Computer Music: Music Producer’s Guide to Ableton Live (1st Edition) PDF
Welcome to the Music Producer’s Guide to Ableton Live, a complete guide to one of the most popular Digital Audio Workstations, as used by top producers, DJs, musicians and bands the world over.
Ableton Live is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. Whether you have been using Ableton’s finest DAW for all 20 years of its lifetime or are new to this exceptional platform for creating music, there will be plenty on offer for you in this bookazine. Our main features start by covering everything you need to know about Ableton Live. Our in-depth look at Ableton Live 1, covers all the big new additions and explains how you can make the most of them to improve your production workflow and creativity.
Ableton Live can be used to make music in a huge number and variety of styles, and with that in mind, we show you how to do just that with a number of production workshops scattered through this guide, including tutorials to produce EDM, hip hop, trap, techno and many more genres. Our star interviewees – like Jean-Michel Jarre and Roisin Murphy – reveal
“Afro Moods” by Godlike Loops includes 6 Beat Construction Kits crafted with rhythmic drums, catchy melodies and dreamy sounds inspired by artists like Daddy Yankee, Maluma, Swae Lee, Nicky Jam, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Kizz Daniel, Davido, Tems, Buju, Omah Lay, Teni and many more.
You will receive all sounds separated as drums, percussions and instruments, all composed at a professional level to instantly step up your production! Every folder includes Tempo and Key Labels, WAV Loops.
‘Fire Dubstep’ by Epic Stock Media includes 165 pumping Dubstep synth loops, driving electronic drums, catchy EDM melodies, whomps, bass lines, chord progressions, sub drops, FX, drum shots, and a variety of essential samples for creating modern Dubstep music.
‘Fire Dubstep’ is a next level cross genre sample pack suitable for a variety of genres such as EDM, Dance, Electro Pop, Dubstep, Techno, Bass House, and Future Pop, as well as other modern electronic oriented genres.
Explore through a rich library stocked full of all your favorite production ready Dubstep and EDM loops, samples and one shots. Easily find the perfect sound from a set of hard hitting bass lines, drum loops, melodies, wobbles, wombs, descending subs, drops, pumping synths, and everything needed to craft outstanding Dubstep tracks.
Big basslines, savage synth, and dirty drums are all elements you can expect to find in this massive bass house release. Including over 500 samples this huge pack will provide you with all the tools you need to create powerful energetic bass house music.
This release is filled with detailed bass and synth loops, deep bass shots, punchy drum hits, driving drum loops, and a wide range of high-quality FX elements to give your productions that extra wow factor. On top of everything already mentioned this pack includes five fully finished song starter-demo kits, all broken down into corresponding stems, giving you a detailed insight into professionally produced bass house tracks! Get the main room vibes started with this mega sample pack.
Sequenced percussion, triggered basslines, and meticulously crafted arpeggios: “Synergy – Serum Progressive Tech Patches” is an ideal toolkit for dancefloor producers seeking to expand their sonic foundries with expertly designed Serum Presets.
POWERHOUSE OF ROCK
Legato bass and guitar samples with round robin staccato, both clean and distorted. Drum kits that pop and can be effortlessly shaped into larger than life grooves. If you need your music to rock, plain and simple, this library will give you everything you need. With a few keyswitches, you can seamlessly construct realistic performances without a complicated UI. Aside from a simple effects control interface with utilities like envelope, reverb and delay controls, there’s no extra editing needed to maximize the character and impact of each performance.
AN ENTIRE ROCK BAND IN ONE
Between basses, drums and guitars, Ministry of Rock lets you build out an entire band that can execute every lick, effect and fill you can ask of it. If you find yourself without any live musicians but need to rival the sound of live players in the box, you’ll get every tool you could need in your arsenal. This is monumental for film and game composers who aren’t able to add live performers to their scores, helping to bridge the gap between idea and execution. Every articulation and program was reverse-engineered from actual performances, giving you an easy framework to build authentic-sounding performances in your DAW.
Contains:
20 GB collection of rock drums, basses and guitars recorded in the famous EASTWEST Studio Two
Created by award-winning sounds producers Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix, a comprehensive production kit for creating a full rock band
The world famous EASTWEST Studio Two rock drum sound featured on countless gold and platinum records
Guitars and basses recorded with dual amps so you can easily adjust tone color
Includes round robin kicks, snares, toms, and hi-hats
Adobe Audition CC Complete Beginners Guide to Intermediate TUTORIAL
Make your audio sound amazing with Adobe Audition CC!
If you are looking for an audio editing application that will allow you to record, edit and mix audio like the pros, Adobe Audition is the best answer.
Audio Audition is used by musicians, podcasters, video creators, editors, audio engineers, and professionals around the world!
In this Adobe Audition CC training course from Infinite Skills you will learn how to import, edit and enhance audio like a pro. Audition CC adds new features that makes editing your audio easier and faster than ever before! This tutorial is designed for the beginner, and no previous Audition experience is required.
This complete course is the best way to jump right in and start editing your own audio.
Starting with the basics that will help you to set up your audio input and output, import and record audio, edit audio, use the multitrack and add effects to audio.
The course takes you through Audition CC step by step, with each lesson building on the one previous. The training uses hands-on examples combined with well designed working files to build your knowledge in incremental stages, each topic is explained in detail making it easy to learn new concepts and absorb information even for absolute beginners.
By the end of the class, you will learn everything you need to be efficient at using Audition to edit and enhance voice-over and dialogue audio.
