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Remaking the Style of Major Lazer Lean On in Ableton using Massive

Ableton Massive Music Production Remake Sound Design

  We had some requests for a remake on Major Lazer. So here's a remake of Major Lazer - Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive.  Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough for copied simpler versions of the sound packs) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack, maybe some bongo sounds as well Look for some decent String sounds (eg. The Orchestral Strings Ableton Pack)  Then you're good to go for a remake in this style!   Watch the full tutorial here:    - Check our Tropical House Preset Pack for NI...

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Producing A Future Bass Saw Lead with Ableton Operator - Sound Design Tutorial

#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton Creativity Future Bass Sound Design

In this tutorial we are showing you how to design a powerful future bass saw using Ableton Operator plus some of Ableton's built in effects:   Basic Steps: Operator: set up basic oscillators (Saw 64, SawD and Square 32), adsr shapes and filters in operator (see video) Ableton effects: add in Compressor, EQ, Reverb and Frequency shifter   Additionally, we’re offering this template: go to template (works with Ableton Live Standard + Operator (Version1) or Ableton Live Standard & Serum VST (Version 2)).   Watch Tutorial:   Keywords: how to make a future bass lead sound, future bass saw, powerful lead melody sound, operator power...

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Most Popular DAW 2015: Ableton Live

#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton

  Ask audio had their members perform a poll and name their favorite DAW / Studio Software. Around 25 000 people responded, and here are the results for 2015:   #1. Ableton Live 23.14% #2. Logic Pro 16.95% #3. Pro Tools 15.13% #4. FL Studio13.63% #5. Cubase 9.03% #6. Studio One 3.80% #7. Reason 3.46% #8. GarageBand 2.49% #9. Sonar 1.99% #10. Digital Performer 0.92% #11. Bitwig Studio 0.77% Other 8.70%   Source: https://ask.audio/articles/the-top-11-most-popular-daws-you-voted-for Keywords: Most popular DAW, most used DAW Ableton ----    

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How to make the famous EDM tape stop "levels" effect in Ableton Live 9

#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton Creativity Massive Skills

Julian asked us on our Youtube Channel how to make an EDM pitch tape stop effect like Avicii "Levels" or "3lau - How you love me". So we sat down and put some bangin' EDM sounds into an Ableton Live project. Now you can get this sort of effect with VST plugins like "Effectrix" or "Glitch". However, you can also use some of your Ableton built-in effects to get there.   Steps: Melody: Create a massive EDM hook melody and make sure it ends with a long note Frequency Shifter: Load an instance of "Frequency Shifter" and place it in the fx section of...

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Remaking the Style of Robin Schulz in Ableton Live 9 using MASSIVE

Ableton Massive Remake Skills

We had some requests for a remake on Robin Schulz' style. So here's a remake of David Guetta ft. Sam Martin - Dangerous in the Robin Schulz Remix made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive.  Steps / Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack, maybe some bongo sounds as well You can look for some decent Piano sounds (eg. The Grand Piano Ableton Pack)  Then you're good to go for a remake in this style! Steps: Constructing the typical deep house drumming with bongos (we are relying on samples from our "Deep...

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8 Workflow Tips for Producers - Setting up a Quick Start Default Song Template 

#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton Ableton Live 9

If you're producing with Ableton Live (or any other DAW) on a regular basis, you should start preparing a customized quick start default template. You can easily save the first 10 minutes of every session and jump right into the creative process. Grab our "PML Default Template with Mixing Racks" here: http://bit.ly/pml_s_tmp_default We are going to share our personalized default template with you:   PML Default Start Template - Contents: Sidechain: Regardless of the type of track, we always use sidechaining at some point, so we have a special "ghost" sidechain track prepared. Drums: If you're continuously working within the same genre...

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Top 9 New Features in Ableton Live 9.5

#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton Updates

Whats new? Improved sampling with a fully renewed "Simpler" Great new analog-modeled Filter algorithms  "LINK" option - Midi-Clocking via WIFI RMS and Peak values on Meters More precise waveforms New coloring options New Max for Live essentials Library of included sounds Ableton Push 2 Walk-through video on our youtube:     Improved sampling with a fully renewed "Simpler" Simpler received almost a full rework, a new interface, a bigger break-out display, new warping, filtering and slicing options and it now offers 3 different modes.  1. Classic Mode - playback sample, loop mode, automatically warped (pitched samples keep their length) 2. One Shot...

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Remaking the Funky Bass from The Weeknd Can't Feel My Face with Ableton Live and Massive

Ableton Funk Massive Remake Skills

We had requests for a remake on the funky bassline in "The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face" with Ableton Live 9 and Massive. Their style might be described as something funky between Jamiroquai and Michael Jackson. We've put the video of the tutorial below:     Grab some of our MASSIVE presets for Future Bass over here: http://bit.ly/pml_s_massive_vol8     Keywords: Ableton Live Template, .als file download, the weeknd Can't Feel My Face, the weeknd, the weeknd, can't feel my face remake, how to produce like the weeknd can't feel my face, how to sound like the weeknd can't feel my face, how to produce fat beats like the...

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Producing a Beatport-charted Track - Tutorial Walk Through

#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton Creativity Massive Mixing Skills

Exclusive beatport charts track tutorial: Walking through Francois Rengere's Remix of Mahfoud - The Giant.     You can grab our drum sample pack here:  "Deep Premium Vol. 1" Pack: http://bit.ly/pml_s_deeppremium   Keywords: how to produce a track for the beatport charts,  how doz I chart on beatport, how to chart on beatport, producing a beatport top 10 track, how to produce a beatport chart track, producing a beatport charts track tutorial, How to make a track for the beatport charts make it to the beatport charts produce for beatport charts in ableton producing for the beatport charts

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How to warp or cut a track in Ableton Live (Beginners)

#PMLTipOfTheDay Ableton Skills

Your track or song is too long? In this tutorial we are showing you how to cut audio in Ableton Live 9 using the warp mode. Keywords: (Beginners) How to warp and cut a Track in Ableton Live / Audio Editing Trim Delete, Quick song cutting, Cutting audio, shorten track, how to cut a track, audio editing, trimming a track in ableton  

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