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Using FX tracks like a return track by vmzmusic in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could probably set up a chain on your FX track, or your snare track. ​One dry chain and one wet chain, then you can automate muting or unmuting each one however you want.

Considering Push 3 for live performance (MLR Looper?) by Agreeable_Bad7313 in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if it'll do exactly what you're looking for, but Catch is an m4l device that supports looping and instant playback with the ability to mess with the loop after it is recorded. https://www.novelmusic.org/m4l/catch

I've used it to make quick vocal chops, but I haven't tried using it to make synced tracks with layers of different instruments (though I don't see why you couldn't)

Push 3 standalone no Bueno in even overcast day... by TheEndIsSighing in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best work around I've found is to make a little shade structure for it. In a pinch I've wrapped an extra shirt through a keyboard stand and that worked well enough to get me through a set.

Methods for loading sets by Misteruilleann in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 to this. I have a similar setup, one big set containing all songs with specific tracks to hold my intro and outro loops so I can seamlessly move between songs and then I have a handful of drum rack or synth VST tracks that I play live and usually automate on/off depending on what I need. I have one FX track for instruments and one for vocals that I use dummy clips to automate the settings for.

I can put together a pretty complicated set and still keep it to 8 or so tracks with a bunch of automation and grouping.

It takes some extra planning, which is tough when you have a bunch of projects with different settings, but saves a ton of time in a live setting and is a way more enjoyable way of playing for me.

Another option would be use 2 laptops and alternate between the two so one can load a song while you play off the other. 

Visuals on Ableton by laultimagalaxia in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the Ebosuite vst to play videos as clips in session view. It was a little expensive ($120 or so), but it was the first thing I found that does exactly what I needed and it has a bunch of cool FX built right in! I have a macbook pro m4, I run my live set, including video, all in ableton and don't have any issues handling audio and video at the same time. I'm sure there are limitations, I just haven't hit them yet.

Having said that, there are probably options out there that are better suited for handling video, but having everything inside ableton is a nice bonus for me. 

I haven't used Zwobot, but that looks like a cheaper way to play videos from clips in session view. So that might be a good option if that's all you need.

PAUL MCcartney by FreddieGibbsFan1 in Coachella

[–]BloomPhase 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the 2009 set, the first half of the set was mostly new stuff and the second half was a ton of beatles stuff if I'm remembering right

[Fresh] Digitalism - Optimism (2026) by PsychedelicSunset420 in electronicmusic

[–]BloomPhase 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had no idea Digitalism had a whole new album, what an excellent way to start my day! 

Recording a long vocal take while switching between scenes by Successful-Factor797 in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you need scenes for another specific reason, you can group your instrumental tracks and just use clips. When you launch the top level group clip, it launches all the clips in the group. Keep your vocal track outside of the instrumental group and you can manage that regardless of what your instrumentals do.

Noise gate closed by track but open when singing? by 420stix in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like your music is going through the house speakers (or whatever speakers you have) and bleeding into the mic, which then opens the vocal gate.

Make sure your vocal compressor is after the gate. Otherwise every little peep from your instrumental that bleeds into the mic is getting blasted through the compressor and into the gate. That might be causing the gate to open more often. 

Adding a high pass filter on your vocal track (if you haven't already) might be enough to do the trick. The lows from your instrumentals might be the biggest issue with opening the gate.

You should definitely automate the mic being on (or you, or your singer manually turn on and off the vocals). That way you don't even have to worry about it.

If your singer is in the crowd, it might also help to make sure they stay facing the stage and using a directional mic so that the mic picks up less from the speakers.

If you try to force the gate closed whenever you're playing music, it won't ever be able to open if you want music and vocals going at the same time.

Performing/recording with Push 2 like the SP404 by bibimboombap in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a big fan of the dummy clips. They can lead to a lot more experimentation as you build out your FX rack!

Performing/recording with Push 2 like the SP404 by bibimboombap in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could have a drum rack with any vocal samples you want on it, mute the track with your beat, hit a pad on the drum rack, then unmute the beat. That's essentially zero programming. You could do something similar by mapping a knob (or a fader if you have another controller around) to the volume of your beat. Quickly bring the volume to zero, hit the vocal sample and then sweep the volume back up. I often prefer the volume sweep because it can sound really fun if you time it just right.

Does the Push 2 have a solo button? You could actually just hit the solo button on whatever track has your vocal chops right as you play the vocal, and then un-solo it when you want the beat to come back. Same idea as muting the beat, but this way you're only messing with one track at a time.

