How to chop beats with ableton simplers slice mode musicradar. Slicing vocals in ableton live tutorial by ashley young in this tutorial well be looking at a method of slicing up a vocal sample and then using it in a techy beat. One of the things that makes ableton live such a unique and powerful piece of software is a fundamental feature that completely changes how you are able to interact with audio. Ableton live 9 is capable of making your life a little easier and a bit more fun. A noisefree setup is critical if youre stacking up vocal tracks. Ableton sampling tutorial in simpler slicing samples. Condenser microphones are excellent for recording professionalquality vocals, but i would highly encourage you to do research and find a microphone that gives you the sound you like.
How to chop vocals using slice to midi in ableton live youtube. If you havent tried live 10 yet, you can download the demo from. Recording, editing and mixing vocals in ableton live 10. Chopping up vocals with abletons new simpler live 9.
Ableton s warp feature does wonders for keeping songs in time, but with texture mode turned on, it can make your vocals sound heavily stretched, synthetic and. This is a simple technique for processing and playing acapellas or recorded vocals. Either way, sample slicing is a great way to rearrange source sounds into something new. The first transient marker has been automatically disabled because it is too close to the start marker moving it to the right will reenable it, creating a new slice.
Slicing samples with beats and tones in ableton live musictech. By using slice to midi, you can chop up samples, in this case vocals. Clearly, this is an extremely quick way to turn a beat or loop into a drum kit even faster than using lives slice to new midi track function. You could of course go into the arrangement view and start cutting, copying, and pasting little sections of a sample. Warping allows you to manipulate the tempo and pitch of your audio independently of one another.
Day in the life of a twitter software engineer duration. In this video, i will show you how to take a vocal phrase, chop it in ableton live, and repitch the individual samples to create a totally different. Slicing a sample can involve anything from simply chopping a beat, to creating wild swarms of randomised noise. To open this one, youll need to use the latest version of live 10 you can download the demo from. Slicing samples with beats and tones in ableton live. Slicing vocals in ableton live tutorial by ashley young. Using simpler slicing mode to create interesting vocal chops.
Vocal chops have gained quite the popularity and are now a staple in electronic music productions. Chopping and editing samples youtube the last drum rack youll ever have to make ableton live tutorial duration. By using slice to midi, you can chop up samples, in this case vocals, and perform them like an instrument. In this tutorial well be looking at a method of slicing up a vocal sample and then using it in a techy beat. Chopping up vocals with ableton s new simpler live 9. Wanna learn how to create them vocal chop melodies in ableton. Working with audio is very easy though, highlight a section of the audio that you want to work with and press ctrle and it will slice it into a new piece of audio. Jason petrin is one of the music production instructors at mmmmaven school of music technology in cambridge, ma.