Wow we’ve covered a lot.
intstrument and drum racks
automation
soundcreation
house keeping
templates
musical ideation
song structure
generative and random methodologies
cranking out bangers
loops, beats, breaks, fills.
chord progressions
lead harmony melody counterpoint
style and structure
progressions
saving working ideas for future ease of use
ableton deep dive / hidden or often overlooked areas of production
keyboard shortcuts
sidechaining and dynamic eqaulisation
recording
sample reworking
macros and control
user interface ideas and workflow shortcuts
Max For Live
Using some cybernetic control flow methodolgies
the ableton note application on iphone/apple tablet
using sample libraries
quick ways through search and narrowing down options quickly
Working with different scales
Working within different musical genres
BPM and music style
additional materials:
Using ReaperDAW for a standalone mixing and mastering studio computer.
Attaching ReaperDAW with SSL 360 over the ethernet onto your Ableton computer for a final Mixing and Mastering.
Using ethernet wifi and midi CC over the network so mixing and mastering is done on another computer within the same network allowing a dual system approach.
Creating and bundling sample packs for AKAI mpc.
Creating a finished product for publishing to online music platforms using DANTE. Focusrite RedNET x2p combined with a Tascam 250NR Dante enabled solid state recorder (out of the box standalone final recorder).Live Performance and Studio Tracking Sessions will be covered in a future session.
Final notes : Heck of a lot of ground to cover and a pretty decent amount of work has to go into music production. Expect many hours of production time to go into actually making something worthwhile that has a high production value. However, that being said we should by now have a lot of templates etc already set up so we can quickly get to it without always having to start from scratch each and every time. Using these handy production housekeeping and saving and making available the various stuff we build within Ableton we can, once up and running correctly, save ourselves a lot of future re building from scratch everytime.
The separating out of mixing and mastering the SSL/bundle remotely controlling the DAW through ReaperDAW and having each and every musical sound already brought up to a quality sonic level frees up our immediate concentration on cranking out bangers.
All of the jobs have to be done so the more we get achieved up front the quicker we can work through the motions to deliver the final product within reasonable timeframe and schedule.