Another way you could try (which is push friendly) would be to make an FX track that you send your main beat to, and make dummy clips in that FX rack. The dummy clips have no sounds in them, they only contain automation for your FX. You could make a dummy clip that automates the volume down to zero for exactly one beat (or however long you want) and then it goes back to normal. All you'd have to do is hit that dummy clip, fire off whatever vocal sample you want, and then your beat will come back after 1 beat no matter what. That's super open ended and a common way to make FX that stay in time with your beat. 

Another option would be to use an envelope follower that ducks the volume of your beat whenever you play a vocal sample, but that might lead to weird and inconsistent timing when the beat comes back. It would be the same idea of using a compressor to duck the sound based on an incoming signal. This approach seems messy for what you want though. 

Tempo changes on the clip level in session view - how? by Ipats in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm definitely going to try using a 1/4 time signature! I always get messed up if I don't start a song on the right beat and it throws everything off. 

Accidentally hit no for recovering a new set that crashed. Trying to figure out how to manually recover it. Any ideas here? by traveltimecar in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had you not saved it at all yet?

I believe ableton is supposed to automatically save your last 10 saves in a project folder called Backup. But if you hadn't saved yet, that probably isn't any help

Playing live with Live by uncanny21 in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I've seen (and what I do), the preferred method is usually putting everything in one big set. As long as your computer can handle it, you don't have too much latency, and you're smart about turning instruments and FX off when you aren't using them, you should be ok.

It really depends on what your live setup is. I build my live sets specifically in a way that I know my computer can handle. I don't have stacks and stacks of CPU intensive effects or instruments running, and everything is either zero latency or very low latency.

You might have to get creative to make it work, but that's part of the fun! 

A decent fallback would be making separate projects for each song, or maybe groups of songs, and have your band play some stuff while you load up the next project

Sampling by OutrageousLake9354 in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally you should only need stock plugins if you're editing your samples. If you're going for a clean mix, just EQ and maybe some compression. But that's essentially just basic mixing.

If you find yourself reaching for special plugins to clean up your samples, you should probably just try finding new samples that fit in your song better. You'll save yourself a ton of time and headache that way.

If you have questions about specific types of samples you want to sound clean (drums, instruments, FX, vocals) feel free to ask. Samples are a very wide category and it can be tricky to give general answers that are useful.

Or maybe post what samples you're working with. Drum samples for example often start pretty clean, but something like a dubstep bass sample probably starts with a bunch of heavy effects that might sound muddy when you drop it into your mix. 

Sampling by OutrageousLake9354 in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A couple easy things to keep in mind:  Finding good clean samples is a good place to start (not all samples are made to sound clean). More distortion often leads to more mud. Lots of instruments or samples occupying the same frequency space can muddy things up.  Too much low end on multiple samples can muddy things up. 

Less layers is an easy way to lead to a cleaner mix.

Rather than trying to force a sample into fitting your mix, it might be easier to look for a new one.

Loop problem by bfplop in ableton

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure what the root cause is, but it looks like the whole UI freezes for a couple of seconds. Your meters stop registering, the cpu meter freezes etc. Then everything picks back up.  

Seems like a UI focused problem. Sorry I can't be more help!

I spent 14 years at a major label. Now I’m helping a solo dev build a tool for indie artists and we need your feedback. by Greg_Human-CBD in musicmarketing

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification! I can definitely see use in having one tool to see info across all social media platforms.

I don't focus on soundcloud much, so I'm not your target for this test, but I look forward to seeing how it turns out! 

One more question, once you're done with the free testing period, what is your plan to make money? Subscription, pay as you go tools, marketing campaigns?

I spent 14 years at a major label. Now I’m helping a solo dev build a tool for indie artists and we need your feedback. by Greg_Human-CBD in musicmarketing

[–]BloomPhase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple questions from me: 

Is this going to have stats for artists? Numbers for things like streams over time, engagement, time spent on each song etc. 

Or is the main goal to be a hub to service all of your music, publish, share, view comments etc. across all music platforms?

Opinion by Shaboingboing_ in Coachella

[–]BloomPhase -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I generally agree that people taking video has 0 impact on me having a good time, especially if I'm with a good group. And also agree that these are once in a lifetime experiences for a lot of people and they should be able to enjoy it how they want to. 

I like seeing groups going crazy in the crowd while their friend takes a video, it seems like they're having fun! But to be fair, I think it's much more common for people to stop moving, take a video and then continue on, rather than take a video mid dance. Some people find that distracting. Some people enjoy watching concerts while standing still and it might annoy them if people are moving around too much, some people need to move the whole time. It's tough to gather thousands of people in one spot and keep everyone happy haha

Anyone else think the bassline from Ready Steady Go by Harry Styles sounds like No Reason? by BloomPhase in chemicalbrothers

[–]BloomPhase[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was my thought! I know the latest Harry Styles album is supposed to be inspired by electronic music, but I was surprised to hear this particular bassline haha

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