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Create a Finger-Drumming Rack in Ableton Live (Basics)

1.5 hours on-demand video

$ 12.99

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Brief Introduction

Learn to record household items and process the samples to create a sound rack for finger drumming with Ableton Live.

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Please note: Free previews of 3 lectures available! Just scroll to the curriculum section to see where we start, how a kick drum sound is processed and what the possible result could sound like.

Latest Update: To help you getting started, my version of the Ableton Live Session can now be downloaded. Just look at the material of lecture "Setting Up The Live Session"!

Summary:

This course will teach beginners how to set up a session for recording in Ableton Live, records sounds created with items from your household and turn them into a finger-drumming rack.

You will learn to cut samples, process them with Simpler, shape sounds with envelope and filter and play them with your computer keyboard or a midi controller. With clever arrangement and some practice, you will be able to play the processed sounds with both hands simultaneously and create basic drum loops accompanied by simple melodic elements.

Therefore we will:

set up a live session to work with
set up your input source
choose proper items to record
shape drum- and percussion sounds
process a bass sounds
use looping techniques to get pads and lead sounds
spice up the sounds with Simpler's built in audio fx and Ableton's midi fx
arranging the sounds for playback on keyboard or midi controller
play the rack!

Finger drumming is a fun way to develop simple rhythmical ideas and improve your coordination, even if you have never played an instrument. The recordings are made from items you'll find at home.

The course consists of video modules only. Some lectures have downloads available to help you in your process. Choose whatever items you like to use during the course. Watching and understanding the videos will take about 2 hours, but I recommend to execute all tasks show in the lessons directly after watching. Still, after you gathered your items and installed a version of Ableton, the course can be completed in about 3 to 4 hours without any problems.

If you're completely new to the topic, I recommend to watch the lectures once to understand the basic idea and then re-watch it to support you in settingup, recording, processing and playing, step by step.

No special equipment needed! You will most likely own everything needed to complete this course!

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Requirements

Requirements
You will need a computer with Ableton Live installed (the Demo version will do, there's no need to buy the full version). The course principles can easily be adapted to a different DAW for experienced users.
An input source to record the sounds will be needed for some parts of the course. Any built-in mic, usb mic or external mic will do. If you don't have a microphone, you may download the samples I recorded in the course videos to use them.
If you have a microphone at hand, you'll need some items you want to record, preferably from your kitchen, garden or garage!
A pad controller would be handy, but is not mandatory. You can use your computer keyboard to play all the sounds as well.