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Pocketknife - Feels

Submitted by jordan.brooks on Tue | 08.18.2009 | 06:57

Here is a video filmed with fellow BML teachers Colin Killalea and Robby Sinclair. It was conceived and wonderfully shot and edited by my brother, Travis Brooks. The music was written by Colin Killalea and performed by Pocketknife.

Percussion Compression Tutorial in Ableton Live (RP)

Submitted by bryan.noll on Thu | 06.11.2009 | 03:44

Another post in my series of Ableton Live tutorials, this time on the subject of Compression. This tutorial was made by Jason Timothy: http://www.myspace.com/djjasontimothy

I find it very helpful how Jason uses the technique of first exaggerating the settings in order to find the right shape, then backing them off to get the final sound.

This particular tutorial is perfect for learning how to get that snap + pump sound on percussive sounds.

Dubstep Wobble Bass Tutorial (RP)

Submitted by bryan.noll on Tue | 05.12.2009 | 01:21

This past weekend, I hung out with Zach Saginaw (Frank Omura, Shigeto), Brian Lindgren (Mux Mool), and Jakub Alexander (Moodgadget) and Dubstep / Wobble Bass came up once or twice. So this BML Tutorial is a tribute.

The first video is re-posted from the Dubspot blog and it shows you how to create a dubstep bass in Ableton Live using the Simpler instrument. You can download the wave file used in this tutorial from here. The techniques can be used to get the sound using any synthesizer, just pay attention to the types of waveforms mentioned and what they do with the filter (BP, envelope, velocity sensitive freq).

The second video is something I found on YouTube made by The Synthesist. It shows how to use Reason to Wobble and also offers a slightly different Ableton Simpler approach.

Ableton Live : Operator Bassline

Submitted by bryan.noll on Mon | 03.23.2009 | 11:36

Gustavo Bravetti made this instructional video for Ableton Live. It's not really for beginners, but it's really great to see how to use Operator to make a nice bass sound. Watching (and hearing) him adjust the ADSR is useful, as is seeing the touch of FM he ads; but what I find so great is how he assigns the frequency of the filter to velocity and then adjusts each note's velocity to hit the filter at different frequencies.

Gustavo's YouTube Page has a lot of useful material, do check it out.

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