Ableton Live: Advanced Sound Design Tips

Join Ableton expert Thomas Cochran for an entertaining and informative Ableton Live video course on advanced sound design. In this Live course, Thomas will teach you several different techniques and concepts you can use to hone your sound design skills, such as re-sampling, creating custom wavetables, blending complex effects racks, and more. By the end of this Live course, you'll be armed with the knowledge and confidence to design new sounds with ease. These Ableton Live videos are designed for Ableton Live users who are interested in sound design.

Videos

• Advanced Re-sampling (11:21) - Learn how to resample synth one-shots in Ableton along with how to add an interesting granular texture to your synths using the advanced time-stretching modes.

• Getting Creative with Instrument Racks (11:33) - Use instrument rack chains and LFOs to blend sounds for synth patches. The chain selector lets you easily blend between synths for more complex sounds.

• Creating Custom Wavetables (07:12) - Discover how to create your own wavetables from scratch. This unlocks new synth sounds using any audio sample in your library.

• Texture Synths with Round Robin Sampling (09:14) - See how the round robin features in Sampler can create complex pads and leads from one-shots in Ableton. This technique can be use to create interesting synth sounds quickly.

• Blending Complex Effects Racks (12:38) - Watch how the effects chain feature can be automated to create complex effects, allowing you to blend between racks and build advanced, moving modulations.

• Percussion Slicing (07:51) - Finally, you'll learn how to quickly slice loops to make unique percussion samples. This is a great way of extending loops and adding variation.