https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/techniques/sound-design/Latest entries for the tag Sound DesignenFri, 25 Aug 2023 10:58:33 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/low-end-theory-make-four-classic-bass-sounds-in-live/Squelchy 303s, a wobbling Reese, plucky synth hits and booming 808s – learn simple ways to create four essential bass sounds in Live with cnstruct’s latest tutorial. Add character using Live’s Audio Effects, and save the Instrument Racks to your library for later use – or download the free project…Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:58:33 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/low-end-theory-make-four-classic-bass-sounds-in-live/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/drift-exploring-the-new-synth-in-live-113/Part of what makes the sound of a classic analog synth so good is its unpredictability. Play two oscillators at the same time and you’ll often hear them going in and out of sync with each other or detuning, creating sonic artifacts that make the instrument feel like a living,…Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:43:20 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/drift-exploring-the-new-synth-in-live-113/NewsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/george-fitzgerald-personal-stamp/When music makers talk about improvements to their creative flow, they’re usually referring to a new instrument, an untapped sound source or perhaps a fresh approach to processing. They’re rarely referring to the unfinished sketches and dead ends that litter their hard drives. But for George FitzGerald, these eight-bar loops…Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:49:46 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/george-fitzgerald-personal-stamp/ArtistsTutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/freeze-delay-and-deconstruct-sound-design-with-spectral-time/In his latest video, Seed to Stage explores the Spectral Time device introduced in Live 11, walking you through its many sonic possibilities to create a myriad of trippy sounds, from metallic, glitched-out stutters to washed-out ambience and head-flipping stereo effects. Based on the fast Fourier transform (FFT), a mathematical…Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:45:36 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/freeze-delay-and-deconstruct-sound-design-with-spectral-time/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/experimental-sound-design-with-feedback-loops/In his latest tutorial, Seed to Stage shows you how to control, shape and experiment with feedback loops. Feedback loops are created when an audio signal is sent from an input to an output and then back into itself. When this happens accidentally it can be more than a little…Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:41:07 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/experimental-sound-design-with-feedback-loops/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-stranjah/Watch STRANJAH shine a light on the art of slicing breaks and see how he builds an evocative drum & bass track from the ground up. Learn how to craft grooves with a human feel and process your beats to give them a gritty, pumping sound. Plus, find out how…Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:18:57 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-stranjah/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/dillon-bastan-water-ripples-and-sound-waves/Dillon Bastan’s creative curiosity has led him on all kinds of experimental artistic adventures. He’s produced immersive audio-visual installations and mysterious AI-scripted short films, embarked upon modular synth adventures in the Mojave Desert and performed improvised sets with an eclectic assortment of musicians. Many Live users will recognize him as…Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:51:51 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/dillon-bastan-water-ripples-and-sound-waves/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tennyson-storytelling-with-production/Luke Pretty, aka Tennyson, has discovered a foolproof way to harness his productivity. “If people are watching me, I feel forced to work. So I do a lot of live streams. I’ll usually call a session ‘Eight hour live stream’ or something, and then I’m screwed,” he laughs. “Like, I…Thu, 07 Apr 2022 08:21:12 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tennyson-storytelling-with-production/ArtistsTutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/slink-devices-creative-tricks-with-water-inspired-tools/Slink Devices is a collection of Max for Live devices modeled on the natural movement of water. Built for anything from subtle modulation to head-spinning spectral effects, these LFO-based tools can transform sound in both gentle and dramatic ways. In his latest video, Slynk – tutorial maestro and coincidental namesake…Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:06:29 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/slink-devices-creative-tricks-with-water-inspired-tools/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-tom-cosm/Tom Cosm crafts a richly layered neurofunk track using call and response as the basis of his arrangement. He shows how to design buzzing, futuristic bass sounds with a host of Live devices and shares insightful tips for processing transients, cleaning up your low end, and generating movement in your…Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:04:19 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-tom-cosm/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/taking-a-closer-look-at-wavetables-morph-filter/Digging into the finer details of Live’s Wavetable device can open up a world of sonic possibilities, and the filter section is no exception. In his new tutorial video, All You Need Is Live takes a closer look at the Morph filter, and how you can control it using the…Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:51:07 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/taking-a-closer-look-at-wavetables-morph-filter/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/learn-how-to-make-high-impact-sounds-for-movies-and-trailers/When you think about the sound of a blockbuster trailer, you probably imagine all kinds of exciting, high-definition sounds. These detailed pieces of audio punctuate the action on screen, specifically crafted to grab your attention and make you want to see the rest of the movie. It may sound like…Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:04:36 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/learn-how-to-make-high-impact-sounds-for-movies-and-trailers/Tutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/challenge-accepted-how-fruit-combines-sound-design-games-bass-forward-production/While many conversations around video games focus on gameplay, graphics or mechanics, sound design is often the element that delivers the emotional depth to create a memorable experience. Upon hearing just a few bars of background music from a familiar game, a player can be transported back into the imaginary…Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:44:02 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/challenge-accepted-how-fruit-combines-sound-design-games-bass-forward-production/ArtistsLoophttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hybrid-theory-creative-sound-design-with-live-11s-new-reverb/As well as helping you put your music in all kinds of wondrous spaces, Live 11's new Hybrid Reverb offers some serious potential for discovering new sounds. Let Slynk take you on a tour of the device in his new video. After breaking down the key components of the effect,…Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:30:50 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hybrid-theory-creative-sound-design-with-live-11s-new-reverb/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/world-of-sound-explore-live-11s-inspired-by-nature-devices/Electronic music always rests on a tension between the precision of machines and the irregularities of the natural world. Artists, engineers and product designers have often strived to add groove, nuance and mystery to sequencing and synthesis in a bid to sound more ‘natural’. But what if nature’s influence on…Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:24:49 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/world-of-sound-explore-live-11s-inspired-by-nature-devices/TutorialsVideos