We had some requests for a Felix Jaehn Remake. So here's a quick remake of Ed Sheeran - Photograph (Felix Jaehn Remix) made in Ableton Live 9 Suite using NI Massive. Watch the complete tutorial on our youtube:     Steps / Prerequisites: Construct a basic drumming Look for a couple of decent string sound (eg. Orchestral Strings Ableton Pack) Look for some decent Piano sounds (eg. The Grand Piano Ableton Pack) Have a couple of Massive Deep House presets prepared. Then you're good to go for a remake in this style!   Additionally, we’re offering our remake template with...

  In this tutorial we're designing a gliding bass sound from NI Massive's init patch in Ableton. How to design a Gliding Bass sound with NI Massive (e.g. for Chillstep, Dubstep, RnB, HipHop, Trap).   Key tasks   1) Make sure you put your Massive on "Monophonic" 2) Make sure your bass notes are "overlapping" on the edges       FREE DOWNLOAD: Get this Massive preset "Gliding Bass" (by going through our facebook page): http://bit.ly/pml_freedld   Template in this video: Black Nights   Keywords:  Ableton Live Template RnB, .als file download, free .als midi files download Hip Hop, ableton alp...

  In this video, we’re focussing on sub separation. It doesn’t only apply for future house, but works the same for other genres like electro house, dubstep and drum n’ bass. The key concept is separating the sub bass frequencies from manipulations you’re applying on your sounds in the mid and higher frequencies. If we we’re for example going to use a bitcrusher on our bass sound, it would probably significantly stir up the sound in sub frequencies and add unwanted disturbing character to our mix.        Therefore, we separate our bass sounds in two or more parts:...

"EQing-Week: "Low Mids (250 Hz to 2 kHz). In general, you will want to emphasize the lower portion of this range and deemphasize the upper portion. Boosting the range from 250 Hz to 500 Hz will accent ambience in the studio and will add clarity to bass and lower frequency instruments. The range between 500 Hz and 2 kHz can make midrange instruments (guitar, snare, saxophone, etc.) “honky,” and too much boost between 1 kHz and 2 kHz can make your mix sound thin or “tinny.”“ - presonus.com [tipoftheday] EQing-Week: "Low Mids (250 Hz to 2 kHz). In general, you...

  We find this image to be really useful. It's an infographic showing you what is where in the audio spectrum and providing a lot of useful hints on how to eq the different elements in your mix. Advice: print it out and put it up on your wall! Large version here   NEW PML 5h+ Course: Mixing A Track From Scratch in Ableton (with stock effects)     Watch our free tutorial series on EQing on youtube:       keywords: how to eq, parallel eq, sidechain eq, eq basics ableton, free eq tutorial, dynamic eq ableton, mixing a track from start to...

"I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.“ - Miles Davis   1h Making a Track from Start to Finish (only using Ableton, no plugins): We now have a full 1h video where Francois is producing a track from start to finish, you can watch it over here:   New Sounddesign Videos & Remakes In the last two months we’ve been busy working on new sounddesign and remake videos, both, Ableton-only and Ableton + 3rd party plugins like Massive (http://bit.ly/pml_upd2_tutorials). Styles are deep...

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" Here’s a quick update on what we have been doing at productionmusiclive.com: New production tricks & skills We are developing a complete mastering chain using only Ableton built-in effects. You can download the free Ableton project over here: (http://bit.ly/pml_upd1_mastering) We are showing you how to create a nice „air“ background pad to fill up the empty spaces of your tracks. We then remake the same sound with 4 different synths. Get those free presets here: (http://bit.ly/pml_free_bgpad). Check our youtube channel for more tips and tricks.   New (exclusive) videos:...

We were asked to and worked out a new tutorial showing you how to make the sound of Matoma, Kygo, Thomas Jack and others with Ableton Live. We used Ableton Live 9 Suite, Massive 1.3.xx and the ableton packs The Forge by Hecq, The Grand Piano, Sound Objects Light, Orchestral Woodwinds.     Audio preview of our remake (using other MIDI files):    Grab your copy of this tropical style template here (instrumentals (midis) differ from the video version):  http://bit.ly/pml_s_tmp_tropical We also offer a complete Tropical House Pack.    Keywords: Ableton Live Template with saxophone, saxo, kygo style, .als file download, free kygo .als...

  We received some requests on a remake for Coyote Kisses' track "Revive". We really enjoyed the tune and accepted the challenge to design a remake using Ableton Live 9 Suite and NI Massive - no other third party plugins. Their style might be described as something between future bass, chillstep and trap. We've put together a couple of tutorials showing the in-depth work on vocal chops, drums, bass and instrument layer shaping.   Grab your copy of this advanced style template here (instrumentals (midis) differ from coyote kisses version):  http://bit.ly/pml_s_tmp_neon   Keywords: Ableton Live Template, .als file download, coyote...

We handed ourselves another production challenge. We listened to the new track "Sparta" by Ten Walls and decided to give it a shot a remake the basic feel and the signature sounds using only Ableton Live 9 Suite (and 2 Ableton Packs: Orchestral Brasses and Orchestral Woodwinds). We worked with 3 grouped stems in this project. Stem 1 for the drumming, #2 for the bass sounds (the bass sound is pretty similar to the bass sound in Ten Walls' 2014 banger "Walking with elephants") and #3 for pads, woodwinds and brasses. So the tutorial below consists more or less equally of...