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  1. Quick Tip: Bounce It, Edit It

    Quick Tip: Bounce It, Edit It

    Tutorial Beginner

    Today's tutorial is all about bouncing. Bouncing with a little creativity takes some pressure off your computer's CPU, and allows you to produce some nice...

  2. Quick Tip: How to Fit Vocals Into Your Mixes Using Delay

    Quick Tip: How to Fit Vocals Into Your Mixes Using Delay

    Tutorial Beginner

    Reverb is the go-to effect for many people to make vocals fit into the mix. But sometimes it is not the desired effect, as it can muddy things up. In...

  3. Using TouchOSC on iOS to Control Ableton Live

    Using TouchOSC on iOS to Control Ableton Live

    Tutorial Intermediate

    More than any other DAW, Ableton Live shines when used together with a controller. Just think of the effort they put into building the new Push controller. ...

  4. Quick Tip: How to Cut and Enhance Your Vocal Phrases

    Quick Tip: How to Cut and Enhance Your Vocal Phrases

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Vocals are an important element in many dance tracks. In this quick tip I will show you some tricks that add interest to your vocal phrases.

  5. Extracting MIDI from Audio in Ableton Live 9

    Extracting MIDI from Audio in Ableton Live 9

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Ableton Live 9 has arrived, and among its new features is the ability to convert melody and drums into MIDI. In this tutorial we show you how to use these...

  6. Quick Tip: How to Make an Aggressive Trance Bass

    Quick Tip: How to Make an Aggressive Trance Bass

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Today I will show you how to make a typical trance bass sound, which is very popular among the best producers in the world. The best way to do this is to...

  7. The Basics of Equalization

    The Basics of Equalization

    Tutorial Beginner

    Frequency equalization (often abbreviated to EQ) is the method of shaping an audio source through the attenuation or addition of certain frequencies. While...

  8. Quick Tip: Creating a Drum Sequence with Just One Sample

    Quick Tip: Creating a Drum Sequence with Just One Sample

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Today I will show you a new technique which you can use to create interesting drum patterns. My last article was about modulation. Modulation techniques can...

  9. Quick Tip: Creating a Controlled Stutter Effect in Ableton Live

    Quick Tip: Creating a Controlled Stutter Effect in Ableton Live

    Tutorial Intermediate

    How many times have you created a glitch track but wanted more rhythmic control? This technique gives you that level of control using Sampler with...

  10. Dubstep Drums - The Process of Processing!

    Dubstep Drums - The Process of Processing!

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want to produce clear, punchy drums for Dubstep or some other heavy drum genre? In this half hour screencast Cody Jones takes you through the workflow and...

  11. Get Bass Like Bashmore

    Get Bass Like Bashmore

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this screencast you'll learn how to recreate Bashmore's bass line from "Battle For Middle You" using Ableton Live. This production tip was created by Paul...

  12. Quick Tip: 5 Tips About Modulation

    Quick Tip: 5 Tips About Modulation

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Today I'll give away some of my best modulation tips. In my opinion, the best way to make a track sound good and flow nicely is to use lots of modulation....