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Levels (APC40 remix): VU Metering in Hardware with Remote Scripts Akai APC40

Akai APC40

Levels (APC40 remix): VU Metering in Hardware with Remote Scripts

Matthew Cieplak 19/04/2015

The APC40 is a great controller, but it does basically one thing: launch clips. Hans Petrov...

ReWire with Logic, Ableton Live and Reason Logic X, Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason

Logic X, Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason

ReWire with Logic, Ableton Live and Reason

Ali Jamieson 16/04/2015

All DAWs have their idiosyncratic nuances that make them great for some things but not...

Talking Synths: Using Vocoders and Talkboxes in your DAW Dunlop Talkbox

Dunlop Talkbox

Talking Synths: Using Vocoders and Talkboxes in your DAW

Ali Jamieson 03/03/2015

Vocoders and Talkboxes are often confused in that both sound like synthetic voices and are...

Dig Your Own Crate: A Guide to Becoming a Human Record Collection Waves CLA-76

Waves CLA-76

Dig Your Own Crate: A Guide to Becoming a Human Record Collection

Ali Jamieson 16/02/2015

Sampling is such a given in modern music that we probably don’t give it...

Getting started with TouchOSC in Ableton Live

Ableton Live

Getting started with TouchOSC in Ableton Live

Ali Jamieson 11/02/2015

TouchOSC is an app that allows control of our DAWs from our iOS device such...

Hacking APC40 Hardware Control with maxforlive

maxforlive

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...

Getting started with Max/MSP: Resources and Tutorials Cycling 74

Cycling 74

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...

Compress Yourself: Parallel Processing in Ableton Live Audio Damage Rough Rider

Audio Damage Rough Rider

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 dry...

Resonate Good Times: Fun with Ableton’s Resonator Ableton Resonator

Ableton Resonator

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...

Kicks from Scratch: Customising, Sampling and Layering Drums Drumazon 909 SPAN

Drumazon 909 SPAN

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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...