Ableton Tutorial - Tech Tip 14 - Chord & Scale

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Sonic Tech Tip No. 14 - Ableton 8 Scale And Chord

In this Tech Tip we take a look at the features of both the Scale and Chord MIDI effects.

Utilising both of these tools you can generate your very own chords and basslines that are guarenteed to stay in key and sound great! Fantastic for generating inspiration in your tunes.

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[zawmbees]

"If you're not musically talented..."

*Stop*

I am a musician, why would I want to dumb myself down this way? Lol, it's a pathetic feature for kids who don't know how to play real instruments or theory.

[SonicAcademy]

@zawmbees Ive played keyboard and guitar for 25 years and i still use this because its quick, fun and generates some cool results. Limiting your self by not using tools at your disposal is silly. should i get rid of my mac book and Ableton and buy a 16 track tape recorder because its harder? Its all about the end result!

[TheTurningBull]

A superb feature of Ableton, however as a musician this will make you very lazy! If you don't know much music theory its better to actually IGNORE this feature and learn scales and chords...you will make better music in the long run

[SonicAcademy]

@TheTurningBull any other cool stuff we should ignore? maybe non destructive editing? we could just start splicing tape again. Dont ignore this cool feature, just learn some theory as well, dont limit anything.

[zawmbees]

@cra008 And the SHM suck.

[cra008]

@zawmbees Mate, the Swedish House Mafia built careers out of this stuff.

[ryangscott]

Does Pro Tools or Cubase, or other DAW's have this capability?

[MrVidManiacMilo]

@zawmbees you don't need to be talented to play music you learn it the same way that you learned to speak some learn it a bit later some faster, those who don't play music just couldn't bother to learn it, not all people speak another language.

[alexrm1x]

Good tip , but not so good results.

[jkd1337]

@SonicAcademy Honestly I wouldn't even bother replying to comments like Zawmbees. The only thing worse then a troglodyte, is a beckmesser, and they seem to have both roles down pat.

Anyways, appreciate the work that you and Sonic Academy contribute, really helpful stuff mate.

[dubmonkeyaudio]

@zawmbees your such a dumb ass!!! HEY PEOPLE WE TOTALY KNOW THIS GUY, HE IS REALLY FAMOUS MUSICIAN WITH 1000000.0000000 HITS ON YOUTUBE. Shut up dude and get a life.

[warbread]

@zawmbees Do you change the intonation on your instrument every time you play? No? Then technology is helping you create music. But Bach might ask, Why would someone want to dumb themselves down like that? I guess if you don't have a very musical ear...

[MAINHATTENHOUSE]

@SonicAcademy +1