Access Ableton
Welcome to Access Ableton, the podcast helping you make the most of Ableton Live with a screen reader. Whether you're new to the art of music production or have been in the industry for a while, this podcast aims to help level up your skills and make better music. Join me each week as I unpack all the major features of Live and share tips and production techniques I've gathered over the years.
Episodes
In this episode, I show you how to design an 80s style synth bass from scratch using Drift.
Links:
email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
Discord: @ZachB13
In this episode, we design a pad sound from scratch using Drift.
Links:
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space Discord: @ZachB13
This is a quick episode going over some of the new features in Ableton Live 12.3, currently in beta testing.
Links:
Live 12.3 release notes Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
Discord: @ZachB13
In this episode, we take a first look at subtractive synthesis using Ableton's Drift device. This episode is part one of a series on synthesis, meant to help you design sounds from scratch and escape the preset trap.
Links:
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
Discord: @ZachB13
In this episode, I breakdown a remix I did of a song by Pop artist Caroline Romano. We discuss a few mixing techniques, and the use of AI in music production.
Links:
email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
Discord: @ZachB13
Link to the song on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHpnlPqTo1A&list=RDFHpnlPqTo1A&start_radio=1
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In this episode, we explore Live's rhythm generator to make programing beats easier.
Links:
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
Discord: @ZachB13
In this episode, I take a look at Maim, a free an open source lo-fi plug-in that gives your sounds the characteristics of badly compressed digital audio.
Links:
Link to Maim on Github releases: https://github.com/ArdenButterfield/Maim/releases
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
Discord: @ZachB13
In this episode, we take a look at Live's "Slice To New Midi Track" feature, and explore some creative uses of this tool to get the most out of your sample collection.
Links:
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space Email: AccessAbleton@gmail.com
Discord: @ZachB13
In this episode, we take a look at some third-party plug-ins from Airwindows.
Links:
Airwindows: https://www.airwindows.com
Reaper Made Easy (for other music production based tutorials)
https://www.theglobalvoice.info/reaper/
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
Discord: @Zac...
In this episode, I take another look at session view, and show how you can use it to make a rough arrangement for your song before transferring it into the arrangement view to flesh out the details. I also explore a few more ways to make samples your own, including messing with them using Ableton's warping algorithms and adding effects.
Links
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
In this episode, I take a quick look at Splice, and use some of the samples to make a Trap Beat in session view.
Links:
Email: accessableton@gmail.com Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space Discord: @ZachB13
In this episode, I take a look at some free third-party sample packs by Cymatics, and we make a quick beat in Ableton's session view.
Links:
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
Discord: @ZachB13
Some links to free samples:
cymatics: https://cymatics.fm/pages/free-download-vault?srsltid=AfmBOoo-opnTG1HQ...
In this episode, I show you how to use automation in Live to change your sounds over time.
Links:
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
In this episode, we take a quick look at Live's device view. More detailed info about some of the most useful devices will be coming in future episodes.
Links:
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
In this episode of Access Ableton, we take a look at the Live browser and see how it can be used to find devices, samples, and other content for your projects.
Links:
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
In this episode, we take a look at editing audio and midi in the clip view.
Links:
Email: accessableton@gmail.com
Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
In the second episode of Access Ableton, I show you how to get around arrangement view and make a track. We talk about editing clips, moving them around, and recording new material into the timeline.
Email: accessableton@gmail.com Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
On this first episode of the Access Ableton podcast, I take you through some of Live's settings and make a quick beat in session view. We also take a look at editing midi in the clip detail editor.
Links: Accessibility section of the Live12 manual: https://www.ableton.com/en/live-manual/12/accessibility-options-in-live/#accessibility-options-in-live Follow me on Mastodon: @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space Email me: Zachary.Bennoui@gmail....
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