Year: 2014

Hacking APC40 Hardware Control with maxforlive

7 min read

• Ableton
• Hardware
• Max/MSP

Hacking APC40 Hardware Control with maxforlive

Matthew Cieplak 18/11/2014

One of the great things about Max programming is that you almost never have to start...

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Getting started with Max/MSP: Resources and Tutorials

4 min read

• Ableton
• Max/MSP

Getting started with Max/MSP: Resources and Tutorials

Matthew Cieplak 08/08/2014

I started learning Max/MSP a few years ago around when Ableton and Cycling ’74 collaborated to...

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Compress Yourself: Parallel Processing in Ableton Live

4 min read

• Ableton
• Drums
• Production

Compress Yourself: Parallel Processing in Ableton Live

Ali Jamieson 10/07/2014

Parallel processing is a technique for mixing an effected version of a track with a...

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Resonate Good Times: Fun with Ableton’s Resonator

3 min read

• Ableton

Resonate Good Times: Fun with Ableton’s Resonator

Ali Jamieson 08/07/2014

One of my favourite plug-ins that comes bundled with Ableton Live is the Resonator. It’s...

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Chord of the Day: The Jump Monk V

2 min read

• Chord of the day
• Theory

Chord of the Day: The Jump Monk V

Ali Jamieson 08/07/2014

I want to quickly have a look at this chord I stumbled across in...

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Echoes of Naima: Exploring the Link Between Erykah Badu and Coltrane

3 min read

• Chord of the day
• Theory

Echoes of Naima: Exploring the Link Between Erykah Badu and Coltrane

Ali Jamieson 11/06/2014

I want to look at two songs. One is the 1959 ballad Naima taken from John...

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Sight in Sound: Metering Frequencies with Spectral Analysis

5 min read

• Production

Sight in Sound: Metering Frequencies with Spectral Analysis

Ali Jamieson 02/06/2014

Spectral analysers are a useful tool for helping to diagnose troublesome frequencies in your mix,...

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Kicks from Scratch: Customising, Sampling and Layering Drums

9 min read

• Ableton
• Drums
• Logic

Kicks from Scratch: Customising, Sampling and Layering Drums

Ali Jamieson 01/06/2014

There are numerous sample packs offering club-ready kick drums and this is by no means...

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The CAGED System: Unlocking Guitar Chord Inversions

5 min read

• Theory

The CAGED System: Unlocking Guitar Chord Inversions

Ali Jamieson 27/05/2014

The CAGED system is a method for quickly and logically learning all the potential chord...

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