Psytrance Sound Design Using Ableton
by DJ Story This tutorial is for learning some basic sound design theory to get you started making custom psytrance sounds from scratch. I can't stress enough how important it is to just dive in and start getting your hands dirty. The more you get familiar with how the different wave forms sound at different qualities, octaves and frequencies the sooner you'll be able to whip up the sound in your head without ...
Sell Music from Soundcloud Using Soundrain
There's a really easy new way to sell music that integrates with Soundcloud. It's called Soundrain, and it uses a technology called Minno to sell the music right out of your Soundcloud account. It connects with your soundcloud account and allows you to enable or disable track sales for each song already uploaded to soundcloud. It's the quickest and easiest way I've ever seen to start selling music. When someone clicks the ...
Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.) Interview
DJ Story: Great Music! Are you using Ableton? Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.): Yep. All Ableton. Synthesizing, sampling and resampling. A minimalist approach. DJ Story: Any plugins? Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.): Oh yah. FM8, Sylenth, Massive, and many more. DJ Story: What did you use for the bass? Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.): I don't remember. Either Sylenth or UltraBass MX I think. DJ Story: What about that ...
432 Hz Vs. 440 Hz and the Universal Harmonics
The reason for changing frequency from 432 to 440 Hz middle A in 1936 by J Goebbels is debatable. Some say it was to accommodate the piano, so the tuning would stay more consistent across the entire keyboard. Others say that it was a Nazi conspiracy in conjunction with Satan. Either way, there is still plenty of evidence that 432 Hz tuning is much more harmonious with numbers found ...
Ableton Live + TouchOSC + Live Control
I recently found Live Control which is an open source template for TouchOSC that incorporates user midi remote scripts just like the APC40. It's a really phenomenal tool, because it basically allows you to turn your iPad into an APC40. At least the python script was written to interact with Ableton Live in much the same way giving an insane amount of control with minimal effort. In fact, it communicates both ways ...
APC40 Python Scripts Review...
When I first got my APC40, I was amazed by the out of the box functionality. I had done my research, and knew that it was what I wanted. It offers a lot of flexibility in the studio and for live performance. I still had this feeling like there must be more though. I started […]
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DJ Story Music Website Launched!...
DJ Story has a new official site. It features his music on soundcloud available as free downloads, his latest news, twitter updates, podcast of archived DJ mixes and more! Check out the new site at www.djstorymusic.com. Thanks!
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Music brings us together. It communicates via frequency transmissions that which transcends words. The intention of this album is to awaken and inspire consciousness through dance activation. Liberate your mind, heart, body, and soul. Share it with those you love. Tree of Sound is an album written, composed, and produced by DJ Story. Listen with […]
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Ableton Tutorial: Dual Filter Effect Rac...
In this Ableton tutorial video, I share how to create a filter effect rack using Ableton’s built-in devices that rolls off both the high and low frequencies at the same time. Free download below. Enjoy! Free Effect Rack Download: DJ Story’s Dual Filter Effect.adg
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Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.) Interview...
DJ Story: Great Music! Are you using Ableton?
Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.): Yep. All Ableton. Synthesizing, sampling and resampling. A minimalist approach.
DJ Story: Any plugins?
Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.): Oh yah. FM8, Sylenth, and Massive.
DJ Story: What did you use for the bass?
Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.): Sylenth or UltraBass MX
DJ Story: What about that vocal stutter? Great production. I love the use of panning.
Mirror Me (Zenon Rec.): Yeah. It’s a combo. ;p It’s a vocal sample on top of a grained version of the vocal sample delaying, pitching and slowing down the delay as it goes.
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Ableton Live: Morphing Arpeggio Tutorial...
Here’s my latest Ableton Live tutorial where I explain some interesting ways to create morphing arpeggio effects using instrument racks, effect racks, velocity sensitivity, and a little creativity. As an example I made an arp that fades from
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