4 is still coming. some of these will need to be saved for when push arrives. 4 is one of those. and will be a 4 track song composed at 40 seconds using push.
wrote this creepy diddy, and stole a vocal from another song and mangled it. nothing here worth noting. other than it is the most solid musical idea from this set, and as rightly so it lacks any deep production trick and is the musically thoughtful. 3_9of9 5_9of9
no ableton file this time. it’s 80+ mb.
piece number 3 is derived entirely from manipulating 8 bars or 16 seconds of audio i recorded at caribou. this would categorically fall into the generative music (category).
i’ve detailed the process below. as a large statement, these tools are at minimum FANTASTIC for dealing w/ creative blocks.
drums
i converted it to drum groove, and made 3 copies of that initial groove file
to copy 1, i quantitized it to 8th notes
to copy 2, i quantitized it to 8th notes AND had it play at 2x the original tempo
to copy 3, i quantitized it to 8th notes AND had it play at 4x the original tempo
bass
i then converted it to harmony. and followed the exact pattern of quantization and tempo changes. i did place midi scale device to force it to the scale of C, and a midi pitch device to force it to stay within 3 octaves.
melody
next i made a melody out of it. see the picture below, but it was a MISERABLE result. the render allotted me 4 notes. 3 after i quantitized. so i mangled and applied some a few more midi effects, all that to say, it rendered something to be used, but not something useful.
additional notes
each channel received some sort of delay effect w/ the mix turned down, but the feedback up.
piece number 3 is derived entirely from manipulating 8 bars or 16 seconds of audio i recorded at caribou. this would categorically fall into the generative music (category).
i’ve detailed the process below. as a large statement, these tools are at minimum FANTASTIC for dealing w/ creative blocks.
drums
i converted it to drum groove, and made 3 copies of that initial groove file
to copy 1, i quantitized it to 8th notes
to copy 2, i quantitized it to 8th notes AND had it play at 2x the original tempo
to copy 3, i quantitized it to 8th notes AND had it play at 4x the original tempo
bass
i then converted it to harmony. and followed the exact pattern of quantization and tempo changes. i did place midi scale device to force it to the scale of C, and a midi pitch device to force it to stay within 3 octaves.
melody
next i made a melody out of it. see the picture below, but it was a MISERABLE result. the render allotted me 4 notes. 3 after i quantitized. so i mangled and applied some a few more midi effects, all that to say, it rendered something to be used, but not something useful.
additional notes
each channel received some sort of delay effect w/ the mix turned down, but the feedback up.
download the .zip of the ableton session
had to give the convert audio to melody/drums a little run here. i’ll use a later session to try the harmony feature. i did very little tweaking, to what you hear (self-evident, i think). but the results are very positive.
the beats stack on top of each other, while the melody stuff doesn’t. i didn’t use a reference pitch, so i found myself ‘between’ notes. and there was some clash. but this thing is real world, no shoe-shine to see some some polished fake function.
my verdict?
_w/ very little effort you can concoct some great sketches w/ the feature. and i expect to get better with it and for it to get better.
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note: this will likely translate well to anyone. as it’s mostly audio and drum machines. but it is a larger file.
i spent lots of time exploring the space of extended notes, both the natural (of the plugin), moderate hand drawn automations to the pitch bend (1-2.5% adjustments), and the new LFO midi effect included w/ max for live. i attempted to setup space by moving through (mostly) evenly spaced single note changes and then hit and hold an note that extends for roughly 4x’s the other notes.
the plugin i used is stellar. it’s the august synth from this classic synths live pack.
1_9of9
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note: you’ll basically need 9 suite for it to make much sense of you. i’m utilizing a lot of new stuff that won’t translate backwards.
next nine(9) days i’ll be posting exercises in creativity as a personal exercise, and as a celebration/exploration of the 9th(ninth) version of ableton live.
i’ll include an
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