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 ...
5 Ways to Create Gated Patterns in Ableton 9
Gate Effect with Sidechaining Using the gate effect in Ableton Live, you can create interesting gated patterns to the beat by turning on sidechain, and selecting a rhythmic pattern to receive audio signal from. (note: If you select a midi drum rack, you can also select any one of the drums individually) Then all you have to do is play with the threshold, attack, decay and release to get the sound just right. Add ...
Ableton Live Instant Mappings for Korg microKONTROL
I've spent many hours discovering how to instant map my Korg microKONTROL to Ableton Live using the UserConfiguration.txt file, MidiPipe(optional), and the Librarian software that comes with the microKONTROL. I have successfully mapped the first 3 scenes of my microKONTROL to control various parameters in Live without having to Map them manually in midi map mode. The reason I made this tutorial is because I wish I could have had access ...
Ableton Tutorial - Rhythmic Gated Patterns
In this tutorial I share a technique for turning any texture, pad, or soundscape into a tight rhythmic stuttering pattern. It's accomplished using sidechain options of the gate effect in Ableton Live. This type of effect is something you hear in a lot of psy dub, psy trance, and psybient music. You hear it used in many songs by artists like Shpongle, Ott, Bluetech, Phutureprimitive, and many more.
Antandra Exclusive Mix and Interview for LostinSound
"There are few producers in the American psychedelic bass music culture rising faster than Antandra. Lost in Sound has been excited to feature the original productions from Jacob Louis‘ project." ― LostinSound.org I'm so happy to share the I have made an exclusive mix and interview for LostinSound. You can listen to the mix I put together of all original music and remixes below. It's also available for free download. Follow the link above to read ...
Antandra Exclusive Mix and Interview for LostinSound
“There are few producers in the American psychedelic bass music culture rising faster than Antandra. Lost in Sound has been excited to feature the original productions from Jacob Louis‘ project.” ―…
Future Bass Pads and Talking Bass with Xfer Serum
This is the first in a series of live streams I plan on doing. The focus will be on sound design, and in this episode, I create some future pads…
Developing Your Own Sound
Having a certain, recognizable sound comes down to having consistent characteristics. This meaning, having key elements and styles that you repeat in your work between various projects. Here are just…
Serum Tutorial: Bell Sound Design (Future Bass/Chill Trap)
Today, I will show you how to make a bell sound commonly heard in chill trap, future bass, R&B etc. The beat came from the Loopmasters Chill Trap and Future RnB sample pack…
How to Make Psy Squelches with Sylenth1
In this tutorial I demo one technique for making psy squelches using sylenth1. This method works well for anyone looking to make anything in the experimental, psybient, psychill, psydub, psybass…
Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 Audio Interface Review
My review of the Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 Audio Interface. Package includes USB cable and activation code for Novation Bass Station, Live Lite, Focusrite Bundle Loopmasters Sample Pack and more. Seems…