How to resample, split frequencies and other tricks in Ableton Live.

[VAN17INO6]

Awesome tutorial!

[Inphanity]

Thanks so much!

[Inphanity]

Yes you sound like someone who would narrate Blue Planet or Planet Earth :p

[K0lsyr4]

I usually using sample things by Freeze and Flatten.. Then copy it to a new audio source ^^.

[FallofIcarusOfficial]

thanks, first resampling tutorial that actually helped me understanding this ;)

[BCMAHFUCKINBADMAN]

thank you :)

[Deafcon8989]

have you ever considered narrating? You have a really cool voice...

[jBarDubstep]

Awesome tutorial, this helped so much

[gibsonguru15]

howd u get the "all in/monitoring" in timeline mode?

[godderis]

02:32 before, 12:40 after

cool tutorial, thx

[Saaaataan]

So many useful tips!!!!!!!! Aaaaaah!!!!

[jeramiahsawyer]

if you talked a bit slower and lower, you might sound like professor snape! lol great tutorial man

[shipwr3k3d]

Great explanation of this idea. One thing you might do to make this faster in the future is simply build yourself a freq split effect rack that just has 3 chains, the same hi, low, and bandpass filtering you had before and save that puppy so you can always haul it out later. That way you don't need to constantly create and route 3 channels just to resample and delete them over and over. Then you can just have a single channel for processing, and a single channel to bounce to.

[Skaterman3323]

literally the coolest accent on the planet

[JJisCooler23]

brilliant video....thanks man!

[altron64]

My favorite way to split frequencies in Ableton is using return tracks. Just route a single audio channel to 3 different sends and do the same eq curves you see in this video for low, mid, and high freq's. Add effects to taste to your mid and high returns, then when you like the way it sounds, duplicate the audio channel and right click to choose "freeze track" and then choose "flatten track". Now you have resampled audio with all your effects on the mids and highs. Rinse and repeat. =]

[RoboticusMusic]

@altron64 It freezes the sends sounds with the original audio are you sure?

[TYDrumnBass]

im so fucking stupid i dint realise it was that easy to split frequencies ive been looking for something like this for agess

[NickyWillz]

Finally someone explains it in a way I can totally understand. I learned quite a bit here!

Thanks!

[666sende666]

for the 'slice to new midi track' option in ableton, is there similar function in FL studio?

[VAN17INO6]

@666sende666 Yes, you can use Slicex with the autodump option enabled, but you must first resample the track with Edison, and then drag to Slicex.

[idriss4189]

quality at 5:53

[Delicorish]

Hey,

does using parallel processing ie. sending your mids to a send channel with with ur band pass and vocoder etc have the same effect as frequency splitting

[Tasbo1982]

@Delicorish Yes, exactly the same effect.

[Delicorish]

@Tasbo1982 is the only benefit in doing the feq splitting then to save ram and processing power? or are there other benefits?

[Tasbo1982]

@Delicorish Good question. yes there are other benefits, you can put the sample into samplers, you can change its pitch, you can change its tempo. But not much else. in an ideal world with super computers you could just have a fucking massive effects chain. The reality is noone has a computer that powerful (except maybe the NSA and GCHQ but they won't let me play with theirs). Don't knock saving CPU, when you get properly into resampling the CPU save is a godsend.

[Delicorish]

@Tasbo1982 lol im not knocking it im just trying to learn more resampling is something i might need to get into

[Tasbo1982]

@Delicorish I know you're not knocking it! I was just trying to express how CPU power resampling needs!

Anyway hope it helps. I've got a new tut out soon which shows an even better method of doing this type of thing, so stay tuned.

[TheOfficialSemtrix]

@Tasbo1982 Dude, you have thousands of VST's haha!

[KennyParkz]

your great! thanks for the tut

[TheTurningBull]

Insightful tutorial, really thought that most of the work artists did was just through soft synths didn't realise that there is much more to it. Learning something new everyday with production! Carry on with the vids great stuff!

[sml2238]

good video man. id like to hear something you've creating using this technique but obviously something you spent a lot more time on. i actually use reason 5 but i can apply the same techniques. i think the actual resampling in ableton is easier but i think its easier to add effects in reason especially because i can resample right into kong and use the nano sampler + all the effects built into kong. its pretty cool! i would like to get ableton eventually. i imagine reason + ableton = god mode

[Tasbo1982]

@sml2238 Yeah, reason 5 is brilliant software, but its lack of support for vst is shit. So when I use it I rewire into ableton.

[sml2238]

@Tasbo1982 yeah but since reason was my first daw i never used vsts really so i dont miss them. and reasons synths are pretty amazing anyway. any sound can be achieved with a reason synth just like a vst. actually the more i learn about synthesis, the more i like reasons synths :). but thanks again for the vid man keep it up. and feel free to link/send me any tracks you've made.

[Tasbo1982]

@sml2238 Well absolutely right, reason has some beautiful synths, and Thor is really heavy duty, but there are some equally good vst synths. The thing about synthesis is if you get one cracking synth and focus on that, you will learn how to make an approximation of any sound you can imagine. The thing that tech heads (vst fans) don't get is that it takes a lot of time to learn how to get the best out of each synth, and the results are not at all different than if you focussed on one synth.

[Tasbo1982]

@Tasbo1982 ....so its actually counterproductive to get as many vst's as you can find (as it takes time to learn how to use each one). You might as well stick with a few excellent ones and leave it at that - and reason is simply perfect for that. But what i didn't like about reason was its sequencer which is frustratingly fiddly compared to live, and its lack of support for live recording (but obviously they've sorted that out now). So I just use both these days.

[sml2238]

@Tasbo1982 yes exactly, this is why i dont get why everyone bashes on reason for not supporting vsts. i dont mind it at all. like you said basically, its all about learning the tools you have inside and out, not using a ton of different ones. pretty much the same sound can be achieved with any given synth in a number of ways. and i agree with you, even though i have not really spent much time with other sequencers, reasons does feel a bit quirky. im constantly adjusting notes and automation etc

[flabsatron]

<3 and sorry about barcy

[andrewisontop]

Good tutorial btw i just bought yo patches props!

[jonobyrne]

could you possibly do one of these tuts in logic?

[Tasbo1982]

@jonobyrne I'm on a PC.

[jonobyrne]

@Tasbo1982 ahh dam, oh well, still very usefull info. thanks man

[jonobyrne]

you sound like the guy from little britain :)

[Tasbo1982]

@jonobyrne Which one?

[jonobyrne]

@Tasbo1982 not that fat one haha. like the taller one, with out the gayish speaking style

[Tasbo1982]

@jonobyrne

David Walliams? .... Thanks! 

[molokoxplus]

Here is a bunch of impulses for creativity definitely.

Thanks a lot.

[nickbalazs]

Powerful shit my friend, some stuff is def for the newbs, other bits can be appreciated by technical people like yourself and I. Ive said it once and Ill say it again you are a modern day wizard sir!

[pudge81]

Honestly one of the best vids i seen on ableton on youtube

[LightWillIgniteUsAll]

Fucking amazing. My CPU is lackluster to say the least and I didn't think anyone else really did this.

Awesome shit man, Thanks!

[MotionMenace2]

Arsenal !!!