Made in Ableton Live: Tom Cosm on creating dynamic arrangements, bass sound design, and more

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Made in Ableton Live: Tom Cosm on creating dynamic arrangements, bass sound design, and more

Watch Tom Cosm layer buzzing neurobass over hard-hitting drums as he crafts a dynamic, richly textured arrangement for a drum and bass track.

Listen to the finished track here: https://soundcloud.com/tomcosm/tom-cosm-quibble-deluxe

Watch the entire Made in Ableton Live series: https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ground-watch-tracks-being-built-our-new-series-made-ableton-live/

00:00 Intro
00:48 Beat
04:22 Bassline
07:36 Bass sound design
13:11 Finishing the loop
17:54 Arrangement locators
19:18 Second phrase
20:38 Call and response drop
25:30 Additional sound design
29:20 Track intro
35:15 Breakdown
39:47 Outro

#abletonlive #madeinlive #live11

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FL Studio | Introducing Vintage Chorus

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FL Studio | Introducing Vintage Chorus

TRY FL STUDIO [Time Unlimited] – https://support.image-line.com/redirect/TRY_FL_STUDIO
BUY FL STUDIO [Get Lifetime Free Updates] – https://support.image-line.com/redirect/BUY_FL_STUDIO

Video Index:

00:00 Introduction

00:11 Basic Sound Demo
00:24 Concept: Chorus
00:36 Inspiration for Vintage Chorus
00:51 Vintage Chorus: Basic Functions
01:18 Vintage Chorus: Edit Mode
02: 50 Outro

Vintage Chorus Manual: https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/plugins/Vintage%20Chorus.htm

Demo Projects: https://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?p=1697257#p1697257

LEARN FL STUDIO [Self Teaching Resources] – https://support.image-line.com/redirect/LEARN_FL_STUDIO

NEWS – https://support.image-line.com/redirect/FLSTUDIO_NEWS

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Making Trance with Bassline Generator feat Bruce Duchet

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Making Trance with Bassline Generator feat Bruce Duchet

We’ve been blown away by how much amazing music you’ve been making with Bassline Generator. So much so that we wanted to share some of it with you. We asked some of our favorite producers to explore the new Bassline Generator and share the results with you. Here’s what they came up with.

In this episode:

– Bruce Duchet

#basslinegenerator #reasonstudios #reasongang

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Studio Headphone Review: beyerdynamic DT 900 PRO X

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Studio Headphone Review: beyerdynamic DT 900 PRO X

Sonarworks take on the beyerdynamic’s latest addition to their pro open-back range, the DT 900 PRO X. How do they stack against the rest of their lineup and rivals from other manufacturers? Where do they excel, and where’s still room for improvement?

Read the in-depth review on our blog: https://www.sonarworks.com/soundid-reference/blog/reviews/beyerdynamic-dt-900-pro-x-studio-headphone-review/
What headphones should we review next? Let us know in the comments!

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Bass Players Battle Reason in Human vs. Machine Challenge!

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Bass Players Battle Reason in Human vs. Machine Challenge!

We put out the challenge and four amazing bass players answered the call: “Can you go four rounds with Reason’s latest heavy-hitter, the Bassline Generator?!”

We use Bassline Generator’s to create some machine made bass parts and made some songs that got progressively more technical and complicated each round. And with no advance listening, we put them in front of some top professional bass players to see if they could learn and match Bassline Generator note for not. The challenge was not for the faint of heart! See how our players did in our Big Bass Bot Battle!!

The Players:

Cat Popper (Norah Jones, Jack White, She & Him)
Bubby Lewis (Snoop Dogg, Stevie Wonder, Lupe Fiasco)
Eva Lawitts (Stimmerman, Sister Helene, Fuck Squad)
Adam Dorn (Star Wars, Marcus Miller, Serial Podcast)

Think you have what it takes to win the Big Bass Bot Battle?! Download the Reason files or audio stems at the link below and see how well you can do. Upload the video to social media and use the hashtag #bigbassbotbattle (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube) so we can share your performance with the entire Reason community!

Link to Bass Bot Battle challenge: https://plus.reasonstudios.com/big-bass-bot-battle

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0:00 Intro
0:50 The Challengers
2:56 Round 1
5:23 Round 2
7:58 Round 3
10:23 Round 4
13:01 Can you do it?!

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Intro to MasterVerb 6

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Intro to MasterVerb 6

Why is MasterVerb a great reverb?

