especially the width. The obvious control to go for is the pan pot. You can achieve a good stereo image and a clear separation...
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Freddy’s Tech Tip 14: Swapping Waveforms in Ableton Live
Ableton Live lets you swap your audio waveforms so all the clip envelopes are retained and applied to the new sound. Ableton Live 9′s Sample Editor can be considered a powerful sampler. Using effects...
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