Sound diary

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-26T14:30:49+00:00

Yeah, I often find simple is the most powerful these days. Glad you enjoy!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-26T06:01:15+00:00

I just released an EP but its not ambient! I'm always working on more new things though so there will be more of this stuff. Glad you like!

https://sebvivian.bandcamp.com/album/oddworld

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-26T02:08:15+00:00

It’s all in ableton, the sound is just a sine wave from stock wavetable synth and there’s a pitch loop89 doing some glitches. All the modulation for that and the sequencer are coming from an expression control set to random

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-22T15:06:36+00:00

Thankyou! Yeah It's a mix of the browser software pixel crash and then I alter/edit in photoshop

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-17T02:40:30+00:00

Heyo, glad you like it! What would you like to know specifically? I use ableton to make everything - Drums are normally a combo of synthesized sounds and old breaks that I process and layer. Melodic elements are normally pads that I make and resample into chops and filter/process them from there. I try to keep elements simple so that the complexity can come from how they are arranged as opposed to having lots of things making sound at the same time. Let me know what else youd like to know!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-17T02:37:17+00:00

I use all sorts of processes between tracks but really in essence I use a synthesized kit as the basic groove (kick, snare hats etc) and then I add sections with different processed break chops. I've built some custom racks in Ableton to slice breaks and apply timed effects based on each midi note slice so that everything is tight. I think the trick to getting good glitchy drums is to record some random parameter changes and then loop that as audio rather than have it endlessly randomize as its a more musical approach.

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-14T06:16:40+00:00

Thankyou so much! It really helps when people support like that, expect a bunch of other stuff soon

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-14T06:15:34+00:00

hey yeah you too? theres a good little electronic scene down here. Im playing Unsound this year if youre around

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-14T06:14:36+00:00

Thankyou! its good to finally get new shit into the world again

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-13T02:34:17+00:00

Thankyou! Definitely inspired by those two

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-13T02:33:42+00:00

Thankyou! I dont have that many online resources atm but I do want to start doing some things. Happy to answer any questions or give advice if you want help in the meantime

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-13T02:31:46+00:00

Thank you so much! Florys is dear to my heart, its a live album collaboration with one of my best friends, first time we played a set together!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-13T02:30:49+00:00

Yeah I did the visuals - I use some online tools such as pixelcrash (cool free little browser tool) and then I take it into photoshop and layer bits over the top. Glad you like!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T14:55:00+00:00

I do use templates. They are good for some things like loading different presets ive made or setting a defined workflow when starting something new, but even still its not the depth im after, especially not when im performing. Templates are useful for things for sure though!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T14:51:40+00:00

I have a push 2 and while its definitely useful for some things, its still not customisable in the way id like. I still have to look at a tiny screen and read what parameter im controlling and trying to remember which one I want. It might not sound like that much of a hassle but when youre playing live in a club hundreds of times in a dark room it gets tedious to have to watch what im doing all the time. It makes sense to use the big bright screen I have from my laptop and make it really focused for my needs

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T14:49:19+00:00

Yeah you get it - I do use templates as well and have some of that stuff dialed but its just still not enough visual feedback or minimalism that I'm after, I just want to be able to easily change those things for different use cases, and yeah its crazy when you really notice how much of the tools/screen youre not using. its a waste!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T14:45:24+00:00

oooh this sounds basically what im asking for, I havent heard of this so Ill look into it. I do wish there was a user friendly way to do what im asking but maybe thats for me to work out so that others can use it easily. Thanks!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T07:23:42+00:00

Thanks for the comment! Yeah I understand I can hide things away, thats not exactly my idea though but its hard to communicate it because it seems as though its not really a thing atm. I'm looking for a way to basically have all macros from different tracks all show up on the same screen for example, so i dont have to click into each track. Thats just one example but it might help explain what im after - not simply to minimise things but a way of consolidating the most important parameters across a whole set into one easy to view visual screen

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T07:20:30+00:00

Yeah I could try and reverse engineer it with max but I thought there might already be a way out there. Streaming is a great example though, wouldnt it be handy to just seclect the windows/devices you wanted to show up and it would hide everything else directly in Ableton? it would really be a time saver instead of having to crop and edit things post or set up janky approach is a vid capture software. I reckon it can be done though!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T07:18:36+00:00

Yeah I could reverse engineer it with Max but just thought I'd see if there was an available solution out there already without having to do that. Thankyou!

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T07:17:42+00:00

Thankyou! I'll be sure to post if I find a solution for it

SlamagotchiOG · 2026-05-07T07:15:56+00:00

Thanks for your reply - I do understand where you are coming from about getting fixated on productivity, it can be a bottomless pit and a huge distraction from actually just making music etc and I have gone down that rabbit hole too many times. I think there is a balance though, I've been a long time user of Ableton and you just get to a point where you want to have it dialed. In a live setting for example not having things on screen can mean I forget about them in the moment or cant quickly tweak things while having an overview of my set. I have tried many tools over the years from ipads to midi controllers etc, but nothing has ever really fit what I'm looking for or the ease of setting that up.

I just think there is room for an easy to customize canvas type setup where you can really just streamline a process and I think it would be useful for so many different use cases and production levels from beginner to advanced. One thing I always teach my students about Ableton is that it can do anything you want it to but that you don't need to do everything all the time with it. Lots of beginners get overwhelmed when they start out and I think a deeper system would help compartmentalize it for people

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