1) It sounds great. The rooms sound natural and spacious. The plates are extremely dense. The decays are silky smooth without annoying artifacts. The reverb is clearly audible without being muddy. When applied to stereo inputs, the stereo soundstage is maintained with proper balance.

2) It can reproduce a range of spaces. MasterVerb contains two different algorithms to generate the dense late reverberation: a hall algorithm and a plate algorithm. Each of these algorithms has independently adjustable size and decay time controls, so they can be morphed across a wide range of characteristics. The hall algorithm is intended for acoustic spaces, e.g. rooms, chambers, studios, halls, while the plate algorithms is for, well, plate reverbs. An early reflection section allows for various early reflection patterns, again with adjustable size. Wet and dry delays allow for pre-delay and other delay effects. Two three-band EQs are provided: the early EQ shapes the overall tonality of the reverb response and the late EQ shapes the frequency dependent decay. On top of that there is a triggered amplitude envelope which can generate gated and reverse reverb effects. So, there is a ton of flexibility here. MasterVerb ships with 60 presets which cover a wide range of reverbs and serve as starting points for further exploration.

3) It’s easy to use. The interface allows you to quickly visualize the changes you are making. A reverb time response lets you see the reverb decay, early reflections, amplitude envelope, and delay settings. A 3-D frequency response plot shows the reverb decay as a function of frequency. There are graphical frequency response controls for both EQs.

4) It’s CPU efficient. Considerable effort went into designing the low level algorithms so they could be fully automatable and also extremely CPU efficient. The result is that MasterVerb takes far less CPU than other reverb plug-ins.

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Loop Shortcuts: Francis Prève – Translating sounds

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Loop Shortcuts: Francis Prève – Translating sounds

Loop Shortcuts captures special moments from past Loop events where musicians, producers and other artists shared some of their tips, tricks and creative strategies.

Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/9BM0T_rwzM8

Keep up with Francis Prève on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/francispreve/

See more from Loop:
https://www.ableton.com/blog/loop/

#loopshortcuts #ableton #francisprève

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Mimic Beatmaking Episode 7 – MTB

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Mimic Beatmaking Episode 7 - MTB

We asked some of our favorite producers to challenge themselves to create a brand new beat using only the Mimic Creative Sampler in #Reason12. Here’s what they came up with.

In this episode:

– MTB – https://www.instagram.com/mein_weg_als_producer/
His YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCIxq6LR6rVFcvYwsBPdEQXw

#mimic #reasonstudios

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Convology XT _ The Best Sounding Free Convolution Reverb Plug-in

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Convology XT _ The Best Sounding Free Convolution  Reverb Plug-in

Convology XT is a free convolution reverb, the result of a collaboration between Impulse Record and Wave Arts. Convology XT comes with 74 vintage impulse responses, a sampling of the 3,556 impulse responses in the Convology XT library.

The Convology XT Complete Library is focused on vintage reverb effects. Responses were sampled from 126 different pieces of vintage studio gear from studios all over the world. There are 10 separate libraries: 80s-90s DSP 1 Basic, 80s-90s DSP 2 Classic, 80s-90s DSP 3 Pro, Plates, Springs Bright, Springs Boingy, Springs Warm, Echo Space, Vintage Amps, and Vintage German DSP. The libraries are affordably priced.

The Convology XT True Stereo Library consists of 4-channel true stereo impulse responses. There are 2 separate true stereo libraries: True Stereo 1 and True Stereo 2.

The plug-in features an easy to use interface to browse through the libraries, allowing the user to quickly step through presets and audition on the fly while the music is playing. Despite being free, Convology XT is a world class convolution reverb, with CPU efficient processing, low latency and zero latency modes, max IR length of 2M samples (40 sec at 48 kHz), support for true stereo responses, support for WAV and AIF files, and modulation. There are also extensive IR modification functions, including stretch, decay time scaling, EQ, frequency-dependent decay time scaling, time reverse, and amplitude envelope. And a cool UI with real time spectrum, time display, and images of the vintage gear.

The beauty of Convology XT is the ease of browsing a huge vintage library, with truly world class impulse response files.

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Making Acid-inspired House with Bassline Generator (feat Herman Crantz)

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Making Acid-inspired House with Bassline Generator (feat Herman Crantz)

We’ve been blown away by how much amazing music you’ve been making with Bassline Generator. So much so that we wanted to share some of it with you. We asked some of our favorite producers to explore the new Bassline Generator and share the results with you. Here’s what they came up with.

In this episode:

– Herman Crantz (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJ3kgNVMKGXti2fhHr29IA)

#basslinegenerator #reasonstudios #reasongang

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