Sometimes we want to include realistic sounding instruments in our tracks. However, recording a real instrument or buying sample libraries can turn out quite pricey. Luckily there are plenty of free Kontakt libraries from which we chose our top 10. You will need: Full version of Kontakt [only number 2 works with Kontakt Player] 1. Acoustic Guitar by Pettinhouse Audio This guitar sounds very realistic thanks to its release and fret noises. Probably my favourite free library. Download 2. Flutes: Persian Ney & Shakukachi from Kontakt Factory Selection These two flutes included in Kontakt's free selection of instruments can add lots of oriental flavour to your track. Velocity...

German-italian DJ/Producer Shuja (facebook, soundcloud) has a nice home studio setup and even a comfortable second chair for possible collabs ;) Here's what gear he's mainly using:    DAW: Ableton Live 9   Hardware: Monitors / Speakers: Krk Rokit 6 Krk 12“ Subwoofer Roland A-500S Keyboard  Roland Quad Capture Interface Dbx Drive Rack Native Instruments Maschine Roland MC-808 Sampling Groovebox   Favorite plugins: Lennar Digital Sylenth1 Arturia Mini Moog     Keywords: Home Studio Setup, Shuja, JazzyFunk   More Resources: Check out our full 6h+ Course: Melodic Techno From Start To Finish with Ableton Live Professional Drum Samples: Deep Premium Vol. 1 Pro Massive Presets: Boiler...

In this session, Francois is loading up an old Ableton project (David August Style), cleans up and works on harmonies, melodies, sound design, mixing and a very simple mastering while commenting on everything. The track is called Francois "Clouds". Sit back, get a beer and feel free to follow along. Contents: Cleaning the project Analyzing harmonies and melodies (hirojoshi scale) Analyzing the drum pattern (powered by Deep Premium Vol. 1 Drum Samples) Editing the Mix (EQ, Compression, Mid-Side EQ, Reverbs, FX) Sound Design tweaking and analysis  Quick Mix and Mastering  Playback of result If you'd like to dig deeper into...

At PML, we love sharing our production tips with you. Today we've prepared for you 8 tips we found useful. 1. Making bass cut through To make your bass cut through better, split it into two tracks. Use one track to play sub frequencies (lowpass everything below 60 Hz with EQ8) and another one to play harmonics (highpass at 60 Hz). Then make sure your sub frequencies are mono and stereo enhance the harmonics. 2. Jazz up your chords To give your chords a more jazzy feel, try these techniques: - Extend them into 7th, 9th, 11th or 13th chords for that...

Results of a quick Q&A session with "monte" on our Youtube Channel:   Subscribe to Production Music Live on YouTube   Results of a quick Q&A session with "monte" on our Youtube Channel: Using separate EQs and Filters for each step Q: why do you have multiple EQs and auto filters in a chain? couldn't you just use one EQ for everything and automate the high cut on it? A: Yes, that would be possible. I'm using multiple devices to make it as easy as possible for the viewer to follow the single steps in the process.   Using send...

In this quick tutorial, we are designing the lead sound from "What So Not - Touched" with NI Massive. Its a very handy sound for a main pad or lead line . Additionally you can get this very pluck sound and more Massive presets with our pack "Future Bass for NI Massive".   If you'd like to learn how to use MASSIVE in depth, check out our online lessons: 4h+ Course: Sound Design with NI Massive     Keywords: whatsonot what so not touched sound design, flume lead preset massive, lead sound preset, ableton live, massive, moombahton pluck, pop pluck sound massive 

  In this tutorial, we are remaking the Future Bass sound of Saje "Take Care Of You" with Ableton Live 9 and Serum. We are only using Ableton Live 9 elements and Xfer Records Serum.     Available: Ableton Project from this Tutorial (requires Serum) Drum Samples used: Deep Premium Vol. 1    Learn more about our FULL Start To Finish courses: Learn the foundations of Harmony & Chord Progressions Learn how to produce music in Ableton Live     Available courses: Beginners: Producing A Track From Start To Finish in Ableton Live Producing A Deep House Track From Start To Finish Producing...

To me, the melody is a very important aspect of any track I listen to. Writing them, however, can be tricky. To make sure your tracks always include catchy melodic lines, I’ve prepared a list of 5 approaches of coming up with them. #1:  Improvising over other music As I make mostly melodic genres, I like to start my tracks from a strong melody & chord progression. Before making any drums, I like to „brainstorm” a lot of melodies and to pick the strongest ones. I can improvise on the guitar, so I often come up with melodies by soloing to music I...

  In this producing session, Tom creates a deep house drum loop from scratch using Ableton Live 9, our Deep Premium Drum Sample pack and a handful of third-party plugins.   More Resources: Check out our full 6h+ Course: Melodic Techno From Start To Finish with Ableton Live Drum Samples used in the tutorial: Deep Premium Vol. 1 Massive Presets: Boiler Production

  Hi. Today I’m going to show you how to make very simple trap drum patterns. This is going to be for people starting out or new to the genre. Here’s the beat that we’re going to be making:   Let’s get started! 1. Download our FREE SAMPLE Pack First of all, grab our free sample pack with sounds that we’re going to be using. It’s in out Free Downloads Page under the name „Start in Ableton: Trap Drum Beat”. You can also check out the Trap Production Pack with 190+ Samples, MIDIs, Instruments and Scales. Then just open up Ableton...