Sometimes it can be hard to find inspiration. Sometimes you want to learn to produce a new genre but have no idea how to structure it or how to create the style of sounds typically used in that genre. In this age of access to share creative processes, we get the chance to see what, and learn how to get the results we want through some high quality free ableton project files. Sometimes it’s just fun to look at other people’s project files. Get Fr…
Tip 1: Add A Dry/Wet Knob To Anything With many effects and plug-ins it may unfortunately seem like an “all or nothing” situation. Take the Ableton’s auto-filter for example. It’s either on or it isn’t, no middle ground to introduce some of the original signal back in. Well what if I told you there was a powerful work around inside of Ableton. By setting up this powerful rack you’ll be able to add a “dry/wet” knob to anything. First …
1. Low overheads Make sure you take full advantage of Reason's very low CPU usage. Send effects have their specific uses, of course, but with Reason, you can go pretty crazy with inserts. So if you have the power, don't be afraid to add some gentle compression, EQ, spreading or any other effects you like to every channel. 2. Back to basics It's easy to overlook Reason's Mixer EQ, as it is very basic, but even if you e…
1. Band-pass switching Pro Tools has a great feature in its EQ3 1 and 7 EQs: automatically transforming an EQ band into a band-pass filter, allowing you hear the area in isolation. Hold Shift+Cmd on Mac or Win+Shift on PC, then move an EQ node to temporarily switch the EQ band to a band-pass. This allows you to find those troublesome frequency areas with ease. 2. Turn off the click Click tracks are great for recording, but they’re not alw…
