Rolled a 4 - MIDI and Vinyl
However, I decided to invite somebody else to come and play,
this time it was another friend and band member, Ben.
We decided to make the file at Ben's, so unfortunately I was unable to carry my turntable, mixer, records etc round to Ben's on my bike!
So we used a microkorg instead.
Ben usually uses Reason to make music, so as we both have Ableton,
we decided in keeping with the project we would learn and Play within Ableton.
We started by dropping drum samples into the Drum Rack (Live Devices - Drum Rack)
Ben then played the kick and snare on his padKontrol, quantized (apple U) it to 1/16th at 95% to keep a live feel to it.
I then played the HiHats.
We then added a Bassline using the MicroKorg (A51 Preset) and chopped it.
Next we added some stereo delay to the hats.
We then added a synth lead using the MicroKorg again (A53 Preset)
Ben had some free vocal samples on his Mac, so we decided to add some vocals to the track.
We took the accapella into audacity and chopped the parts of the vocals we wanted (You.... Change your Mind).
Next we added the samples to the PadKontrol and put some vocals in.
The next step was to structure the track.
We decided to time stretch part of the vocal to link one half of the track to the other.
We didn't get very far with this track as we were both new to Ableton and to be honest, neither of us would use it again to make a track. I can see that it would be a useful tool for live performances (which to be fair, is what it is for) and may use Ableton again in the future for this purpose.
Time Taken: 2hrs
Things learnt:
The basics of ableton - general use, adding samples, time stretching.
That neither of us will make tracks in Ableton again!
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