Who this course is for
Podcasters looking to get more comfortable with editing audio inside Adobe Audition
Beginner Videographers or Podcasters who want to learn how to edit and enhance dialogue audio.
Anyone looking to use Adobe Audition in the most efficient way
This course is for anyone interested in editing audio. Beginners are welcome right the way to producers looking to up their game.
Sound editor, Motion Graphics, Video Editors, Youtubers …
What you’ll learn:
Create an Audition project from beginning to end
Reduce background noise & improve vocals
Make audio better with EQ, amplitude, and compression
Learn how to use all the new features to create, edit and enhance your audio
Learn the core principals of working with audio in Audition
Enhance your Dialogue or Voice-Over Audio
Learn How to Edit Podcasts in the Multitrack Editor
Learn Tricks to Edit Much Faster
Save and export high quality audio files
Know proper workflow for podcasting, music production, and general audio editing
By the end of the course you will be able to edit audio in Adobe Audition
Unique multiband distortion. Add gentle clipping, harsh distortion, or anything in between using a variety of distortion types. Fine-tune your sound with input and output filters, configurable distortion amounts, and a three-band EQ.
VIRTUOSO SINGERS FOR ANY PRODUCTION
Voices of Opera is a brand new virtual instrument collection featuring the sensational vocals of soprano Larisa Martinez and tenor Carton Moe. Whether classical, romantic or apocalyptic, Voices of Opera contains some of the best performances ever recorded, captured with a collection of warm, detailed vintage microphones. If you’ve been on the hunt for singers that possess enough power to reign over an orchestra, or even complement a soft passage meant to gently stoke an emotional response from listeners, this collection is just what you’re looking for.
WORLD-RENOWNED SINGERS
Larisa Martinez has established a strong and unique presence in the classical performance world. Having performed with opera titan Andrea Bocelli as his principal soprano on a world tour, she also won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition PR district 2016, receiving the Angel Ramos Foundation Award and Audience Prize.She earned raved reviews as Musetta in Loft Opera’s critically acclaimed production of La Bohéme and for her other leading roles in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Rossini’s Adina, Floyd’s Susannah, and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and Lucia di Lammermoor.
Heralded by the New York Times as an “ardent tenor,” Carlton Moe performed as Ubaldo Piangi in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, the longest running show on Broadway. His opera credits include Lakmé (Gerald), I Capuletti e I Montecchi (Tebaldo), The Mother of Us All (John Adams), Ernest Bloch’s Macbeth (Malcolm), and Roméo et Juliette (Tybalt), and he was a soloist in major works such as Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah.
SUSTAIN
10 vocal instruments for held, single-syllable vowels – Ah, Ee, Eh, Oh, Oo. When you want to capture a long note with all its subtle expression, this will likely be your go-to collection in this library.
STACCATO
32 short, articulate vocal instruments. These are great for punctuating spiccato and pizzicato string passages, light woodwind staccato, and even high-drama percussion moments. Soprano: Bra, Cher, Ci, Don, Fa, Goh, Joh, Ki, Kom, Lu, Na, Oo, Prey, Ra, Te, Toh, Voh. Tenor: Bra, Cher, Ci, Don, Fa, Goh, Joh, Ki, Kon, Lu, Na, Oo, Prey, Te, Toh, Voh.
LEGATO
4 instruments with natural-sounding Ah and Oh true legato intervals up to an octave in either direction when playing connected notes, auto-triggering sustain samples when notes are separated. Perfect for creating lyrical, dramatic passages.
COMBO
8 instances combining multiple articulations into a single instrument, with flexible Mod Wheel and Round Robin control over real-time playback. Sustain MOD, Legato MOD, and Staccato Combo RR.
WORDS
42 vocal instruments with performances of specific Italian words mapped chromatically across the keyboard. Addio, Amore, Bravissimo, Cara, Caro, Cielo, Dolore, Donna, Ella, Fiore, Fortuna, Forza, Gloria, Insieme, Mai, Morte, Nobilta, Potere, Sacro, Signore, Vincero.
PHRASES
36 full phrases and 84 sub-phrases from the arias of Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Rossini, Bizet and more. 43 phrases and sub-phrases for Soprano, 40 phrases and sub-phrases for Tenor, and 37 Duet phrases and sub-phrases. Phrases were recorded in multiple keys, and individual sub-phrases can be rotated via the Mod Wheel.
KEYSWITCH
9 instruments combining multiple articulations into a single instrument, using keyswitches to activate the desired choice. When you need flexible performance technique and a lot of real-time control, this will be your collection of choice.
PRISTINE RECORDING TECHNIQUES
Choose and create your own mix from multiple vintage mic positions including Front, Rear, and Room. The Front mic is a Telefunken 251, a famous vocal mic that captures incredible warmth and detail. For the duet phrases, a Neumann U67 was added to fully capture the sound of both singers. The Rear includes a pair of vintage Cole 4038s that add more depth and space. The Room mix includes a Decca tree made up of Neumann M50s and a pair of AKG C12 outriggers, replicating the mic set-up of a classical stage. All recordings were made at EastWest Studios, our world famous recording studios known for producing more Grammy nominations than any other studio in the world: 121 in the last 7 years.
Featuring soprano Larisa Martinez (Andrea Bocelli) and tenor Carlton Moe (Phantom of the Opera)
Produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix
40 GB collection of 229 multi-sampled vocal instruments
Includes pristinely recorded sustain, legato and staccato samples and multi-key phrases from some of the most iconic operas ever written
Sound on Sound Nominee for Best Software Instrument 2020, MusicTech Gear of the Year Nominee