Here’s a quick and easy lesson culled from our mentored online course, Beat Making in Ableton Live, on how to get a shuffle feel in your quantized beat.
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I Made a Playable Bass Guitar Out of an Ableton Push – Meet “Blinky”
Watch me perform on a new hybrid playable hardware instrument that approaches solving some of my biggest performance issues with digital music.
How to Make Custom Slice to MIDI Presets in Ableton Live
Soundfly course producer John Hull walks us through how he creates a Slice to MIDI preset in Ableton Live so you can build your own customized version.
The Importance of Theme and Variation in Hip-Hop Beat Making
With a minimalist music style such as hip-hop, the slightest change or variation on an established musical theme can have a deep impact. Here’s how.
10 Tips for Making Your First Trap Beat
Practicing your skills as a hip-hop producer? Here’s my best advice for how to start writing trap beats to shop around with vocalists and rappers.
How to Choose the Perfect Kick Sample for Your Track
The right kick drum sound can make or break the energy of your song, and the way the rest of the instruments stand up in mixing. Here’s how to choose it.
How to Create Headroom: 7 Tips That Will Save Your Mixes
Keep your mastering engineer happy by providing a decent chunk of headroom for them to work with, and don’t over-compress your mix too early.
How to Take Your Songs from Studio to Stage
There are a ton of ways to get your recorded music out of the studio and into a room full of excited fans. Let’s explore the pros and cons of them all!
Bouncing Audio 101: How to Export Tracks from Your DAW
Exporting your audio track is the final step before mastering. Here’s how to make sure you’re leaving no stone unturned in your DAW.
Teaching Myself the Bach Chaconne with Ableton Live
From a South American dance to a romantically rubato performance piece, Bach’s Violin Partita in D minor has some funky rhythms and bizarre chromaticism!