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Ever wondered which of Ableton Live‘s Audio Effects is best for adding distortion, grit and presence? Thanks to a variety of different distortion effects, Live can be used to sculpt all sorts of instruments. Saturator, Dynamic Tube, Amp, Cabinet Overdrive, Pedal, Glue Compressor, Auto Filter, Redux and Vinyl Distortion all get the tutorial treatment from […]
In our Logic Pro Tips series, we’ve explored many of Logic Pro X‘s features, effects and techniques. However, we’ve not spent an awful lot of time in the mixer window, which is where signal routing, effects processing, gain staging and more will happen. Happily, the Logic Pro X interface is relatively easy to get your […]
Ableton Live is endowed with a host of powerful audio effects that can add flair and nuance to your audio. In our new Ableton Live Tutorials video, MT Expert Liam O’Mullane breaks down Live’s Chorus, Flanger and Phaser. Learn as he explains the mechanics behind each one and shows how each parameter affects the sound. […]
We’ve looked at Logic Pro X‘s Flex Time to correct our timing issues – or warp them out of control – but we’re yet to explore Flex Pitch. As our Logic Pro expert Jono Buchanan says in this week’s video, it’s often problems with micro-tuning that arise from audio recordings rather than whole-note errors in […]
Adding space and presence to your instruments and recordings can make your track more exciting and immersive – but which reverb is best suited to the job? Ableton Live 10 comes with its own reverb unit, and Max for Live users can take advantage of the Convolution Reverb Pro plug-in. In this Ableton Live Tutorial […]
This isn’t the first time we’ve looked at gates in our Logic Pro Tips series. A few months back, our Logic Pro expert, Jono Buchanan, showed us how to use sidechained gates. This time, we’re diving a little deeper, getting to the crux of what a gate is truly capable of. Jono breaks down the […]
After giving us an overview of EQ in Ableton Live 10, Liam O’Mullane explains the power of the simple EQ Three device, based on a classic DJ mixer. In this video, learn how to create colour within your mix, how DJs can use it to move from one track to the next, and also how producers […]
Logic Pro X‘s EXS24 boasts some useful features to slice up audio with. Once sliced, the audio can be assigned to different notes as MIDI data, available for you to play back in your own way. In this week’s Logic Pro Tips, MusicTech’s Logic expert, Jono Buchanan, guides you through this process, and shows you […]
After taking a deeper look at Drum Racks in Ableton Live 10, Liam O’Mullane now walks us through Instrument, MIDI Effect and Audio Effect Racks. In the same way that Drum Racks can layer up sounds, Instrument Racks let you combine multiple instances of MIDI instruments to create one, unified instrument that you can control. […]
After looking at Step FX last week, Jono Buchanan now takes us through Logic Pro X‘s Phat FX, a multi-effect insert that can pack a punch. Our Logic Pro Tips video shows you how Phat FX can be used to add flair to your sounds, with insight into the different functions, algorithms and models of […]